Blog Engage – Social Networking For Bloggers
I’ve been a member of the Blog Engage community since November of 2009 and it’s one of the most important blogging decisions that I ever made. I enjoy being member of Blog Engage and the blog promotion resources is only the half of it. Bloggers should always be willing to learn more about their craft and BE is an excellent place to do so.
The owner of Blog Engage asked me a question on Twitter and one thing about Blog Engage, if Brian needs your help you can’t turn him down. You can find out more about the community and my experiences in these other posts. Now let’s get to the question.
If you have a WordPress blog you can install the Blog Engage plugin that will display the button along with a counter. Recently the Digg Digg plugin was expanded to include a Blog Engage button and the Sexy Bookmarks plugin has included the button for quite some time.
Add Blog Engage Button on WordPress.com
WordPress.com users know that java scripts are not allowed and quite simply they just don’t work on our blogs, so the question is, what is the alternative? Here’s what I’m doing on Ms. Ileane Speaks my primary blog to add the Blog Engage button.
- Download one of the images from the Blog Enage site link for Profile Promo and save it to your computer
- Upload the button to your WordPress.com Media Library
- Edit an existing post or publish a new one
- Submit your post to Blog Engage
- Copy the URL from the vote page of your post
- Go back and edit the post on WordPress.com and insert the button image where you want it to appear on your post
- Click the image to edit it
- Paste the URL from Blog Engage in the Link URL box (see image below)
Update and save your post and take a look. The next time you want to add the button you can skip the first step because the file is already in your Media Library. These steps might seem long but it is well worth it to make it easy for follow Blog Engagers to vote for your posts so that you can end up on the front page at Blog Engage. Your traffic will rise and you will become noticed not only in the community but throughout the blogosphere.
If you have any questions about adding the button to your WordPress.com blog you can leave a comment here or contact me on Twitter. My user name is @BasicBlogTips.
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Twitter: bbrian017
April 20, 2010 at 3:35 am
Ileane your such a dedicated member to go through that process for all your wordpress.com articles. Thanks so much for sharing your trick. Do you think there is any possible way of making this process any easier? Well at least the future additions it’s already in your media library.
Too bad wordpress doesn’t allow for scripts. That’s rather odd of them isn’t it?
Thanks so much your the best Ileane! Love ya!
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Twitter: Ileane
April 20, 2010 at 11:36 am
Hi Brian, you’re welcome. Just let me know who the other WordPress.com bloggers are and I’ll show them some other tips as well. The java script is one of the most complained about topics at the WordPress.com forums but once you get over the initial disappointment you can move on. WordPress.com has so much more to offer than scripts and as you know, I highly recommend it. Thanks for all of your support. Love ya back!
That’s really cool Ileane and a much needed post for those people using Wordpress and want to fully benefit from the Blog Engage website and community.
All the best,
Karl
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Twitter: Ileane
April 20, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Hi Karl, thanks for the positive feedback! You’re welcome here anytime.
I want to say thanks as well
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Twitter: Ileane
September 26, 2010 at 7:28 am
Hi Gadget Guy, thanks for your visit. All members of the CommentLuv community are welcome here! I hope you don’t mind if I give you some advice. You should really get a gravatar to help increase the likelihood that your comments will be approved and not rejected as spam. You can find out about the benefits of using a gravatar and how it helps to establish your brand
One more tip, if you already have a gravatar, be sure to use the same email address on your gravatar profile and your CommentLuv profile and then you will be all set.
Great walk thru post Ileane.
Might have to put one up.. but need to remove one..lol
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Twitter: Ileane
April 20, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Hi John,
Thank you!
Oh thanks for sharing this info really helpful for the people who use wordpress
I’d never heard of blog engage, sounds really cool.
Twitter: Ileane
May 11, 2010 at 10:55 am
Hi Tom, Blog Engage is a great community. If you’d like to join let me know and I’ll send you an invitation. You can also visit the Blog Engage site to find first class bloggers to follow and well written articles in your niche. Thanks.
Social networking is very important for boogers it will help you gain some free traffic and also some links to enhance your PR.
Twitter: Ileane
May 17, 2010 at 10:48 am
It’s also great to meet new people and develop relationships. Thanks Bit Doze.
Twitter: Ileane
May 17, 2010 at 10:48 am
It’s also great to meet new people and develop relationships. Thanks Bit Doze.
This is such a good technique or different way to blog engage a wordpress.com blog. Unique way for me and a new information for my self. This deserves a tweet.
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Ok, ok, time to check blogengage out. I’ve been hearing about it all day from several sites. Going there now!
Twitter: Ileane
May 17, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Hi Zack, it looks like you have an ecommerce site, do you have a blog also? Blog Engage is primarily for bloggers who can submit their blog posts. Let me know if you have questions or if you need an invitation. Thanks.
Thanks for this update! I have a wordpress blog which i am not much working on as its hard to manage it, but i think this is something good and i should try it!
I do have installed sexybookmark plugin on my blog and i think i need to update it to get Blog engage button on it!
Nice blog and theme! Bookmarked your blog over my delicious account!
Twitter: Ileane
July 1, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Hi Rajdhani, it’s important to promote your blog if you want to give it a good chance for exposure. Sexybookmarks is a great plugin for helping your readers spread the word. Let me know if you want an invitation to Blog Engage. Thanks.
Thanks for the uniqe information
BE is very useful.
Twitter: Ileane
July 10, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Alan, have you joined Blog Engage yet? Let me know so I can give your posts some support. Thanks for the visit.
Twitter: netchunks
July 10, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Wow, Ileane amazing. You some how come out with a hack to add Blogengage button to a Wordpress.com blog too, Awesome
Twitter: Ileane
July 10, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I guess you can just call me a WordPress.com hacker! Thanks for giving me a new name Shiva.
Thanks for information. Great!
karla
I joined Blog Engage in September 2010 and have tried to be active on that network. Brian has worked very hard to keep Blog Engage going, and has been successful at doing it . Out of all the blog communities, Blog Engage seems to be the most successful, as you can see by the fact that its members are still active, and the site is still around.
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