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What social share plugin do you use for your website? Would you use the same one again? Like something else better?
 
Built into my theme. Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter.
 
If you're trying to attract younger guests, add Instagram.
 
EmptyNest said:
These are part of your theme, you just have to activate them..
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EmptyNest said:
These are part of your theme, you just have to activate them.
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I have the social buttons to take guests to MY social pages. I'm looking for the ones to take guests to THEIR social pages. To share my page with their networks.
All I could find in the theme was what I already have set up.
 
At the Nashville meeting one of the speakers said to put no social media links on your website. People will click them, leave your site and never return, since they get caught up in web surfing. He said don't put anything on your site that causes people to leave.

Not sure I'd go that far, but an interesting way to think about it.
 
Arks said:
At the Nashville meeting one of the speakers said to put no social media links on your website. People will click them, leave your site and never return, since they get caught up in web surfing. He said don't put anything on your site that causes people to leave.

Not sure I'd go that far, but an interesting way to think about it..
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Arks said:
At the Nashville meeting one of the speakers said to put no social media links on your website. People will click them, leave your site and never return, since they get caught up in web surfing. He said don't put anything on your site that causes people to leave.

Not sure I'd go that far, but an interesting way to think about it.
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Remember keep it simple, don't distract them from booking a room.
 
Arks said:
At the Nashville meeting one of the speakers said to put no social media links on your website. People will click them, leave your site and never return, since they get caught up in web surfing. He said don't put anything on your site that causes people to leave.

Not sure I'd go that far, but an interesting way to think about it..
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Arrrrrgh! I hate when speakers contradict each other.
However, I do remember saying that myself.
How about putting it on the 'thank you for your reservation' page? Like other online shopping pages?
 
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding.
 
Arks said:
At the Nashville meeting one of the speakers said to put no social media links on your website. People will click them, leave your site and never return, since they get caught up in web surfing. He said don't put anything on your site that causes people to leave.

Not sure I'd go that far, but an interesting way to think about it..
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You can always have them open in a new window. :) Sharing Links is what it is all about.
 
Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding..
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Scannability and Readability in Web Writing
Reading online is 25% slower than reading from printed material, and it's harder on the eyes.
Web users scan for information rather than reading content word-by-word, so we need to break down the text. Use short headings, lists, and short paragraphs to make content more scannable.
Headings
Use headings and sub-headings to organise the page into sections and help readers find specific topics and information:
Include key words from the associated paragraphs.
Keep headings and sub-headings short, a maximum of 4-8 words.
Lists
Lists draw the eye, so break down important information into concise list items.
Check long sentences. If there are a lot of commas, colons, and/or semi-colons, try pulling the points out into a list.
Keep the text for each list item short - a 5-line list item isn't a bullet point, it's a paragraph with a bullet in front of it.
Have no more than 9 items in a single list.
Keep lists to a maximum of two levels.
Use numbered lists where the order of entries is important.
Use bullet point lists where the sequence of entries isn't important.
Ensure each list is introduced by at least one line of text.
Paragraphs
Short paragraphs keep content scannable. Many readers will scan only the first sentence of each paragraph - perhaps the first two sentences if they're very short.
Get to the point straight away, in the first line.
Build each paragraph around a single idea.
Paragraphs should be no longer than 40 - 70 words.
Paragraphs should be no more than 5 lines.
Keep summary paragraphs to 30 - 50 words.
Try to vary the size of paragraphs.
Bold Text
Use bold text sparingly.
Using bold text for emphasis on the Web is a cheap trick. It looks unprofessional.
Don't use bold words inside prose text. Keep bold for headings and - if you absolutely have to use it - restrict bold text to the lead-in at the beginning of a paragraph.
If you have to bold text to emphasise words inside a paragraph, the paragraph is probably too long. Try breaking it into two paragraphs (or more).
Remember - making everything bold, effectively renders none of it bold.
There's an exception to these rules when highlighting important information. Even then, restrict bold to Note: or Important! and leave the message itself un-bolded.
Block Lettering
Don't shout.
Only use all capital letters if you want to SCREAM at the reader - otherwise, keep it down to a conversational level by restricting capitals to their proper places.
 
Are you speaking of our websites: Why would they share? What would they share?
Checking in on FB they do. Share a blog or a FB post, yes that is a good place for a share button.
 
Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding..
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Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding.
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That speaker needs a bullet.
 
Are we assuming, as usual that a person is only looking at our website? And then we so happily share how we installed the new sink in so and so room and this room used to be this or that, etc etc. When a person goes to a site it is to book a room, flowering it all about with long paragraphs just muddies the water. A history and a background on everything needs to be on a history of the inn or something page, not where the rubber hits the road - let me see the rooms, see the rates and easily book it. Let me know if breakfast is included, let me know where you are located so I can say "Eureka I found it!" and stay there.
Are we assuming, as usual that a person is only looking at our website? And then we so happily share how we installed the new sink in so and so room and this room used to be this or that, etc etc. When a person goes to a site it is to book a room, flowering it all about with long paragraphs just muddies the water. A history and a background on everything needs to be on a history of the inn or something page, not where the rubber hits the road - let me see the rooms, see the rates and easily book it. Let me know if breakfast is included, let me know where you are located so I can say "Eureka I found it!" and stay there.
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Are we assuming, as usual that a person is only looking at our website? [/h3]
Bullets make it readable, many are on devices (small hand held) this is the same as above just broken up:
  • And then we so happily share how we installed the new sink in so and so room and this room used to be this or that, etc etc.
  • When a person goes to a site it is to book a room:
  • flowering it all about with long paragraphs just muddies the water.
    • A history and a background on everything needs to be on a history of the inn or something page
Now where the rubber hits the road:
  1. let me see the rooms,
    1. see the rates and
    2. easily book it.
Let me know:
  • breakfast is included
  • Where you are located
So I can say "Eureka I found it!" and stay there.
 
JBloggs said:
Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding..
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Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding.
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That speaker needs a bullet.
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JBloggs said:
Arks said:
Another speaker said, "Bullet points are out. Lose the bullet points."
You have to know which speaker lines are gems worth keeping, and which ones are garbage worth discarding.
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That speaker needs a bullet.
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JBloggs said:
Are you speaking of our websites: Why would they share? What would they share?
Checking in on FB they do. Share a blog or a FB post, yes that is a good place for a share button..
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When the social sharing icons are put either on posts or pages, if allows the viewer to click on the one they want to share on. ie: if I see a post I like and want to share on FB, I would click that share icon.
 

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