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If you’re using the Pro version of the Custom Facebook Feed WordPress plugin then you can use our Carousel extension to create sliding carousels out of your Facebook content.
If you’re using the free WordPress plugin, or the PHP Standalone version, then it’s possible to achieve a basic slideshow by doing the following:
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1) Add a class to the shortcode of the feed that you want to convert into a slideshow:
2) Set the number of posts to display to be the number of posts you want to include in the slideshow (10 for example). You can do this by using the ‘num’ shortcode option:
I took every stock photo off my testimonials page. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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I took every stock photo off my testimonials page. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
I ignored this on my own site for years. 1 CommentsComment on Facebook
A first-time visitor doesn't know you yet. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A first-time visitor doesn't know you yet. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Your call us button is quietly costing you customers. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
The best time to post is a trap. The feed does not dump your video on a tiny window of people awake at lunch. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Most sites go dark the second a visitor actually has a question. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A wall of glossy five-star reviews does not read as proof anymore, it reads as staged. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Those perfect headshots were quietly making my real reviews look fake.
Swap them for real screenshots and real names.
If your proof looks too perfect, people trust it less.
#smallbusiness #websitetips #SocialProof #wordpress #marketingtips
The whole trick is timing: ask right after you've done the work, when they're actually happy, not three weeks later when they've forgotten you exist.
Don't tell them to go look you up either. Send a direct review link so it's one tap, send it as a text not an email, and people will actually do it.
Then drop those reviews straight onto your site, and if you already run a Smash Balloon reviews feed they sync up and display on their own.
Try it and let me know if it works.
#googlereviews #smallbusiness #reviews #localbusiness #marketingtips #smashballoon #socialproof #customerreviews #smallbusinesstips #wordpress
Those perfect headshots were quietly making my real reviews look fake.
Swap them for real screenshots and real names.
If your proof looks too perfect, people trust it less.
#smallbusiness #websitetips #SocialProof #wordpress #marketingtips
People with one quick question were leaving and I never saw a single one.
A little chat button caught them, and a lot were ready to buy.
If your site has no chat, that's probably your quietest leak too.
#smallbusiness #wordpress #websitetips #livechat #smallbusinesstips
So you saying you're great means almost nothing to them.
Put real proof up top: reviews, a customer count, a face or two.
What's the first thing people see on your homepage right now?
#smallbusiness #websitetips #wordpress #socialproof #smallbusinesstips
So you saying you're great means almost nothing to them.
Put real proof up top: reviews, a customer count, a face or two.
What's the first thing people see on your homepage right now?
A whole generation would rather do almost anything than make a phone call.
They will text, they will DM, they will message a business at midnight, but ask them to dial a number and wait on hold and they just close the tab and find someone easier.
So every call us on your site is sending those people away.
The fix is not complicated: give them a way to message you instead, right where they are deciding.
#smallbusiness #customerservice #websitetips #smallbusinessowner #marketingtips #LeadGeneration #LiveChat #wpchat #localbusiness #customerexperience
If it is good, it keeps showing it for days, even weeks, so timing buys you a small early bump and nothing more.
What actually decides whether a video travels is those first three seconds. Do people stop, and do they stay.
So stop fiddling with your schedule and pour that energy into a hook that earns the next three seconds.
#contentcreator #socialmediatips #VideoMarketing #reels #contenttips #smallbusiness #marketingtips #CreatorTips #smashballoon #ShortFormVideo
Someone shows up interested, they have one small thing they need to know before they buy, and there is nowhere to ask it.
So they do the easy thing and leave, and you never even know they were there.
That quiet bounce is probably your biggest leak and it does not show up anywhere obvious.
The fix is to give people a way to ask in the moment, right on the page, while they are still interested.
#smallbusiness #customerservice #websitetips #LeadGeneration #smallbusinessowner #marketingtips #LiveChat #wpchat #localbusiness #customerexperience
When every quote is amazing service, highly recommend, a visitor's guard goes straight up, because they have seen a thousand of those and half were fake.
What actually earns trust is the opposite of polished: one review that names a specific problem you solved, with a real first name, a real photo, and someone who admits they were skeptical at first.
Cut the generic one-liners and keep your three most specific, most human reviews instead.
#smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #reviews #socialproof #onlinereputation #marketingtips #websitetips #customertrust #smashballoon #localbusiness
3) Add the following JavaScript to your site. This can be done manually using a custom JavaScript plugin. For further information see our documentation here. Please note, if you change the class option in the shortcode above to be anything but “slideshow” then make sure to change that on the first line of the snippet below:
var shortcodeClass = 'slideshow',
cffSpeed = 5000,
$cff = $('#cff.'+ shortcodeClass);
$cffItem = $cff.find('.cff-item'),
cffNum = $cffItem.length,
cffCur = 0;
$cffItem.hide();
setTimeout(function(){ $cff.find('.cff-item').eq(0).show(); }, 200);
setInterval(function(){
$cff.find('.cff-item').eq(cffCur).fadeOut( "fast", function() {
if( cffCur == cffNum-1 ) cffCur = -1;
cffCur++;
$cff.find('.cff-item').eq(cffCur).fadeIn();
});
}, cffSpeed);4) You can change the speed of the transition by editing the cffSpeed = 5000 value at the top of the snippet. 5000 is equal to 5 seconds (5000ms).
I took every stock photo off my testimonials page.
Those perfect headshots were quietly making my real reviews look fake.
Swap them for real screenshots and real names.
If your proof looks too perfect, people trust it less.
#smallbusiness #websitetips #SocialProof #wordpress #marketingtips ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Replying to the comment asking how to get more Google reviews.
The whole trick is timing: ask right after you've done the work, when they're actually happy, not three weeks later when they've forgotten you exist.
Don't tell them to go look you up either. Send a direct review link so it's one tap, send it as a text not an email, and people will actually do it.
Then drop those reviews straight onto your site, and if you already run a Smash Balloon reviews feed they sync up and display on their own.
Try it and let me know if it works.
#googlereviews #smallbusiness #reviews #localbusiness #marketingtips #smashballoon #socialproof #customerreviews #smallbusinesstips #wordpress ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
I took every stock photo off my testimonials page.
Those perfect headshots were quietly making my real reviews look fake.
Swap them for real screenshots and real names.
If your proof looks too perfect, people trust it less.
#smallbusiness #websitetips #SocialProof #wordpress #marketingtips ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
I ignored this on my own site for years.
People with one quick question were leaving and I never saw a single one.
A little chat button caught them, and a lot were ready to buy.
If your site has no chat, that's probably your quietest leak too.
#smallbusiness #wordpress #websitetips #livechat #smallbusinesstips ... See MoreSee Less
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
A first-time visitor doesn't know you yet.
So you saying you're great means almost nothing to them.
Put real proof up top: reviews, a customer count, a face or two.
What's the first thing people see on your homepage right now?
#smallbusiness #websitetips #wordpress #socialproof #smallbusinesstips ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A first-time visitor doesn't know you yet.
So you saying you're great means almost nothing to them.
Put real proof up top: reviews, a customer count, a face or two.
What's the first thing people see on your homepage right now? ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Your call us button is quietly costing you customers.
A whole generation would rather do almost anything than make a phone call.
They will text, they will DM, they will message a business at midnight, but ask them to dial a number and wait on hold and they just close the tab and find someone easier.
So every call us on your site is sending those people away.
The fix is not complicated: give them a way to message you instead, right where they are deciding.
#smallbusiness #customerservice #websitetips #smallbusinessowner #marketingtips #LeadGeneration #LiveChat #wpchat #localbusiness #customerexperience ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
The best time to post is a trap. The feed does not dump your video on a tiny window of people awake at lunch.
If it is good, it keeps showing it for days, even weeks, so timing buys you a small early bump and nothing more.
What actually decides whether a video travels is those first three seconds. Do people stop, and do they stay.
So stop fiddling with your schedule and pour that energy into a hook that earns the next three seconds.
#contentcreator #socialmediatips #VideoMarketing #reels #contenttips #smallbusiness #marketingtips #CreatorTips #smashballoon #ShortFormVideo ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Most sites go dark the second a visitor actually has a question.
Someone shows up interested, they have one small thing they need to know before they buy, and there is nowhere to ask it.
So they do the easy thing and leave, and you never even know they were there.
That quiet bounce is probably your biggest leak and it does not show up anywhere obvious.
The fix is to give people a way to ask in the moment, right on the page, while they are still interested.
#smallbusiness #customerservice #websitetips #LeadGeneration #smallbusinessowner #marketingtips #LiveChat #wpchat #localbusiness #customerexperience ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A wall of glossy five-star reviews does not read as proof anymore, it reads as staged.
When every quote is amazing service, highly recommend, a visitor's guard goes straight up, because they have seen a thousand of those and half were fake.
What actually earns trust is the opposite of polished: one review that names a specific problem you solved, with a real first name, a real photo, and someone who admits they were skeptical at first.
Cut the generic one-liners and keep your three most specific, most human reviews instead.
#smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #reviews #socialproof #onlinereputation #marketingtips #websitetips #customertrust #smashballoon #localbusiness ... See MoreSee Less
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