Social sharing plugins allow users to easily share content from websites across various social media platforms. When users find interesting content online, they can share links and media to sites like Facebook, Twitter, and StumbleUpon directly from the website using plugins. This helps drive traffic and engagement by extending the reach of content beyond a website. Popular all-in-one sharing plugins include AddThis, ShareThis, and Add to Any which integrate sharing options for multiple social networks.

1. 27 Aug 2010Social Sharing PluginsSocial Sharing Pluginsby Melvin KwanEngaging Your Customers Online

2. The first thing we all do when we find something…

4. …is to share it!

5. The PhenomenonMore and more, this kind of sharing takes place online

6. Social plugins or widgets are new ways to share updates, photos, videos and more

7. Start conversations about things you find interesting right from your web browser

8. Best part about sharing is seeing responses to your post!What is a social sharing plugin?A social sharing plugin is a small, self-contained module that an Internet user can place on his or her social networking profile page, blog, Internet start page or Web site to share and drive referral traffic to contentsHow social sharing plugins work?User browsers through news items, media, other content onlineShares to social media networking sites via social sharing pluginsLink and content is submitted, tagged, added to collective inventory and shared with online communities and friends

9. Why use social sharing plugins?Easy distribution of content

10. Drive referral traffic to website

11. Better rankings on search engines

12. Extended reach and awareness beyond internal websiteSocial Sharing Plugins Examples: All-in-one

13. Plugin #1 – Add Thishttp://www.addthis.com

14. Plugin #2 – Share Thishttp://www.sharethis.com

15. Plugin #3 – Tell a Friendhttp://tellafriend.socialtwist.com

16. Plugin #4 – Add to Anyhttp://www.addtoany.com

17. All-in-one: Features Chart

18. Social Sharing Plugins Examples: Stand-alone

19. Sharing Plugins: Stand-aloneCan you identify them all?

20. Sharing Plugins: Stand-aloneIn their respective order: Yahoo Buzz Button, TweetMeme Re-Tweet Button, Facebook Share, Google Buzz Button, Twitter Tweet Button, StumbleUpon Button, Digg Button

21. Most popular sites shared tohttp://www.emarketer.com

22. Bonus: FacebookSocial Plugins

23. FB Social Plugins: LikeboxLike Box (Facebook Fan Page)The Like Box is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website.

24. The Like Box enables users to: