Comments on: Day 4. Sharing on Facebook. Social Media for Birders

By: Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:06:43 +0000

You can have it to both. I get my blog automatic to our fanpage and manually
broadcast it to Facebook via Networked blogs. Let me know if you have any
problems with the settings.
Sometimes I broadcast my blog post at least twice to homepage, sometimes
even three times. Why? Networked blogs seems to bring most direct hits, but
I also get good hits by having the blog posted at an hour when there are
many users online.

But most of the times I have actually added some material to the blogpost
since it is published or there may be an interesting discussion going
on...so in this respect it is justifiable to post about the same post more
than once.

Sometimes, I would like to have the post when published in the status
update. Especially when I finish the blog post at an hour when there are few
users online. What I do is to send a note to Twitter and use the same link
in my status update on Facebook (needs to be done manually otherwise it
comes as a link).

If you are to publish your post more than once, make sure you post a lot of
other stuff as well in between the repeats. Otherwise it looks like your
only blowing your own horn. Especially look after those that comment your
posts. Check out their blogs and Facebook profiles to see if there is
something that you would like share.

By: martinkitching

martinkitching — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:50:57 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/pterodroma

Gunnar, if I use Networked Blogs to update Facebook, can I choose whether it goes to my personal page or my business' fan page? Any help would be much appreciated

cheers
martin

By: Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:21:26 +0000

Thanks Stephen! I thought I had answered you long ago. I have added you to
the list of Facebok birders sharing club.

Gunnar

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By: Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:54:35 +0000

RSS feed. Not so important what it is but what it does. It basically allows you to import a blog or something else that constantly change content, such as news or very dynamic web-pages. Get a gmail account and start using Google Reader, by importing blogs and news to this reader.
A previous blogpost about blogging for birders cover the subject in part. Check it out. http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/b...

By: Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:45:39 +0000

Peggy, I think I answered this, but apparently it did not show, as I had decided also to share my reply on Twitter. Don't know if I did something wrong or if there is a flaw in the Disqus plugin.
In any case, the point was made that if you make lists of all your Facebook friends, you may chose whom you show each link and status update very easily. Note the padlock just next to the share button. If you click customize you can decide which Facebook friends should not see your update.
I would not worry too much what my wall looks like now, the important thing to start with is selected updates to show where they belong. Birders, you may also want to exclude your non-birders when you share hard-core birding links.