Share This (Really)

These days, sharing with your friends is easy peasy. When you read an article or blog post online, besides being able to leave a comment, most times the website will ask you - would you like to Share This? Heck yeah I'd like to share it! Now, where should I share it ... Facebook? LinkedIn? Twitter? Delicious? StumbleUpon? Reddit? Google? Technorati? MySpace? Do I even have a MySpace account anymore?


















Slow down. Take a deep breath. Let's talk strategy. What social networking site do you use the most? Is this article or blog post appropriate for that site?

The social networking sites that you will see many share options for are Facebook, LinkedIn & MySpace. If you are social bookmarking you are likely to be using either Delicious or StumbleUpon. If you read your favorite blogs through "readers" where each new post comes into your account automatically, you are probably talking about posting with Reddit, Google or Technorati. NOTE: I am making BROAD generalizations here as there are loads of social media sharing options ...

So, back to my little article that I LOVE and NEED to share with all of my pals. By sharing the article with them I am essentially re-posting it with the users permission. When the "share" options are there - feel free to use them. Now, do not copy and paste the article or blog post to your own blog with zero information on where you got the information.

I heart Share This - one little button allows me so many re-posting options that I know I can feel comfortable with sharing. You will see this on my blog, just underneath each post and that means YES share my work. Why? Why not? I have no illusions about my readership stats here.



















Happy Sharing :)