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Following on from our ‘top 25 WordPress plug-ins‘ and ‘another 10 great WordPress plug-ins‘, in this blog post we are going to focus on the increasingly important online marketing channel of “social media”. The following are the most effective, attractive and adaptable plug-ins and widgets I have come across as a WordPress user for encouraging readers to spread the word using social media.

WP FollowMe
Add a floating Twitter ‘follow me’ icon on the left or right hand side of your page that scrolls down with the visitor to increase the likelihood of a click.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-followme/

Sociable
Covered in a previous list but too good to ignore, pick and choose from 99 social bookmarking site links to add to your posts and pages
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/

SexyBookmarks
This bookmarking plug-ins sets itself apart with the glossy presentation of the icons and the eye catching disturber “Sharing is sexy!”
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sexybookmarks/

Social Web Links
Another bookmarking service but this one is for your side widgets rather than the content area
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-web-links/

Cute Profiles
Cute Profiles brings all your Social Profiles at one location, either floating in left or right side of your blog, saving your sidebar or footer space for ads or other important data and widgets.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cute-profiles/

TweetMeme
Fast becoming as essential as Akismet anti-spam, the TweetMeme button easily allows your blog to be retweeted. The button also provides a current count of how many times your story has been retweeted throughout twitter.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetmeme/

TweetBlender
Show tweets from just one user or show tweets for a topic which you can define via Twitter hashtag or keyword. You can also show tweets for multiple authors and multiple keywords and multiple hashtags all blended together into a single stream.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweet-blender/

Don’t forget if you are a Home Pro, Business Pro web hosting customer or one of our web hosting resellers you can also install WordPress MU and BuddyPress in eXtend to create your own social network.

Name:Matthew Telfer

About:Matthew is Heart Internet's Marketing Manager, and has held senior marketing positions in the web hosting industry for 5 years. With a passion for online marketing, Matthew is responsible for shaping strategy and developing the Heart Internet brand.

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