Ok, so I've looked around a number of different websites but seem to get mixed information. Does anyone have any advice for implementing a Facebook Like button in an HTML email campaign?
I have already tried this article but for some reason, clicking the like opens a blank page with another like button. http://emailexpert.org/adding-a-facebook-like-button-to-your-email-template/
Any help would be appreciated.
Here is how you can add a Facebook Like button, Share Button, and Tweet Buttons. Please Note: Where it says my-campaign-url.com
is the webpage of the email newsletter. Replace img src
with your own image for the button. Also I am not sure you need everything in the Facebook button but you can clean it up with some testing =>
Facebook Like
<a title="Like this on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.
php?href=http://my-campaign-url.com&layout=standard&show_faces=
false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=427%20">
<img src="/Images/network_icons/fblike-button-small.png" style="border:
0 none;" alt="Like This on Facebook"></a>
Facebook Share
<a title="Share this on Facebook" href='http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://my-campaign-url.com'><img src='/Images/network_icons/fb-share.png' alt='Share my campaign' /></a>
Tweet Button
<a title="Share Via Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?
url=http://my-campaign-url&text=My%20Text%20-%20&via=My Name&">
<img src="/Images/network_icons/tweet-button-small.png"
style="border:0 none;" alt="Share Via Twitter"></a>
Another (possibly easier) option.
Use the AddThis Service for E-Mail Marketing. See AddThis site for more info. Example Code Follows:
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<!-- Facebook -->
<a href="http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-site.com%2Fnewsletter&pubid=ra-[Your AddThis ID for Analytics]" target="_blank" ><img src="http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png" border="0" alt="Facebook" /></a>
<!-- Twitter -->
<a href="http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-site.com%2Fnewsletter&pubid=ra-[Your AddThis ID for Analytics]" target="_blank" ><img src="http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png" border="0" alt="Twitter" /></a>
<!-- Rest of AddThis Services-->
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=ra-[Your AddThis ID for Analytics]&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-site.com%2Fnewsletter " target="_blank" ><img src="http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png" border="0" alt="More..." /></a>