Aug 2, 2014

How to add Google Plus , LinkedIn Follow Me button on Aweber Email Template?

We are strongly familiar with social media button as we see them everywhere all over the internet.  We are going to discuss adding social media follow button on email message send with Aweber . If we look Aweber drag and drop email template builder  we can see there is a 'Follow Me' block to place on the message's drop zone. But this Follow Me block allows to integrate  only Facebook and Twitter account.


Fig: Follow Me block 
Seems to be that you are little disappointed as Google Plus and LinkedIn are not over there but they are very important for you or your business. In this situation we can play a tricks to place social icons on the message like as below picture-
Looks good? Okay, Follow the following steps- 

  • Slicing vertically : I guess , you are familiar with 'Drop Zone' of Aweber's drag and drop template builder- Select/create a separate drop zone and slice vertically as required. 
  • Adding Text and icons: Now use 'Paragraph' block first to add text 'Follow Me' or as you want to write. Then use 'Image' block and upload icons for social media to be added on next slice one by one. Don't forget to set the respective social media account link for each icon.
  •  Adjustment: Adjust the icon size and slice size for better look and feel.
That's all- if you need the icons , you can download them from here .

Please let us know if are experienced with any other solutions .