One of the things I love about social networking and social media sites, is that its an open community. Developers consistently come up with ways to link and share information, regardless of who’s network, site, blog community, etc. you are on.
Facebook is the latest craze.
Blogging, though not the latest, is still going strong, and is finally starting to become understood by the new generation of bloggers. (side note: I love that the new generation doesn’t necessarily mean younger people. Truly, young folk put blogging where it is today.)
So. How to combine them?
The Flog Blog application on Facebook. For those of us who are facebook-inclined, search the applications for “Flog Blog.”
It feeds your blog (or whatever blog you choose) right to your facebook page. It doesn’t give each post in full, only enough to catch your readers’ interest, directing them to your actual blog url. You can set it to automatically update each hour, or you can manually customize your settings.
Here’s a screenshot:
It’s a great way to gain extra exposure for your blog. It also makes it easier for people to keep up with your blog, who may otherwise not actively visit your site.
Check it out, and see if it’s right for you!
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as if people need more on their facebook pages. most people’s are so junked up with applications you can’t even find the wall. it’s getting to be myspace all over again…
Ooooh Lisa, you’ve definitely highlighted a gem for bloggers – how to gain blog exposure. We’re all promoting our blogs via Facebook (those of us who use it), and I’m sure are trying to find additional ways of getting the word out there. I agree with the previous commenter that people’s pages are cluttered, but how else do we reach the masses? Here we have a captive audience
Thanks for the heads up!
I haven’t checked out Flog Blog, but I know that WordPress has had a Facebook application for a while.
It could be a good way to get readers, but If ind that most of my Facebook friends weren’t really that interested in reading what I had to say about Social Media/Technology/PR, so I took it off. I might have gotten some traffic to my blog, but it wouldn’t have been from readers that would have found value in it.