In my last post I talked to you about my 3 favourite WordPress Plugins that with allow you to interact with your readers. These are some of the best ways that your readers can comment, ask questions and join your mailing list.

Today I want to talk about get more exposure for your content and how that can happen with these 3 little plugins. They are of course the WordPress social buttons that you see at the top and bottom of peoples blog posts.

But first let’s look at why having these plugins are so important. I mean if somebody liked your post they could copy and paste the URL and send it to their friends.  That’s never going to work, would you spend time do this……no!

Yet I have seen some blog, not many but some that don’t have any social buttons on them, so there is no way to share that content.

And that’s what you want, to have your content shared on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, the list goes on but the more shares you have the better it is for you, and here is why.

One of the plugins I use and a lot of people use shows the number of times that the post has been shared around the internet, check out the top of this page. You see the Facebook, Twitter, Digg etc icon well it has a number and that the amount of time my content has been posted to one of those sites.

Second the more times it gets shared well that must mean it a good piece and people trust the content and are happy to share it with their friends. This increase your brand visibility, which in turn positions you as a leader and somebody that can be trusted.

OK, let’s look at the social buttons, or plugins if you like. These are just the ones I use but I would love to hear about the ones you guys are using and the benefits you have from them. Here we go.

Digg Digg WordPress Plugin – This is a cool little plugin which sits at the top of each of my posts. You can select up to 18 different social buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and a load more. Check out the picture below, see the numbers, that lets everyone know how many times that post has been shared.

Fixed Social Plugin – This is a plugin that sits either at the top or bottom of your page or at the side. It is used for two things really which is why I have added it to the page. First it allows some content sharing and also it allows people to connect with you on different social networking sites. I have added an image below, I have put it on it’s side but it is vertical on the blog and you can see on your right.

OnlyWire – This is a new one for me and I have only had it for a few weeks but love it. You can submit your content to over 40 different sites at the click of a button. It takes a bit of time to set up accounts with all of them but I believe its well worth doing. I am watching the results from this one but the early signs are encouraging. This one is free to use as long as you have it visible on your page. Also people can share your content through their Onlywire account.

That’s my 3 favorite WordPress social buttons and you can download all of these buttons in the WordPress back office and just set them up and activate them.

Thank you very much for taking the time to view this post. Please leave a comment and share this post with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Reddit and Google Buzz. As a special Thank You I would like to offer you a “FREE gift” just for stopping by my blog.

When you start out on your network marketing journey you will have a “why” as to what you want to achieve from your business.

Now this could be anything from never working again to putting your kids through school. Whatever the reason it’s your personal destination and you have a long journey ahead of you.

For me I found it very difficult to go from where I was to where I wanted to be as it seemed so far away.

However, as with everything if you break it down into manageable steps it is a lot easier to plan out your future by setting smaller goals.

My upline introduced me to this great tool and I think it is a fantastic exercise to do focus on small goals to get to your final goal.

The first thing you have to do is write a list of the 50 things that you want to change in your life through your business. This can be anything, like never setting your alarm clock again, or taking the kids to the play park every day. Maybe you want to own a Ferrari or learn to fly a plane.

You decide it’s the things that you can’t do now, but that through building your business you will be able to do.

Once you have your list give everything a score from 1 to 5.  This is the time scale that you are going to assign to each goal with 1 being 3 month from the time you write the list, 2 being 6 months, 3 being a year, 4 being 3 years and 5 being 5 years from the time you write the list.

From this you can set small goals and work your way to where you want to be. By break things down in this way you can start to build a plan of action and a path for your journey to success.

Also I believe that when you achieve each goal you set yourself you will still focused and motivated to working towards your next goal.

Oh and I found it to be a fun thing to do, which at the end of the day if it’s not fun then don’t do it.

Of course after the 5 years is up and you have ticked off all 50 accomplishments you can start a new list and keep going!

Sit down and do your list, I promise you it will really get you thinking.

I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I would appreciate any comments and feedback that you have and please share this post on Digg and with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Tristram Lodge

Today I want to share with you something that I have been learning over the last couple of weeks.

I have joined a few tribes and doing blog syndication and have been meeting some fantastic people and checking out their great blogs.

To begin with I would share their post but only occasionally leave a comment. However I have changed that outlook and comment on every blog I visit.

I want to share with you 4 secrets as to why you should leave a comment on someone’s blog.

Tip 1: The Blog Owner Will Appreciate It.

Think how you feel when you get comments on your own work? Nice feel right, well that’s how the blog owner will feel.

I great to do a nice thing for other people, I know I love it when I get left comments. Also you are showing that person your appreciation for the work they put into the post.

Tip 2: It Pushes Up The Blog Owners Profile.

That’s right, by leaving a comment other people that visit the site will those comments and think this person has something important to say.

They are more likely to stick around and see what going on. Comments are very powerful attraction tool for a blog.

Tip 3: You Get A Backlink To Your Own Blog.

Your blog is now linked to their blog through the comment. If you are leave good quality comments people will check you out.

I am getting traffic from the blogs that I have left comments on, now it’s early days and the numbers are not mind boggling but thats free traffic to my blog.

Tip 4: That Person Will Visit Your Blog and Comment.

As you can see this is a win win situation for everyone. They get their blog recognised, they feel great, you get a backlink and a comment in return.

This is called Blog Syndication and it is a great way to learn, meet new people and share your work.

Don’t forget to also share the bloggers post by using the share buttons and retweets. This is another great way that they will Thank you for.

Tristram Lodge

I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and please leave a comment, share on Facebook, Twitter and Digg it. Thank you for stopping by.