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Social Media Buttons and Icons - Is Someone Pushing Your Buttons?

During these past few weeks, since adding the "Signature" option to ActiveRain posts, I've received so many requests, calls, and emails regarding how to add "Social Media Buttons and Icons" to the footers of Blog Posts. You've probably seen many of the various types and styles other members are using on their Blogs which poses the question, "Where Are They Getting These?" Here's some sites I've found that offer you these custom buttons for FREE. This includes for personal and commercial use according to their terms and guidelines.

Here are some Links to Literally Thousands of Buttons and Icons:

My Social Buttons

Royalty FREE Icons and Clip-art

WebTreats - 2000+ Buttons

Brian Brumpton "RainDrops"

DivaGeekDesigns - An Icon Overdose

The Value of A Twitter Search

Open Source Hunter

Instructions For Adding Buttons and Icons to the Signature or Footer of Posts:

Once you've downloaded the Social Media Buttons or Icons of your choice, you can add them to your AR Signature Page (including the appropriate links) by going to your "My Home" page on AR, then select the "Settings" link on the left hand sidebar. Just upload the button or icon into the "Signature" section of the page, add the appropriate link to your image, then click "update" to save. That's it!

One tip I would suggest is to be careful which Icons you select for some of the Social Networking Sites. If the Icon or Button isn't a familiar looking one, then visitors might be less likely to click on it. For example, the cow face, what Social Network or site does that one belong to? Maybe visitors would click on it just to find out? (LOL~) With all these Buttons and Icon styles available, one thing for certain is that your signature can be unique. So have FUN!!

This should give you plenty of options and creative ways to stand out from the rest of the crowd. :-)

Social Media Buttons and Icons - "The Buttons You Want People To Push!"

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Posted by Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager on 10/19/2009 12:30 PM

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105 Comments on Social Media Buttons and Icons - Is Someone Pushing Your Buttons?

OCT

Wow...so much information...so much to do!

Brad - Thanks for this post! I was wondering a) where people were getting the buttons and b) how they were posting the dang things! Superman that you are, you've answered both of my questions! :)

A bull might be inclined to click on the cow button :) Thanks for the tips, Brad.

thanks so much. i have been trying to figure out how to add them.

Thanks Brad, you can't have too many buttons... can you?

Social Media Buttons and Icons - Is Someone Pushing Your Buttons? That's a great bunch of information for us to use to brighten up our pages, thanks again Brad!

Love your catchy title. It's pretty cool.

Aha! Good and useful information for the unbuttoned masses in ActiveRain!

Hey Brad,

What timing! I just added my buttons last night. Now are you going to push them?

I think these buttons are really cool looking. That said though, I am fairly careful about who I add to some of my social networks as each of them serves a unique purpose for me. I am nut certain that I want to put open invitations to join up in my public blogs just yet.

Renee Burrows has some really cool buttons.

Thanks, Brad! I'm going to try entering a few buttons.

WAY COOL AND WHERE WAS THIS WHEN I WAS NEEDING THEM! NICE TOUCH BRAD!

Brad, I see what happens when RainMakers push your buttons. You push back, LOL. Thanks for being a never ending resource in the Rain.

Brad- Just added a button yesterday but now I think I'll add more. Thanks for providing the additional sites.

Brad --- thanks so much for the information on all those buttons ---I will look into them.

Mama Liz

You have some great information here that I plan to use on my own web page and blog. Thank you for the help!

I have been wondering where everyone is getting them from and as a newbie to AR it is helpful to see.

Thanks for putting them all in one place. I know how to add them, but didn't want to take the time to go find the graphics for each one!

I saw this on your facebook entry... i came here after commenting on facebook..... I also BOOKMARKED this post for later...... I have been LOOKING for good buttons to get for my AR blog.....

woo hoo !!!!!

=-)

Hey, you could have at least included the Active Rain ones I designed. I agree that using recognizable logos for each will make people more likely to click on them.

Brad have the programmers fixed the abiltiy to add our signatures to only OUR new posts.

As you know some of us have been using signatures or footers for a while. So when we add the new one on the old posts it looks Ridiculous.

Let me know.

Candace - thanks for the Reblog, and the nice commentary! (Big Smile)

Hey Brian - I did include a link to your post, and also featured it. Nice job on the "raindrops!" :-))

Missy - the only way to do that would be to add them to each post, the signature section currently applies to ALL posts.
I'm not aware that the programmers will be making any changes at this point. I'll look into it for you though.

Brad - I don't yet have any buttons, icons etc. so your post will come in very handy once I redesign my site in the near future.

There are so many cool options... And the ability to have a static signature for all of our blogs is a COOL option, too.

Brad,

I have been wondering where people are getting their buttons! Thank you for the information.

UGH! I need to get organized!

Tina in Virginia

Brad now I don't have to pester you with the same question since you already answered it! Thank you.

Hello Brad, thanks for the links to the buttons. I've gone deeply into several of them and it is amazing to see the variety! John

Brad I am so glad that you wrote this post. I have been wondering how to add those buttons.

Awesome! Thank you! I haven't asked about them, but I have often wondered where people were finding them.

OCT

Thanks for the links Brad. I'll have to go check some out. I like how many of the signatures today have those at the bottom. Been wanting to add some myself, so this is perfect.

Blog-N-Roll Brad...

I don't need no stupid buttons and you can't make me button up The Crap-A-Rama. I'll take a few rolls of Charmin though :)

TLW...ROAR!

I have spend countless hours looking for these funny little things! I guess all we had to do was ask the master! Thank you so much for putting together this post!

Love all the buttons and the AR Guide. Thank you so much for all the tips and tricks that you provide on a daily basis!!

Brad,

I was just giving you grief, thanks for the link.

I remember seeing you post about the buttons, but not about how to put them in your signature. I looked for days before realizing it wasn't hard at all. Just create a link out of the icon. Glad to see you addressed it for the others.

Brad,

Thank you for another great informative post. I am off to look for my buttons :)

Sharon

Brad - button button whose got the button ;-) ... Brad certainly has them all or at least all that count

Great. I have been wondering where to create those buttons.

Thanks for the post Brad. Now to go check out those links and find some cool buttons...

Thanks Brad for all these buttons.

Thanks for sharing, Brad. Great stuff, as usual!

I think everyone should have buttons so others can push them.

Hey, that is great, I feel that they should have their own name, like flair but computer jargon.

How did I miss the Signiture feature. I will have to get on that one.

Brad, A colorful bunch of buttons you have there! Thanks for the full service blog!

Brad, you always provide relative info here on the Rain. I really appreciate it!

Brad thanks again for helping a newbie. I just can't keep up with all the technology.

Thank you sooooo much! I have been seeing these and wondered how to get some for myself!! :o))) I am going to find my social networking buttons and add them to my signature! Many thanks again!

Brad - Too Cool... You've pushed my bookmark button again.... I'll be back.. Thanks Brad!

Hey Brad, thanks again for the useful information. I've been away from AR for a while but your blog was one of the first ones I looked up when I got back.

Brad - Great idea for a post. I have had a lot of new friend requests and followers after I added these to my signature.

Great post - I was wondering where everyone was finding these! I want to add some as well!

Thanks for the information. Just now in the process of improving my blogs before going public.

Thank you guys for very useful info! Great tips on "how to". I followed some of those links and found collections of buttons, which are great if you want to use more than one button for your signature and want them to look similar by style.

The links to the buttons are great. Thanks for telling us how to use them too. I will try to add them sometime.

Shari

Brad, I have been wanting to learn how to do this! You must have read my mind...lol. Thank you so much for the information.

Thanks for sharing. I really like the new feature. Btw good title (catchy) "pushing your buttons"...

Oh, wonderful! As a Newbie I am still trying to navigate around some simple things, so I will absolutely cherish the guidance!

thanks for the info!!

Thanks Brad, I wasn't even aware of the signature option. This was a big help.

Brad, thanks so much for the info - will put it to use right away!

Hey Brad I tried this before and got stuck, so thanks for the info, I'm off to try again.

Thanks for this post. I was thinking I would have to do a search to figure this out. This blog entry has saved so much time. It's a one-stop-shop for button links.

i ahve been trying to find a good set that i like:)

Thank you for the links. That's a big help. I've already made some changes and I'm happy with the way it looks.

Wow, Brad! Thanks for the buttons. Another bookmark until I have contract completed.Is there anything this blog can't do?

Do I not need to save the picture to an online storage for the url? Is it possible to just upload a picture to activerain from my computer? sorry. I'm kind of new working around the features of AR.

Thank you! I have wanted to ask someone how to do this. They look so appealing on sites.

Thanks and as usual great information BUT I think I like your banner best, it must also be a new one as I haven't noticed it before. Enjoying the Journey is all the fun!

Thanks for all comments everyone, sorry I haven't responded sooner, I've been dealing with some "pushed buttons" in some other areas.

Gregory - you can right click on most of the images available and just save them to your hard drive, or you can download entire sets depending on which site you are on. Then, just upload the image as you would a photo or graphic, and place a link (URL) to your appropriate Social Network profile, website, or page. I'm here to help if you need it. :-)

I'm going to go over and change my buttons (to be pushed) shortly...

O.K., that's what I thought BUT I wasn't sure if I missed an upload to AR. Thanks.

Blog-N-Roll...

Sounds to me like you're the one who needs the Charmin. It'll come in handy to help clean up whatever button mess you've got going on :)

P.S. I was going to apologize for doing this. But, that would be a lie. I'm not really sorry :)

TLW...ROAR!

Brad - Thank You for doing a walk thru of where and how to add these buttons.

TLW - haha.. I squeezed it!

Thanks Brad! I need a personal AR trainer...can you send someone to Nashville?

Verlyn

PS Thanks for taking my call last week...I'm working on what I learned!

Thanks, Brad. I was going to look this up, and here you are with the answer. Truly amazing. Those buttons sure are pretty - like bling for our blog. (Blog bling - how can I sell that?)

Verlyn - I'm not cheap, but I'm not real expensive either, came to Nashville last year, I'm due for another trip out there if that's an invite? :-)

OCT

Great post Brad. I just recently was looking for those as well. Great website for more icons: opensourcehunter.com

Thanks Megan - I just added your link to the post above. I think that's where Renee Burrows got her buttons.

Very Cool, thank you. :-)

OMG...

That was flippin' hilarious. Excellent come back Blog-N-Roll...

Right now I have a gazillion remarks about the "Roll" part of your nickname in my head. But I won't subject you to those cracks...Speaking of cracks :)

You just had to see that one coming :)

TLW...ROAR!

Brad, another thing I need to learn! Missed several weeks here and feel like I need to go back and read ALL of your blogs! yikes. :)

Brad, great info. I have been swamped and am just catching up here on all my reading. Here's the thing, WHERE OH WHERE DOES THE COW ONE GO TO???? Now that I just have to have. You know me, google milk and all, I would be clicking that button all day long, until the cows come home.. ok, sorry.

TLW - yes, I saw that one coming 500 miles away!

Connie - just don't hurt yourself. lol~

Andrea - hahaha! Me too! :-)

OCT

Thanks for sharing the links. I would use these icons on my blogs and articles.

Brad--You are always a fountain of knowledge. My problem is most of the time my cup runn--th over!

Mary - that may be, but surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life! :-))

I just received this really nice email from Carol with her permission to post it here.
This is so true, I think she should write a post about it. Thanks Carol.

First email:

"Brad,
I hope you can help. We bookmarked your blog on icons - great blog! In fact, we're using the raindrop icons in our signature (well, trying!). I've been trying for the past 2 hours to get the icons in a place where they don't capture the link of the previous icon. We're not happy with the layout and I don't know how to change it without messing it up. We would like them all in a row, and, when I do that all my links change. I've tried spacing them out more and it doesn't do any good.
If you check out our blog, you'll see what I mean. We're not happy at all with the layout.
Any suggestions? Oh, and this has nothing to do with the type of icons. I went through this for hours the first time as well.
Thanks for your help."

Second email:

"Brad,

I was just emailing you from your site. Thank you so much for your phone call. That was so easy! I can’t believe I spent 2 hrs today on top of 2-3 hrs last week trying to get this to work. I never thought of using the ‘spacebar’…duh! Sometimes we spend way too much time thinking things must be difficult that we forget the obvious that would make it so much easier (hmmm….sounds like a blog!)

Thanks again for all your help,"

Carol

OCT

Brad, this is just what the doctor ordered. Thanks so much for the tips and making our lives just a little bit easier with these helpful posts.

NOV

Brad.........oh my, more icons than a girl can stand! Thank you for all of these exceptional tutorials...I am wading through...very, very slowly!

Wow! thanks brad!

NOV

Hi Brad I guess I am wondering if these button even get clicked...what do your analitics tell you? I would think the value would be much greater to have people visit your website than your social network accounts.

I am sure there are people trying them right now because they are new but I just can't see a consumer clicking them regularly. Just my opinion:)

Bill - you make a great point and that may very well be. However, I was getting so many requests for where to get these and how to do this, that creating a post to be able to send as a link to others will save me tons of time trying to explain it over and over again in the future.

I agree that having those buttons go to your website, outside blog, IDX, and other value added sites might get more hits and bring more value than the social networking sites. Only time and testing will tell. I'll keep an eye on my analytics to see how many clicks they are getting on my blog posts. I think I am getting more reblogs, retweets, and FB shares right now than anything else.

Brad...I have found a few buttons......to link them, like say twitter...would I take the little birdie and link it to my catchjane twitter name?

Hi Jane - exactly. Make sure you use the entire URL for your link though. IE: { http://twitter.com/catchjane } and just link that to the little birdie or whatever button or icon you decide to use. I'm Here if you need any help ok?? :-))

This is something I've been wanting to do, but wasn't sure and didn't know which one to use.

Another thing is I want to do is a buttton for a "Subscribe to my Blog", but I dont' know how. Has someone done a blog about that?

NOV

Hi Cindy - here ya go. :-))

http://activerain.com/blogsview/409721/5-ways-to-subscribe-to-blogs

Thank you, Brad, you're a doll!

Blog-N-Roll...

I have a project for you. Why not write all your tutorials again and repost them? :)

Sorry. I couldn't resist and I have an hour to fill. Mouthing off on your Blog is always fun :)

TLW...ROAR!

hahaha! I have a better idea.... why don't you write them and repost them? I call that "viral" not "plagiarism!" (hehe) lol~

BTW - Where the heck did you come up with an extra hour to fill? I am totally jealous!! :-))

NOV

I had no doubt you were getting lots of requests. I must admit they do look pretty - LOL

NOV

Brad, I have all my other buttons linked, but how do I link the add this button?

Hi Jane - same way as the others. Have it link to the same place add this uses for their landing page, or you can embed their code in your signature. Use mine as a sample to test it out.

Thank you, much, Brad! This one just had a lot more script to cut away before getting to the url!

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