How to Add a Sharing (Sociable) button on your Blog/Website

A sharing button, or better known as a sociable button is a button for your readers to click on if they want to share a certain page via email, Digg, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Aim - almost any social website! Having this button will allow your readers to post and share your site on their favorite sociable website, creating more exposure for you! I will share with you a very simple way to do this.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. 

   Go to http://www.addthis.com
   Click on 'Get Your Button'.

2. 

   Choose the 'Sharing/Bookmarking button'; Choose from the styles of buttons, and choose where you are going to be putting your sociable button. Then click on 'Get your button code'.

3. Next, register for a free account, you just need to choose a user name and password. Provided your email address.

4. After you register, it will show you the preview. You can decide if that's the button you want. Follow the instructions on how to put the sociable on your blog/website. It usually involves you copy and pasting the html.

5. 

   Go ahead and follow the instructions - it is different for blogs and websites. Add it to your blog, and you should see it. Easy and great way for your readers to share your blog/website!

Tips & Warnings

• It's free.
• Creating the account is so that you can go back in and get another code if you have more than one website/blog.
• Encourage your readers to use the button.
• If you don't like the button, just remove the html.
• Always copy/save your html before you change it (in case something goes wrong)

Resources

• Add This Homepage

[jaredsgirl]

on 6/29/2009 Great idea. I'd never heard of 'add this'. I can't wait to try it! 5*

[athome]

on 6/8/2009 Great tips on how to add a sharing (sociable) button on your blog/website. 5*

[gahazeleyes]

on 6/6/2009 Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

[sah67]

on 6/2/2009 Thank you good info.

[Lilfix]

on 4/25/2009 Great tips on how to add a sharing (sociable) button on your blog/website...I followed these steps and now I have a sharing button on my blog...it was very easy...Thanks for sharing! RRRC5*