More New Features at Content Caboodle
Posted by Editing StaffWe’ve just finished adding a couple new features to Content Caboodle and I wanted to mention them here with a brief description of how to use them.
First, we’ve set it up so that you may add your Twitter account to your profile. This way readers of your articles who want to read/get more from you can follow you on Twitter.
To add your Twitter to your account simply login to Content Caboodle and then click on the “My Account” link from thenavigation menu.
Right below your email input box you will find a field for your “Twitter Username”. Just put your username from Twitter into this field, not the full URL to your Twitter account.
For example, if your Twitter account is at http://twitter.com/obannonsleap then you would only enter “obannonsleap” into the Twitter Username field and then press the update button.
A link to your Twitter page will then appear on your author’s profile page here at Content Caboodle. See example here!
The next new feature is an Author’s Articles Widget we’ve created that you may use to display your latest articles on your own web sites and blogs.
You can see an example of the widget here on the right side of the profile.
These widgets are a great way for you to promote your articles on your own sites and blogs to increase readerships, and were designed to be SEO neutral (for those of you who care about Google’s PageRank juice) as the widget is delivered via JavaScript and enclosed in an iframe, the links will not pull any PageRank juice from your pages.
The widget will just give you a way to highlight your latest published articles to visitors to your web site or blog, expanding your readership and reputation as an authority on the topics you write about.
To use the widget from your profile just log in to Content Caboodle and visit your profile page by clicking the “My Profile” link in the navigation menu.
On your profile page you will see the widget for your account displayed on the right, and beneath it will be a small box holding the Javascript code for displaying your widget. Just copy that code and paste it onto your web page or into your blog (works great as a sidebar widget) and that’s it.
If you have any trouble with this please feel free to contact us and we will assist you with it.
These are just the 2 latest ways we’re working to help our authors expand their reach online, there are more to come in the near future.
As always, we welcome your ideas and suggestions for how we can improve our service for you.
