Get the Most Out of Your Thanksgiving Holiday with Widgetbox

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and that means it’s time to start planning your Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends.

Widgetboxer Erika Campos of San Francisco has been using Widgetbox to help her plan her annual Thanksgiving dinner for the past two years. We asked her to give us the details of some of the widgets she’s using this year to help her plan the big day.

• The first thing I did this year was to install a Thanksgiving countdown widget. It took less than five minutes to install the widget on my blog and social media profiles. Every time I check my pages it’s there to keep me organized and focused.


• Next I installed the party planning widget. It’s definitely a must for any type of party or event planning. There’s a direct link to Evite.com to help with email invitations, up to the minute weather forecasts, and party planning tips.


• Every year I try to introduce a new recipe or two, so the recipe widgets are great for giving me new ideas to try. My favorites are the Epicurious and Chow.com widgets. They give me recipes from Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and other renowned food magazines. This year the new recipes I’m trying are: Cider Glazed Turkey, Brown Butternut Squash Couscous, and Spiced Apple Cupcakes.


• Finally on the day of Thanksgiving I like to send all my family and friends Thanksgiving postcards—especially those who won't be able to make it to dinner—just to let them know that I have been thinking about them

Need even more Thanksgiving planning ideas and widgets? Go to Widgetbox.com.

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Career Help from Widgetbox

With the U.S. jobless rate hitting 10.2% in October, the highest in 26 years, many Americans are looking for help in navigating the difficult job market. Whether you're looking for a new job, thinking about switching careers, or interested in advancing in your current career, Widgetbox has numerous widgets that can help.

Find Up To Date Job Listings

Widgetbox has various job listing widgets that are filled with a variety of available current positions. Search by geographic location, industry, and profession. Many of our job listing widgets update daily so you'll see the newest postings available.

Track Where Layoffs Have Just Occurred and Where They're Most likely to Happen

The layoff tracker from Teleonu reports which companies have just had company-wide layoffs, and which companies insiders believe are most likely to experience job cuts in the near future. The widget also links to a layoffs forum, with tips and advice from recently laid-off employees on how to bounce back after a layoff.

Get Your Resume Out in Front of Employers

Market yourself to potential employers with our LinkedIn badge. Place the badge on blogs, an online resume, or your website to promote your LinkedIn profile.

Reach Your Professional Potential with Career Advice from Widgetbox

Whether you're looking for a new job or just want to advance within your current position—maximize your professional potential with advice and tips from Widgetbox. We offer a number of widgets that offer daily suggestions on topics such as how to write an effective resume, how to write a career change cover letter, or how to effectively track and accomplish your professional goals.

Some widgets we recommend:

• Helping Friends Career Network
• Education America Network—information and employment opportunities for the education industry
• Career Choice Guide—information on career planning and job search strategies
• Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips

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Increase Your Company's SEO and Website Traffic with Pro features: A Widgetbox Spotlight Study

Steve Spangler is an online educator devoted to scientific learning through experimentation. His website, SteveSpanglerScience.com, is an online retailer of over 900 different science-related products and features videos demonstrating fun science experiments.

After realizing initial success with his website, Steve wanted to further increase his web presence. His immediate marketing goals were to: create a social media presence, increase search engine optimization (SEO), increase brand awareness, and drive additional traffic to the website.

Steve decided to work with Widgetbox to implement a comprehensive—yet affordable—marketing strategy that would accomplish his objectives.

The solution was to create a blog widget, or Blidget, for his "Experiment of the Week" RSS feed and YouTube channel. A branded header and footer were also added to the widget to increase brand awareness. To assist with SEO, the widget included an HTML/SEO wrapper with the search term "science toys". The inclusion of the SEO/HTML wrapper guaranteed that every reinstall of the widget on the web would include the relevant search terms with a link back to Steve's site.

Finally to increase Steve's social media presence, Widgetbox created a custom Facebook Fan Page that would distribute the brand through the Facebook platform.

An initial six months of promoting the ad on Widgetbox.com led to impressive results. SteveSpanglerScience.com increased from number 17 to 3 for Google search results for the term "science toys". A total of 360,000 unique impressions were served across 150+ unique URLs leading to 2,700 clicks to the site, and currently the widget is receiving 60,000 views a month—all displaying the brand's image and feed content.

Facebook Fan Page apps are only available to our Publisher Pro and Business Pro users. Log in to your account today and start using these apps to increase your social media presence.

Our HTML/SEO Wrapper is available exclusively for our Business Pro users. Not currently a Business Pro user? Upgrade your account today to start using this feature to increase your SEO.

Want even more marketing solutions? Widgetbox can promote your branded widget in the Featured and Spotlight sections of Widgetbox.com to boost the rate of installs and increase linking. Find out more »

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Widgetbox Is All Dressed Up for Halloween

Yep it's true! Just like our widgets--us widgetboxers are fun and creative. Check out this year's staff costumes:

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Our Popular Slideshow Widget is Better than Ever

Here at Widgetbox we’re always looking to improve our widgets to make them even more fun and useful for you. We recently made some cool improvements to our popular Slideshow widget that will make it even easier for you to share your images.

The Slideshow widget allows you to easily turn your content into a professional looking slideshow—simply upload images from your computer, and in just 5 minutes you’ll have a personalized slideshow to share with friends.

Make a slideshow to show off your new puppy, the office Halloween party, your last vacation, or just about any other slideshow you can think of.

Install your personalized slideshow on MySpace, Twitter, a blog, or any other web page of your choosing.

Pro account users get even more customization for their slideshows, including: 16 themes, multiple slideshow settings, and advanced stylings of fonts and colors. As with all Pro widgets, Pro users can also opt to remove the Get Widget button.

Not currently a Pro user? Try Widgetbox Pro for free with a 7-day trial and start adding Pro features to your widgets.

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