How to Make a Twitter Badge
Expand your Twitter presence by allowing people outside of the Twitter-sphere to see your tweets. Your blog readers and Facebook friends can all be updated, mini-blog style, with the use of a Twitter badge. These badges are also known as widgets. Twitter badges only work if you have both a Twitter account and a blog or Facebook profile. This way, people who enjoy your blog or Facebook posts, but were not aware that you were on Twitter can find you and follow you to see your tweets.
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Instructions
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Create Badge
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Sign into your Twitter account.
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Scroll to the bottom of the page. Select "Goodies" in the list of links available. Other links include "About Us," "Blog," "Status" and "API."
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Select where you want the badge to go. You can choose between your Facebook profile or a personal website. Putting a Twitter badge on Facebook will allow all of your friends to see your most recent tweets, or messages. A Twitter badge on your website means all your readers can see your most recent tweets. Creating a Twitter badge for Facebook is easier, but does not allow as much customization as the badge for a website.
Insert Badge
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Design your Twitter badge. Decide if you want to display your most recent tweets, your favorite tweets, a list of tweets matching a certain keyword or tweets from a list of people you follow. You can customize the badge's size, background and text colors and the number of tweets displayed.
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Click "Finish & Grab Code." This brings up html code that can be copied and pasted onto your personal website. If you use Blogger, click the "Add to Blogger" button, which automatically adds your Twitter badge to your Blogger site.
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Activate a the badge on Facebook by clicking "Allow" when prompted. This will automatically sync Twitter and Facebook.
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Tips & Warnings
Put the Twitter badge in a noticeable spot on your blog. Many people have their Twitter badges on a sidebar.
Recognize that Facebook is different than Twitter. Generally people post more on Twitter, and your Facebook friends might not want to be inundated with all of your Twitter posts.
References
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