Many Widgetboxers have been asking if there’s a way to try all our cool Pro features for free. Well good news—we now offer free 7-day trials to all of our Pro accounts! You can get started with a free 7-day trial to Widgetbox Pro, Publisher Pro, or even Business Pro. All of our Pro trials give you full access to the benefits of your chosen Pro account and you can cancel at any time. Start a free trial and go Pro.

On Wednesday, I had the unique opportunity to appear on RSS Ray’s radio show to speak about widgets. I am trying to get a copy of the discussion (in podcast form) – but in the meantime, here are eight tips that I shared with Ray… and that users of RSS can implement immediately:
RSS & Widgets: 8 Ways to Utilize RSS in Widgets
RSS feeds make it easy for web publishers and marketers to create custom widgets on Widgetbox… with no development resources! Below are eight great ways to turn feed-based …

Mashable had a great article yesterday on Twitter #Hashtags, what they mean and how to use them. For Twitter users, hashtags represent a powerful way to navigate Twitter’s activity stream, understand trending topics and find interesting users.
Mashable even recommended using Widgetbox to help navigate your Twitter activity:
“Provide a website widget: For anyone who isn’t using or knowledgeable with Twitter, provide an easy conversation tracker tool on your website. You can make one via Widgetbox”
Here’s how you can use hashtags within your Twitter widgets:
1. When creating your Blidget Pro, add …

Exciting news: you can now create Blidgets and Blidget Pros from your Facebook Feed. Add you Twitter activity, blog or RSS feed, and other useful content from across the web and you have the ultimate social media / marketing widget! Here’s how:
1. Install Chia’s Newsfeed RSS App
To get started, you need to allow the new Newsfeed RSS Application on Facebook and grant it access. The application will access your Facebook feed and convert it into an RSS feed. Note: this all occurs on Facebook.com and you will need to login …

This is part three of our series on turning your Blidget Pros into successful, viral Facebook Applications:
1. Beginners’ Guide to creating Facebook Apps
2. Video Tutorial of the Facebook App Creator
3. Advanced Guide to Facebook App customizations (below!)
Once you have turned your Blidget Pro into a Facebook Application, there are several customizations that can make your app more successful on Facebook:
Customize the Application’s About Page
Each Facebook Application has an About Page that includes (see an example here for the American Idol Application)
- A custom image and overview
- Basic statistics (reviews, …