The Social Media Guide
Add a Facebook Fan Button to your Website
Facebook’s Fan Box is a social widget that allows Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Facebook fans from their own website. The Fan Box lets users:
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See how many users are already fans, and see some of their friends who are Read recent posts from the Page Become a fan with 1-click without needing to visit the Page
Before we get started you need to have a Facebook Page already setup! To add a Facebook Fan Box (ie Fan button) to your website, login to your Facebook account. In the status bar click on Applications –> Ads and Pages,
Click on pages,
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Click on View Page,
When your page displays click on Add Fan Box to your site,
The Add a Connect Widget page will now display.
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Now select whether you want to include your page’s stream in the widget, and if you want to display the number of fans you have,
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When you have configured the options as you want.. copy the code that is displayed,
The next step involves pasting this code into your website. I’m using WordPress.. so from the Dashboard, under Appearance.. click on Widgets,
Drag the text widget to your sidebar,
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Now paste in the code you copied before into the text widget a click ,
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Your Facebook Fan Box button is now visible on your website,
Another great way to promote your business or product! If you found this guide useful, please share the love and become a fan of The Social Media Guide!
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Enjoy! Checkout my other related posts:
Create a Page for your Business on Facebook NetworkedBlogs – Bring your Blog to Facebook
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Using Social Media to guide and help you connect to Social Networks: Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube using new media Page | 6
The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to others, through the use of Social Media and Social Networks. The current explosion in Social Media technologies including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc has made it more easier than ever to connect with friends, groups and customers with similar interests from all around the world. The downside with these new technologies is that often people experience information overload and are either scared off or simply get too confused. The Social Media Guide acts as an authoritative guide on embracing and integrating these new technologies, by presenting clear and simple solutions to common social media problems. My aim is to help you connect. You will be able to connect with more people faster and extend your reach deeper into the social web.
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