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Google Friend Connect is a gadget that you can add to your blog or website that instantly gives you the ability to grow a thriving, interactive community that will:
- Encourage community interaction and engagement
- Attract more followers
- Add the crucial element of ’social proof’ to your blog
- Get you free traffic to your site when members network with others in Friendconnect who have not yet visited your blog
I’ve prepared a video for you down below where I walk you through the process of installing Google Friendconnect on your blog:
Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment down below! And ‘tweet’ it if you like it! ;-)
To Your Success,
Katie Freiling
August 28th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Katie, Excellent, excellent explanation of how to add Google Friend Connect. This took me so long to figure out, and with a lot of help from the Community, and a lot of hunt and peck luck of where to add the codes in, I got it on my Blog. I have a lot of people asking me and I can’t really help because I don’t remember where I put the stuff. Now I know, and will refer folks to your wonderfully done tutorial.
Thanks.
And, while we’re talking about Google Friend Connect, I’d like to extend an invitation to you also to join my friend connect. You can do so by going to http://www.debbie-wood.com.
Thanks Katie for your continued great advice and education!
Debbie Wood´s last blog ..Social Media Will Get You Tons of Exposure if You Know 3 Big Secrets
August 28th, 2009 at 8:11 am
FANTASTIC step by step Instructions
Very clear and easy to follow… This is GREAT Katie—Thank you!!!
Lance´s last blog ..3 Constant Twitter Mistakes YOU should AVOID!
August 28th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thanks for the suggestions. I am looking forward to add Google FriendConnect on my fedora blog.
Kulbir Saini´s last blog ..Hi all,Please upgrade to
August 28th, 2009 at 8:29 am
For sure it is very important for everyone blogs.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Katie,
Excellent! This is a wonderful tutorial. I really appreciate your sharing this.
Thanks.
Joy
August 28th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Hi Katie – this is great info. I am using FileZilla since I have hp computer. I’m having difficulty getting in and I believe it’s the host name that seems to be the problem.
Can you assist please???
Thanks,
Rhonda
August 28th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Great explanation on Google Friend Connect. Thanks for all your great tips. Please join my Googl Friend connect at my blog.
Have a great Day!
Beverly
Beverly´s last blog ..Medicines or Natural Ways for Wellness
August 28th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hey Katie,
Another great tool that you’ve
shared with the world…
I appreciate all of the content
and value that you a contribute!
Keep it flowing:)
Eric Goldstein´s last blog ..How To Keep Yourself Organized For FREE As An Entrepreneur
August 28th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Hi everyone -
Please add yourselves to my Google Friend Connect.
Join my site, I have lot’s of good information coming up very soon and would appreciate all you’re social proofing help that I can get
Come on Katie, you can join as well
Many Thanks
Michael.
Michael Cloke´s last blog ..Keep Out! Special Forces In Operation
August 28th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Great Video!
Rellie
August 28th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Hi Katie!
I now have Friend Connect on my blog and NEVER would have figured that out myself!
After hearing how to do this on the webinar last night it might as well have been another language! But after listening to your video here about 3 times, I DID IT!
So again, thank you for all that you do, the information that you share, and your never-ending dedication to OUR success!
To continued growth,
Amanda
August 28th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Dear Katie,
Would you consider in helping me evolve and take me under your wing personally??? I need my feet in the door.
I need a miracle! Iam stressed out and I was arrested yesterday for the second time in my life due to a ex friend’s bullshit.
I am basically on the verge of losing my home and now I have to find a lawyer that I have no idea how I am going to pay. I am scared out of mind. Talking with you Katie would be beneficial in a number of ways. Besides your gorgeous (: Please contact me at home (410)263-4897 est. I live in Annapolis,Maryland.
I am home right now. Make this a priority please. This is my life we are talking about. I am trying my best to focus on building a business online but this incident could alter my life for a long time. Please consider my request and get in touch with me. I pray that you will call me…. Thanks
Kind regards, Christopher
August 28th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Awesome Katie. Thank you so much for this great tutorial.
You’re the best!
Buff
August 28th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Hey Katie,
This is a really great post. I know that the Google Connect widget that I added to my blog has increased the sense of community on it a hundred fold. It is a great tool to raise your Social Media profile and a great way to develop some pretty fantastic friendships to boot.
Thanks for the post.
To Our Success,
John
p.s.
A really great way to supercharge your profile and have your picture show up in your blog posts like mine does right here is discussed on my blog. Just click the link below.
John Chatman´s last blog ..Enhancing Your Social Media Profile With a Gravatar!
August 28th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Hey Katie -
So what is the deal here?
If I join you’re site and you DO NOT join my site, DO I UNJOIN you’re site? Like twitter followers or UNFOLLOWERS!
I think that we should all “in this community” join each other’s blog’s. Why not?
What do you think the basic rules about recipocracy are about Google Friend Connect?
Many Thanks…
Michael.
Michael Cloke´s last blog ..Keep Out! Special Forces In Operation
August 28th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Hi Michael,
I agree with your comment in that we’ve gotten to the point where following others has become redundant, except in the fact that it’s only about numbers.
Why would anyone want to follow someone else’s blog or Twitter account when they really have no interest in what they have to say? Should Michael Jordan, for instance, start following all of his followers on Twitter?
People follow others because they are interested in what they have to say. Reciprocity in this case is meaningless.
August 30th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Hi Craig -
The Twitter People’s Champ is when you have a good balance ratio of Followers and Following. Most famous example of this scenario is Guy kawasaki; Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures. Guy exemplifies fantastic Twitter Balance and Recriprocation. His ratio is almost a dead even 50/50 ratio with room to spare of not following Spammers. This status shows Follow-back love and openness to interaction.
Please visit:
The 4 Stages Of The Twitter SeeSaw http://tinyurl.com/5l87pl
I have come across other communities that join each others blogs and they reap the rewards of social networking.
http://bit.ly/eVj4w
GFC Reciprocity is Very Important to me!
Michael Cloke´s last blog ..Keep Out! Special Forces In Operation
August 28th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Thanks Katie. As you know, I’m very new to all of this, but with your step by step instructions, I installed Google Friend Connect in less than 5 minutes!
Thanks Again…:
Regards,
Quinn Coats
August 28th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Hello Katie,
Thank you so much for sharing this. I followed your training & added this. I am still in the process of putting my wp blog together.
Thanks again, look forward to join you soon.
Damayanthi
Damayanthi´s last blog ..Blogging for Home Business – 8 Benefits of Blogging
August 28th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Thanks Katie,
As always your presentation
is clear and easy to follow.
I’m working on my website,& Wordpress blog design and development. I’ll let you know when they’re ready to go public.
Your blog is my number-one favourite!
Cheers, Katie!
Denys
August 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Hi Katie,
I just added Google friend connect to my blog.
Randy
Randy Allen Bishop´s last blog ..Social Media Q&A at Gnomedex
August 28th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Hi Katie, thanks for all the valuable training.
You make it look so easy, and I know I will get there
someday and really get to where I can do all of this
technical stuff. I know that someone had to teach you
too right? Anyway have a Great weekend. Be Blessed!
Larry McMillan´s last blog ..First Post
August 28th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Katie,
Excellent step-by-step training, thanks so much.
Do you have a similar video for the widget that contains
links to the four social networks on your site?
Thanks,
Dennis Neuhaus
Dennis Neuhaus´s last blog ..Hello world!
August 28th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Great post as always Katie.
Google Friend connect was one of the first things I added to my blog site. Always looking for members/friends myself and will always return the favour.
Thanks again
MslilPeta
MslilPeta´s last blog ..Mobile – Home Business
August 28th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Thanks for providing the information and the training to put this information into use.
This widget is on my list of items that are going onto my blog.
You really have evolved and I am grateful to experience the journey of your growth as I continue growing myself.
August 28th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Great easy to follow video, Katie! I’m just getting my own blog up and running. I’ll see if I can’t get this going now.
Thanks again!
Craig Bond
August 28th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Great Blog post! Google friendconnect is a must for anyone who wishes to build a community online! Thanks Katie for sharing!
Gil Pizano
Gil Pizano´s last blog ..A Little Note: Some Good Ways and Some Not So Good Ways to Network
August 28th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Hi Katie,
I’m one of yaro’s students, and sat and saw your interview with him yesterday, its was wonderful and inspiring..
I am fairly new to blogging, and have added the friend connect..
Thank you for sharing -
Regards
Bea
Beatrice ´s last blog ..Effects of Dyslexia and How You Can Help
August 29th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Hey Katie,
Thank You another excellent video. Have been meaning to add to my blog, now that you have shown how easy it is to do no excusr.
Have fun
Bryan
Bryan McHeyzer´s last blog ..Top selling Teeth Whitening Free Trial Offer
August 29th, 2009 at 6:08 am
I love you Katie, you give so much.
Thanking you
August 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Katie,
Great post! Very timely as well. I came across your blog only about a week ago. I am enjoying the content.
Today after following your post here, I’ve added Google Friend Connect to my site! Well I don’t have any friends yet but I believe it will grow fast. You can be my first!
On that note, I want to invite others to join my site at http://www.startupbooster.com.
Thank you.
-Guna
Guna Deivendran´s last blog ..First Principle of Marketing: Give Before You Ask
August 30th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Great video again Katie. I like the concept of social proof and encouraging interaction on one’s blog, but personally I don’t like having all kinds of widgets flashing in my sidebar. Looking at the one here on Katie’s blog, it seems that friend connect widget is kinda neutral, so I’ll be looking if it’d work on my blog as well.
August 30th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Thanks, Katie. Nice Tutorial although I’m still not convince of using one ^-^, just afraid I have too many things on my sidebar.
Andi Putra´s last blog ..11 Ways to Optimize Your Pay per Click Web Site
August 31st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Thanks for the article. I immediately setup Google Friend Connect on my blog and urged my brother to get it setup on eatourblog.com
I think this might become a very effect social media marketing tool in the near future. I have been consuming all of this stuff (twitter, facebook, google friend connect, etc..) for the past couple of months. I will soon become very effective at online marketing as well as good ol’ fashion face to face marketing.
Thanks again. Love the site and content.
Blake Urmos´s last blog ..Mission Statement
August 31st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
WOW, so so so confusing!! I can’t even get half way thru this one.. The FTP File Zilla has a port space, which I have no idea what to put here and nothing seems to work… I went to Smart FTP, but that did not work either… I’ll have to wait until my computer guru brother comes home to help me..
September 1st, 2009 at 2:43 am
Hi Katie
I’m thrilled to have stumbled across your Website.
Your amazing.
I will proudly follow and support you
I feel this way afer Day One.
Can’t wait for Day Two.
Thank you
I’m new to Blogging twittering and Face Book.
My address http://www.google.com/profiles/LouiseMcLeavey
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/home.php?ref=home
http://twitter.com/home We_Know_It
http://louisemcleavey.blogspot.com/ I’m starting real estate on the 18th and will be having a website after that. http://www.louisemcleavey@harcourts.co.nz I’m from christchurch New Zealand
September 1st, 2009 at 11:23 am
Katie! Excellent directions! Thank you for always GIVING excellent content to move other entrepreneurs forward.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Katie
Thanks for the hot tip and demo..a little scary when first looking at it set up and no members yet..yikes..
Thanks
Ventura Mortgage Guy
Jay Jacobs´s last blog ..First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit-In Ventura County
September 1st, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Katie,
That was a great presentation. Thanks so much for sharing. Please forgive my silly question, I’m just getting started in the social media world … I have to ask how many friend sites do we really need??? If we’re already connected with others on FB, Linked In, Twitter and others, do we really more?? Could you please explain the value of this? Thanks. Karen
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Thanks Katie, have added and joined your site. Love you to join mine too at http://www.lisamharrison.com
Thanks for all you do, Lisa
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 am
Katie, another excellent post. I love the way that you walk us step by step through the process in your videos to help us save so much time and gain so much value. Google FriendConnect is a great tool to have on your blog.
Keep up the great work!
Have a fantastic day!
Many blessing to you.
Ed
September 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Thanks for the great instruction on how to use Google friend Connect. GFC really can help to your site popularity.
Hajib´s last blog ..Best On Tube
September 12th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Thanks for sharing Katie!
Jordan Klimp´s last blog ..Integrating Empowerment & Financial Freedom
September 17th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Great advice, I came across your site from your interview with Yaro and I must say I love what your doing and what you have done. Looks like I found yet another great real internet marketing success story.
Will be coming back for more looks like I can learn a lot from your blog.
Thanks
Jared P Little´s last blog ..My 1st Phone Interview – A Real Life Success Story
September 17th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Hey, Katie
Thanks for sharing, I was having problems connecting it to my blog. I’m also posting a comment to test the Avatar pic from your earlier post. If you have a WP blog and you put a pic in the settings it’s the company. I had an account but didn’t have a pic uploaded.
Juan Martinez´s last blog ..The First Skill Of An Effective Leader:
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Hi Katie,
another wonderful Video full of info. You sure made it look ez. I’m finally setting up a REAL WP.ORG Blog and really wanted to add this widget but just can’t seem to get it to work. I’m using FileZilla and seems as if everything is ok, yet GFC says no go. I see a couple others above have had ‘issues’ with this as well. I’d appreciate any light you could shed on what could possibly be wrong or if any others could relay how they got past this hurdle, love to hear how you did it.
Keep the great content coming, we ALL appreciate it.
Thanks, Bryan
September 26th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hello katie,
First of all, You’re a breeze in the land of Social media..!!
Alway’s having good info for blogging, personal devolopment etc.
Question, do you know where to get some help with the google friend connect? I did what you said in the video, I have it now installed on http://dearfonz.com butt, I see only half of it….. any suggestions?
ThanX, Fonz
September 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Thank you for another great video tutorial…I learn so much easier by watching than just reading. I really appreciate all the great content you provide. God bless.
rhonda gessner´s last blog ..Want To Be My Friend?
October 5th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Hi Katie,
Thanks for the explantion of how to add Google FriendConnect to a blog. I have just added it to my blog and hope you will join my friend list.
Regards,
Mike
Mike Davion´s last blog ..Happiness is the best medicine
October 7th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Thanks Katie for this Vid. The hardest part of setting up a blog, or any website is learning the technical side of things, and vids like these make it so much easier.
Thanks for your knowledge and inspiration
Zac Settles
October 7th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Hi Katie,
Is a great tutorial I really appreciated and I’ll start implementing this on my site.
Aldus´s last blog ..Ping! Exclamation Point!
October 21st, 2009 at 2:02 pm
great tutorial it is important to have this gadget because it will give more exposure for your blog