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A Tool to Keep You Tied to Social Media
WIBIYA, a tool that will make your social networking easier as well as help build traffic to your Web site
Now that you've developed a Web site foundation through a blog and have joined social media venues such as Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed, how do you tie them all together? In this article, Linda introduces WIBIYA, a tool that will make your social networking easier as well as help build traffic to your Web site.
The Ties That Bind
Most folks don't like to be "tied" to anything unless that activity includes some pleasure. With that in mind, I set about seeking a tool that might help make your life more pleasurable by reducing the time you spend on social media and work-related matters. This week I discovered WIBIYA, which allows users to create a 'hub' from a Web site to social media platforms, allowing your posts to be read in various venues. Additionally, some tools can help you to create community between some social media applications and your Web site.
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Ok, so not everything (nor everyone) is perfect. But, this toolbar has a lot of potential and – outside issues with IE7 and Google Chrome – WIBIYA's functionality is amazing. Plus, it's free. And, it works in any blog platform plus in regular sites outside the usual blog platform. You can choose a style based upon over twenty colour combinations and use your site icon (favicon) to identify your widget.
One count against this tool outside some functionality problems with IE and Google Chrome is that WIBIYA is in beta mode, so you need to sign up and wait for acceptance and for some glitches to be ironed out. But, the wait time – at least in my case – was only 24 hours.
In the meantime, you can browse the forums at WIBIYA to learn more about this easy way to connect your readers to your site as well as to Facebook (through Facebook Connect) and to Twitter.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.