Effective use of the web is all about interconnections. We read something of value and we want our friends to know about it. We blog and we want to let our Twitter followers know we did it or post it on our Facebook page. We'd like our Facebook to automatically link to our blog or Tumblr or whatever else tool we are using.
All great ideas, but the actual linking and referring can be a real pain in the neck. We want to do it, but to close out one tool, open and add the content to another one, takes far too much time in our busy lives. Below I'll tell you about a tool I'm using on this site and how it can benefit you first of all to share content here that you find useful and then how to use it on your own website.
The tool that I am using comes from http://www.shareaholic.com/
It is free and very easy to use and set up. I've also found it easier to use to share content than any other tool I've found.
How to share content from this site
You may have noticed a new graphic at the end of articles:
All you have to do to share some content that you have found useful to you and that you would like to share is to click on one of the little icons--for Twitter, Facebook, email, Linkdin, Blogger, Tumblr, Digg, Delicious, or Squidoo and, without having to close the website, open another site and sign in, you'll be at the site you want to add the sharing information to. Super easy.
You have many other services you can link to--you get to decide for your own use of the service. I selected ones I either use or know that people who view this site use.
A new sharing service for website creators
For website creators, there are a lot of sharing services out there and some are already built into the WordPress free websites. I've tried other ones, but for a website that you host yourself, the one I am about to tell you about works better than any I've used in the past. Here again is the site:
Share the joy of learning how to create effective church communications
Many church communicators have no idea of the resources available on this tie and I would very much appreciate it if you'd let them know about it. But I also know that can be an extra amount of work that you do not have time to do. To make that easier for you is one of the primary reasons I got this tool, but when I found out how easy it was to use and how much I liked using it myself, I couldn't wait to share it.
Go ahead and try it on any of the articles you read on this site—sharing greatly benefits all church communicators!
Please share your thoughts, comments, questions!