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Buck Inspire said:

Hey guys,

 

What do you recommend to use to share your posts?  I am using DammSexyBookmarks, but my theme adds it as more to the next page.  Do you guys have a favorite?

 

Thanks!

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I use DiggDigg at the top of the post and Sexy Bookmarks at the bottom. I like the combination, because Sexy Bookmarks has many more networks included, but DiggDigg transfers the information better in my opinion. I don't think it's too much – let me know what you think: http://knsfinancial.com/tax-re…..-extended/

Also, DiggDigg has a feature where the buttons will wait until the rest of the page loads before loading. This way it doesn't hurt your load time that much.

I've been using Sharebar lately.

Maybe I am nuts, but I think those buttons probably don't get used very often. I use sexy bookmarks but just use subtle 16x16 icons on a bar at the bottom of my posts.

I can see in my stats that one of the buttons has been clicked once.. I assume it was a mistake. :)

A "tweet this" button is probably best.. the rest of them.. I don't know.. like "digg this" will require a pretty large number of clicks for it to have any meaning in my opinion.
Do you guys find these social media buttons actually add a lot of value (eg. bring in new visitors)?

Jaymus (RealizedReturns) said:

Maybe I am nuts, but I think those buttons probably don't get used very often. I use sexy bookmarks but just use subtle 16x16 icons on a bar at the bottom of my posts.

I can see in my stats that one of the buttons has been clicked once.. I assume it was a mistake. :)

A "tweet this" button is probably best.. the rest of them.. I don't know.. like "digg this" will require a pretty large number of clicks for it to have any meaning in my opinion.

Do you guys find these social media buttons actually add a lot of value (eg. bring in new visitors)?

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Well, I have had a lot of traffic from Stumble Upon and Reddit. Once in a while Tip'd gives me a boost as well. The one benefit of having the buttons is that if you ask for help promoting your article, or if a number of bloggers like what you wrote, it makes it very easy for them to just click a few buttons to promote you. Rather than having to go to each site and copy/paste your link and possibly write a description.