In our last post we implemented your Wordpress blog into Facebook, and thus gave a huge advantage to attracting followers to your blog. As you have no doubt deduced the reverse is true, and you can implement Facebook into your blog. This gives the advantage of your friends being able to post comments into your blog from Facebook, and thanks to openID, negates the need for multiple passwords.
The process is very similar to integrating Facebook into your blog, and if you have successfully achieved that, then you should have no trouble in reversing the process.
To integrate Facebook into your blog you will need the following:
Root directory of your blog
API Key
Secret
(These will come from Facebook after you create a new application)
Facebook Connect WordPress plug-in
The plugin gives added advantages such as sharing stories, feeds, invitations and pictures on to your blog. This allows the blog to be spread word of mouth through Facebook, and gives your blog a personal touch and vibrant feel.
As before create a canvas page, and enter the root directory with a trailing slash in the “Canvas Call Back URL” field. In essence this is exactly the same as integrating the blog into Facebook, and you enter the secret, and API key that you receive from Facebook a little later on.
Download and enable the above plugin, and then you are nearly done. A few steps however have to be adhered to, to achieve integration.
Once the plugin is activated, enter the API key and secret. It is now possible to add the plugin to the sidebar of your blog.
A whole plethora of options are now available and many are enabled by default. The reason for this as they promote the sharing of your blog and your friends activity in relation to it, and that can only be a good thing. You will probably notice that there is an option to circumvent comment approval and publish comments straight away. The thinking behind this is that as comments come from real people so there is no need to moderate them as there is no way they can be from spambots.
Another option to consider is the send user comments to Facebook. This will show the comments to their friends and so spread the word of your blog. All very handy.
Once you have chosen your options, you will then be prompted to create a template, as these have to by in synchronisation with Facebook. Click activate template and the template is generated automatically. You can set languages here to if you wish.
After this step is completed you are more or less finished, and you will probably want to take sometime playing around with options in the template.
Once you have completed this step you have fully integrated Facebook into your blog, so now feeds, comments, pictures, and everything else will now appear in it. If you have integrated your blog into Facebook as per our previous post, then you have taken a significant step in promoting your blog.
Additionally, your blog has become far more vibrant, and activity on it is guaranteed with posts from your friends. As these posts will be seen by their friends so hopefully word will spread and your blog will gain more readers. This is the true definition of viral marketing.
To work social media to your advantage, it is essential to connect as much of it as possible so that it pulls together in the same direction. This way, you get out there, and in turn, bring readers to you. This is obviously the name of the game, and can bring you notoriety and possibly be very lucrative.
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