Ah...I'm having a thought that I'm half hating because it sure feels like work, but...

You know how blogs and stuff have those buttons that say "Tweet this" "Stumble upon this" etc?

I don't use most of those platforms--in fact, I want to Tumblr stuff, and that button rarely appears, and if it does, it never generates an actual post I'd submit (links to the image that caught my eye? What's the point? That doesn't make my Tumblr look cool!). In terms of popularity, if I had to put three buttons, which three are the ones--FB? Twitter? And then what?

eta: Let me not take 1000

Also--people don't really go through to the individual pages, although there is one for each photo. But if I put the share buttons (I'm leaning towards making the third Tumblr) on the 10 photo page, that's nuts. I'll need to work the divs and shit so they're alongside the photos--I will be crying in Buffistechnology for help there...will that kill the page, or what?

I mean, each individual page will definitely have them, but it will be almost for naught if you can't share from those pages by impulse too...

ita ! I don't have much concrete info on this topic, but I totally feel your pain: I have SO MUCH I need to change on my website and social media...and I don't have the time! I'm working on jobs. But I HAVE to do it. So, yeah. I'm with you.

But In terms of popularity, if I had to put three buttons, which three are the ones--FB? Twitter? And then what?

For your tumblr (it's got an array of interests, some geeky, right. Some Provocateuse? Use Twitter, and keep on that shit. Once a day, send a couple of pics out. Easy. Some little blurb, a pic (use owl.ly to shorten URLs-I think that's how it's spelled? Anyone know for sure?

Use HootSuite and you can send the same message to Twitter, FaceBook and, well LinkedIn, but no on THAT one! Maybe a couple more choices I can't recall. Maybe Instagram, but I am new to that, so no advice from me there; I'm still figuring it out and analyzing if I like it.

I don't know what tweaks you can do to your tumblr theme settings, but I'd also add a Pintrest button, and have a Pintrest page. Pintrest can be crackadelic time suckage, so I warn you, but it's hot right now, and there's several categories that fit the different stuff in your tumblr very well. And then you can also get shit from other's people Pintrests of just the groups for your tumblr!

(I am strangely proud I know this. I just had little mental IAmAGirlGeekGasm. Although my geekiness in some areas has some big holes, but c'est la vie; I know a fuckton of esoteric crap from a lot of random subjects. It balances out.)

I want to Tumblr stuff, and that button rarely appears, and if it does, it never generates an actual post I'd submit (links to the image that caught my eye? What's the point? That doesn't make my Tumblr look cool!).

Yeah, even with The Mary Sue, which I think does a pretty good job making their posts tumblable, the picture ends up in the text box so you have to click on it in your dash.

In terms of popularity, if I had to put three buttons, which three are the ones--FB? Twitter? And then what?

Pinterest, for sure -- it's all photos.

(I cannot spell Pinterest right, to my everlovin' shame. It's a weird neural block.)

Yes, I was totally going to say Pinterest.

I haven't spent much time there, due to the time suckage issue Strix cited, but Pinterest seems the way to go. Had I not just migrated to a new computer, I'd link you to an article I read about how 5 major brands are succeeding using Pinterest. Google the idea and I'm certain that will come up.

As for adding the buttons to the 10 photo page...might it be cleaner...and much less work...to add a blurb on each page that says "Click on your favorite pics to share with your fellow Provocateurs" and then have the share buttons on the individual pages?

I have no idea why I think that would be technically easier, but it would save you all that div hashing...which sounds like torture to me.

People are already pinning many of my sites: [link] actually. I noticed that a few months ago and didn't know what to do with the information. I'm having a hard time keeping up with tumblring (but I am getting a decent number of notes, so it's a decent brand expansion--I'm trying to run the reports to see how much traffic tumblr gets me, but it's hard to interpret--chicken gizzards might be more straightforward). If there isn't a tool that can consolidate tweeting/Pinning/whatever else, I don't know if I can keep up with it.

I am fairly sure I have a provocateuse twitter account, but I might be using it for something else. Whatever else, it's not for much, and I can clean it out.

Shit.

But I am wasting traffic here. At the very least, I can add buttons that can add another inroad for traffic. Bare minimum. And I might go with your suggestion bonny, at least in the short term. It will make it simpler to construct the URLs for the buttons, I can have more, and I can lay them out without ruining the main page (and they are sorely under designed as they stand anyway).

Thanks, guys. This is all perspective I need and don't have.

So I'm updating my mailing list from mailchimp, and I'm entering the data into quickbooks, somewhat woefully thinking it's a shame that there's no where else to put the mailchimp special info requests other than the notes field in quickbooks, which is only sort of queryable. I'll have to go back through manually to make sure everyone gets their dvds, and then I'll have to make a note that they did.

And then I accidentally hit the button directly next to the one I've been using for the past eleven years. It says, "Schedule a new todo"

<headdesk>

Of course the functionality is there, I just never noticed.

Whew! I added a tumblr share picture button to Venus!

It's below the picture: [link]

Should I move it above?

Okay, then, to learn:

• Twitter
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Google+

No, below looks good, I think. I would want to scroll to see the whole picture before I decided I wanted to share it.