UPDATE 17th Jan 20-13 : My current favourite sidebar sharing plugin that works well on mobile devices is AA’s Digg Digg Alternative plugin , you can download it here. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/aas-digg-digg-alternative/
Many of the most popular Social Media websites use a sharing widget on the left side of their blog posts. This tutorial will show you a simple wordpress plugin you can use to achieve a similar result
As you scroll down the post the widget stays in place which means its always visible on the page increasing the liklihood of people sharing
The plugin we are going to use is called “Twitter, Facebook Like, Google Plus One Social Share“
To add a wordpress plugin to your website login to your wordpress admin dashboard and select plugins on the left hands side
Click on “Add New”
Enter “Twitter Facebook Social Share”in the search box and install
Install the plugin and activate it
Now under Settings select TF social Share
You can now configure the plugin, select what social media sites you want displayed and where you want it to show up on your blog
You can configure how the left side floating option will be shown
You can also adjust the width and size of the social media buttons to match your blog design
By deafult the share box displays above each blog post
If you want it to show on the left side of the post you need to alter the position setting
You can select where on the screen you want it to display
So now the plugin is activated and showing in the correct place all you now need to do is send some traffic and encourage people to share your content
