Posted: Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 4:58 pm. Filed in Widgets.
Tags: Causes, Donations, SocialVibe
SocialVibe
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with SocialVibe, and now by adding the SocialVibe widget to your blog, you are able to earn donations for the charity of your choice by getting sponsored by a brand that appeals to you.
Each time someone visits your blog and engages with your brand (by rating a video, for example), you’re making a difference. That impact is immediately visible on your badge, i..e., ‘My blog has provided 63 cups of clean water for people in need.’
The money donated comes from your brand, so you and your readers never have to pay a dime.
In addition to earning donations, you’ll also get feedback from your charity about the difference they’re making thanks to you. By clicking the charity logo in the badge, you can find information about your cause and view real-time goal progress.
Setup is easy and only takes a few clicks – just go to Appearance->Widgets in your dashboard, add the SocialVibe widget and pick a cause and a charity. For more details you can find documentation in our support area. If you change your mind about your sponsor or cause, you can easily make adjustments by visiting your widget dashboard.
If you are running a self-hosted WordPress blog, be sure to grab the SocialVibe plugin.
With SocialVibe, our community can pool our individual influences to create positive change in the world.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
This is such a good idea!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Wow! Very, Very cool. Thanks!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Sharing is caring & making a social impact is great.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Wonderful! I finally have a reason to blog.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I love this idea. But when I logged out to see just how it worked and it took me to a sign-up for Facebook page. This doesn’t have anything to do with Facebook, does it?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
No connection to Facebook, although some sponsors may connect you to other 3rd party services including Facebook.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Awesome!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Very neat!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Very, Very cool. Thanks a lot for this!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Is anyone else experiencing glitches setting it up? I’ve tried on Safari and Firefox on my Mac and having issues with the causes and sponsor disappearing.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Mitch — haven’t seen any reports of issues yet. If you’ve reviewed the docs, http://support.wordpress.com/widgets/socialvibe-widget/, and still having issues, please contact support so we can take a closer look.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
this is great!
June 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
This is so ridiculously fantastic, I think I’m going to start a brand-new blog, just for this!
Its fabulous – thanks for helping us change the world
June 15th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Incredible! I’ve added my badge already.
What a great addition, a blog for a cause.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Cool – this is a great idea, I am adding it now.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I have been planning on starting a new blog and I could set up something to relate with that new topic. I like this idea – thank you!
June 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I cant add this, it’s giving me a glitch every time, it says its on step 2, then the box goes white. Tried on firefox and safari on a mac.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Yourboro – please contact support with your browser details so we can take a closer look. Thanks.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I love this idea. Thank you so much for this new feature.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Also, why does my DOB, age and sex matter?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
SocialVibe uses this info to filter the available sponsors, as some sponsorships are only available to certain age groups for example.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Nice! I’m going to add this widget to all of my blogs right now!!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
As usual, WordPress is so much more refined and …so much cooler than everyone else.
Kudos to whomever thought this one up.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Like it like it a lot. Very cool feature.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
that’s super fantastic!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Cool
June 15th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Good idea!
June 15th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
This is pretty cool – I think I’ll go check it out!
June 15th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
AMAZING!
June 15th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Love this.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:11 am
great idea! I look forward to adding this widget–and figuring out how to add one of the small 501c3s that I work with on climate change and bicycle advocacy!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:47 am
blilliant idea
June 16th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Yeah..its a great idea, i have been use the badge in My blog, so cool! thanks aniway.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Now THAT is one cool idea!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Blogging will be more ’social’ now. Thank you.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:32 am
“SOCIAL” Media. Hello? Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat use of NEW! Media!!
Welcome to the future of Advertising! ThanX. Well done!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:06 am
What a fantastic idea! Bravo!
June 16th, 2009 at 4:10 am
this is a very excellent initiative!
thanks!
June 16th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Hi,
I tried the socialvibe badge but it gives an error that the widget has been mis-configured.
I like this widget. A very nice way of promoting good causes.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:31 am
If you could drop a note to us via http://support.wordpress.com/contact/ with browser details we can take a look.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:59 am
How wonderful. I have never heard of this before. I will give it a try.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Somehow the widget doesn’t accept my password. When I go directly to socialvibe I can login without trouble. I am wondering if there is a trick to it or if that has something to do with my account being new (maybe some cache issue).
June 16th, 2009 at 8:35 am
myphotoscout — haven’t seen any other reported issues around logins. I’ve let the SocialVibe support team know and they will take a look.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:43 am
that’s great!
June 16th, 2009 at 7:03 am
i love socialvibe.com. thank you for this wonderful idea
June 16th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Lovely thing, the SocialVibe gadget. I have already subscribed, and now I am waiting to see if and when those who visit my site will visit SocialVibe. Perhaps people are not aware that they do not have to spend any of their own wealth. In my experience, many individuals shy away as soon as they come across anything or anybody associated or related to helping somebody or someone in need. Take my site and what I am trying to achieve. As soon as I engage into dialog about what, why and for who, the individual suddenly remember that ever so important meeting happening in a few seconds.
Bamboric.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:27 am
nice idea. I ‘ll try.
regards
June 16th, 2009 at 10:02 am
really fantastic!!! I’m going to add it ASAP!
June 16th, 2009 at 11:17 am
A social responsibility of wordpress user. Great idea!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for this useful tool. This is a wonderful idea, and I hope many bloggers take advantage of it. I would love to see 12for12k.org added to the list of causes.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
This is such a crap. Just like buying a soda makes the somalis less poor.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
great idea
June 16th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Why do I need to choose a big company to sponsor my donation campaign? Sorry, but is ridiculous to think only sponsored campaigns can exist. The most company make donations or create foundations to save taxes and get visibility on media. The idea is great but I think this is a ego filler for blog adicteds who really don’t make REAL things.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
It’s a great idea! If only I could get more than 4 hits per day, I’d be making a difference too
June 16th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Hi there! I have some troubles setting up this new widget, I complete the three steps an click on publish button, but then on my blog appears a message: “Alert this socialVibe badge is misconfigured”
What I’m doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.
David.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Hi David — a small fix was pushed out earlier today. Looks like your widget is working now.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
this is important for me.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
…. hi, fyi, tried to ’slide/drag/drop’ the widget to activate it … nada, zip, it visibly ‘moves’, but won’t HOLD in situ. Just snaps back to the widget section … I’ll give it a few days ’til you all get the kinks worked out (!), and will then try again … Nice idea, though it would be INTERESTING to get an idea of what percentage actually gets to where it’s going …
June 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
If you are still having issues please contact support: http://support.wordpress.com/contact/
June 16th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Awesome post! I already added it to my page.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
A beauty indeed. WordPress is the epitome of progressive thought and action. I am proud to be hosted by you guys.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
sounds great!!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I’m having problems with it working also–same misconfigured message after I had it all set up for Surfrider with ad by Body Glove. I will try again today then contact support if no go.
Surfrider does some amazing work around here so I am looking forward to having my blog (which often discusses various forms of environmental issues and activism) support them!
June 16th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
A small fix was pushed out earlier today which should address that “misconfigured” error message — so you may want to try again.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Great idea – i only wish there were more charities and sponsors to choose from, but i expect that will happen with time.
I changed my mind about sponsor halfway through, and ended up with the misconfigured error. Removed the widget; restarted Firefox; now can’t use it. When i drag the widget across to the sidebar, it ‘opens’ but is blank (even though ‘Learn more’ still works). Thoughts?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
i added the widget but every time i publish it and look to see if it’s there, it says that it is misconfigured. and there’s nothing on the faq that addresses that problem. any suggestions?
June 16th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
@mand and @jim — sorry for the trouble, please try again and see if it works. We pushed out a small fix that should solve that “misconfigured” error.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
That´s really a lovely thing, great idea!!
June 16th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
thank you
Wonderful! I finally have a reason to blog.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Wow =D I like it…. Gonna go check it out now!!
June 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Thank You! The fix fixed it!
June 16th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
All it’s ok now! thank you!
June 16th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I love this idea!
June 16th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Lovely concept. I know precisely what I’m going to do with this. Many thanks for helping us help the world.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I’ve been on SocialVibe a long time, but totally forgot all about it! Glad to see it’s spreading it’s roots into one of the biggest Web 2.0 services around
June 16th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hello. I just love the concept. But, I am still getting the “this badge is misconfigured error”. I have tried clearing the browser cache and tried to remove and add afresh multiple times.I still find the same error popping up on my weblog.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Santosh – looks to be working for you now.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
It does not refresh when I change my badge!!!
June 17th, 2009 at 12:25 am
canutti — did you click “publish badge” after making the changes ? If you did, and you are still having issues, please drop us a note here: http://support.wordpress.com/contact/
June 17th, 2009 at 12:10 am
I would love to see this implemented to help mitigate the effects of Obama’s health care ideas. Like, “Your blog has helped to insure one middle-aged woman in Arkansas!” Maybe it really can allow the people to be more proactive. Either way, it’s an awesome way to capitalize on the movement that’s already taken place and do good.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Thanks for making this
Now some of my 40+ daily viewers can help give food to children in need! Awesomeness B)
June 17th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Thanks Raanan !
I hadn’t expected you to be on top of these things. Good to know I can just lean back on this one and let things run their natural course
June 17th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Way wicked !
June 17th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Umm… Does it really give that much of an impact that fast? I’ve only got eleven clicks on it and it gave 15 weeks :\ . Glitch?
June 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
The idea is so wonderful…!
June 17th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Great idea!
June 17th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Best widget so far…
But i´m getting the ” social badge misconfigured” error. ; (
thanks anyway, it is probably temporary!
Great idea!
June 17th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
xcobar — please try again and if you are still seeing issues please contact support.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:34 am
That´s a good idea! Thank You!
June 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Too bad I cannot use it with my WordPress theme (Hemingway), but it\’s a good idea though. Keep it up
June 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Yellow — anything specific preventing you from using it with Hemingway ?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:02 am
I\’m misconfigured! Tried going through all the settings again – it keeps coming up as miconfigured when I check out my blog… Help?
June 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
isnessie — looks to be working now.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Raanan — Terrific idea and thanks for setting it up. I’ll love to use this — however, I’m also having an “Alert/Misconfigured” message — I will submit a user report to the url you’ve listed. Thanks
June 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
i like this
June 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
This is a great idea.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I had forgot to add that when I added the badge It gives me an alert “the badge is misconfigured” I did everything step by step but it still does it. Any advice on how to fix this?
June 17th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
thewordseeker — please try again, and if you are still having issues contact support.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I’m skeptical, primarily because it all comes back to commercials and advertisements.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I am a bit confused. People visit my blog and click on the badge and then some how people are fed (or whatever the sponsor is about). Where would the food come from? No donation, no money… no people get fed. Maybe I am missing something.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Mel- the sponsors donate to the causes.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Ok, I’ll do it!
June 17th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
it’s nice
June 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I’ve published but “misconfigured” error still remain on.
I keep the badge there, I hope it auto-fixes it…
Any news?
Thanks
J
June 17th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
jfk — should be working now.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
good motivation…so much self-absorption!
June 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
very cool
i’ve run into social vibe before
excellent use of social media
and fine example of stewardship by wordpress
June 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Great development by WordPress and many worthy causes for us to help. I have reported my widget problem to support and look forward to unveiling it to my readers. Once again, kudos!
June 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
ok, loaded up the badge
and gave it a test run
a couple of problems
1. the video is in the middle of the commenting area
making it difficult for people to see what they are typing
the second line- for example is not readable. What information are you asking for?
2. after rating the commercial and doing the entire process
it gives one the option of following over to facebook – the link isnt valid
3. what level of activity is required to register an impact on the widet
in my two test runs – it hasnt moved the needle at all
demotivating for anyone that has taken part of the engagement
June 18th, 2009 at 4:43 am
miroslodki — not sure about the ad w/o knowing which sponsor you picked – feel free to send those details to support. Re: item #3: I see “69 gallons of clean water provided”.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:29 am
I can’t add that widget…
June 18th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Xue – if you followed the steps outlined here http://support.wordpress.com/widgets/socialvibe-widget/ and are still having issues, please contact support.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:19 am
good Idea and increase motivation, thank for this facilitation