Adding Social Media Widgets By Wendy Darling

How It Works User is viewing news item, opinion piece, photo collection or other content. User sees button to submit to social service or to “Share.” User clicks, content is submitted, tagged, added to collective inventory, shared with online communities.

User is viewing news item, opinion piece, photo collection or other content.

User sees button to submit to social service or to “Share.”

User clicks, content is submitted, tagged, added to collective inventory, shared with online communities.

Example Services del.icio.us Digg Mixx Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo! Buzz

del.icio.us

Digg

Mixx

Reddit

Stumble Upon

Yahoo! Buzz

CNN News

New York Times

WIRED

BBC News

NPR

Alternet

The Daily Green

How To Add TODAY Add icons and link/submit code to release/story/template on web site. Code and icons available easily from services Example <a class=&quot;reddit&quot; title=&quot;Post this story to reddit&quot; href=&quot;http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89070760&amp;title=After+the+Techno+Lust%2C+There%27s+Always+E-Cycling&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Reddit</a>

Add icons and link/submit code to release/story/template on web site.

Code and icons available easily from services

Example

Recommendation Make sure “share” functionality is part of news template in new Emory web site redesign!

Make sure “share” functionality is part of news template in new Emory web site redesign!

Another Use When / if email news releases are put in HTML format, “share” links can be included there, too!

When / if email news releases are put in HTML format, “share” links can be included there, too!