What's the easiest way to share your blog with friends and communities? I think I may have found it. It's called 'ShareThis'. (Imagine that.)

What is it? It's a widget that you can add to your blog or website that enables users to share the content of that page with the rest of the world (their world on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc). When a user clicks on the "share this" link on your blog, they are presented with the option of posting a link to their social site of choice to share it with friends. Wow. If you give people a super easy way to share your content, I believe they will be more likely to do so. Wouldn't you agree?

Another way of looking at it is from the authors perspective. As the writer, producer, and promoter of my blog, I take every opportunity to share my content with the people in my networks. The "share this" link makes it easier for me as well. Once I write my blog, I can simply click the "share this" widget to let my friends know about the post. How convenient!

I'm sure there are a myriad of other widgets out there that do the same thing. However, my experience with sharethis.com is that it was so easy to set up, I have already forgotten how I did it (which is the case for most stuff I have set up - but that's another story).

To get the button for your site, sign up for a free account first then go here: http://sharethis.com/publishers/. From there, you'll basically choose what type of button you want and they'll give you a snippet of code that you can add to your site.

Enjoy!
Matt Sweet
Internet Marketing
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