Comments on: 25 Ways to Mix Your Blog and Facebook

By: Sameh Khan

Sameh Khan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:35:30 +0000

What think you of Disqus?
I recently started using it on my blog. It seems to have connections to all major networks. However, it says that it uses Facebook Connect, yet when i tried to integrate Facebook Connect on its own, I was a bit confused an stuck. Installing this seemed all too easy, so what I’m asking is, is it the same thing?

Thanks for the list, great help.

PS: Sorry about commenting on this post so late after it’s ‘death’. You might need to re-read your own post to remember what it was about

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:47:30 +0000

You’ve had the site for 10 years? Awesome.

I think it’s not for everybody. If you import anything from your blog into Facebook, you might annoy people who are already actively reading or are subscribed to your blog, because they’re getting hit by double the amount of updates. However, many bloggers will find an increase in engagement and traffic and conversations by importing their blogs into their FB Notes.

There’s a lot to be said for keeping the importing to a manual habit, though. If you can remember to do it regularly, it might help you cut down on the risk that some people may get annoyed. Like if your Facebook friends are mostly dog lovers but on your blog you post photos of your cat all the time.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:18:19 +0000

What’s your opinion on importing blog into Facebook notes? I did it for awhile and then stopped — thinking maybe it’s better to use FB to drive traffic to blog and bring the blog to FB.

I’ve had the website ten years and just recently made it a blog rather than static, never-changing website.

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:15:27 +0000

You’re very welcome Sam! Nice blog you’ve got!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:03:59 +0000

Thanks — great article. Inspiring!

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:27:20 +0000

Thanks Tony and Jeff for stopping by! Tony, great tip. FriendFeed is a wonderful tool and importing it into FB can be a great idea. I'm with you on the "noisy" thing. Jeff, for the backend there's this plugin. WordPress Jedi has a nice list too. And of course there's Facebook Connect. I hope those help - let me know if that's not what you were looking for and I'll try to find a better solution!

By: Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:55:19 +0000

Regarding No. 18, might you have any widgets or plug-ins you could suggest?

By: Tony Teegarden

Tony Teegarden — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:49 +0000

Very good list! One other thing you can add to the list is import your FriendFeed into your Facebook updates. Careful though because if you’re very chatty on something like Twitter your updates can be very “noisy” and turn off some of your friends. Use it sparingly but I love it.

Hope this helps!

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By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:18:39 +0000

Great question, Mary-Lynn! It sounds like it’s worth the extra effort to do it that way, yes. The nice thing about manually linking to your podcast items from Facebook is that you can change the title, etc. from what your feed would automatically generate. You can tailor things a little better just for your Facebook audience.