WordPress now allows you to copy and paste a tweet right into a WordPress blog. You see it as it is on Twitter. Here is how it is done.
Here’s a tweet from Dan Zarella @DanZarrella talking about a company that he says is 1 year behind on it’s information. Now this is quite a statement from Dan.
RT @rbeale: Sorry, Marketers, You’re Doing Twitter Wrong [REPORT] buff.ly/LyRF2c buddy media is over 1 year behind @danzarrella
— Dan Zarrella (@danzarrella) June 26, 2012
So how did I get this Twitter post to show up in my blog? Here’s the “How To”:
- Find the tweet you want to bring in
- Right mouse click (PC) or two fingers click (Mac) and look for “Copy link address” – click on “Collapse” or “Expand” to start process – see image below
- Select ”Copy link address”, or something similar, to copy URL for tweet – different browsers will use different words
- Go to the spot in your WordPress post where you want tweet to show and paste it into that spot. Right mouse click (PC) or two finger click (Mac) to get Paste.
- Leave Twitter URL on one line all by itself
- And that’s it. You are done
To check that you have the right thing copied, it should look like this: “https://twitter.com/danzarrella/status/217706630811365376” – quotations added to make URL visible. When you copy and paste URL, there will be no quotations. Just leave the URL on it’s own line. It is that simple. Go and try it.
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Jeff Brown helps businesses market their produces and services by providing social media training that works. He is the President of Alpha Social Media Inc and a certified Workplace Education trainer. Jeff is also a social media speaker, a consultant, and the author of "Essential Twitter Skills for Business".