What is a social feed?


A social feed is a constantly refreshed area on a website with content fed in from one or more social networks or even display reviews. We're going to run through the various types of feeds available, their benefits and how they can be utilised.



The types of media feeds available:


There are many different feeds for different platforms, you can display social feeds from review feeds to social feeds like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. Display posts from a single social media account or combine multiple feeds onto one area. Each feed can be themed inline with your website design in order to not look unsightly.


Why should you be using a social feed?


Businesses reach out and engage with their audience on multiple social platforms. A social media feeds helps make this easier by showing all social activity in a single space and makes it easy for the business to post updates to the website.


Social media walls help in reaching audience beyond a single social network and can join updates from multiple networks. If used regularly they make a website look more dynamic and up-to-date by showing latest social media posts.


Feeds aren't strictly for just social platforms they can also be used to display reviews from various platforms such as Google, TripAdvisor and more.



  • Increase website conversions

  • Keep your site content up-to-date

  • Encourage your visitors engage

  • Expand your online presence

  • Increase brand awareness

  • Enable customers to view and leave reviews




Google reviews


You may of noticed on the identity web design website where we have google reviews displayed in various formats styled to suit our website:





Social Media


Social feeds can be a great way to keep website content fresh. This can be anything from social networks like Facebook, twitter, Instagram and more. These feeds can be individual or combined into a social wall all displayed in one place.





Instagram Feed


We've encountered quite a few people opting to use an Instagram feed to post straight to their website as a portfolio of work. 


The main appeal of this is, how quick it can be to snap a photo from your phone on the go and post it directly to the site, saving the time it would typically take to update a website portfolio and enabling posting at times which wouldn't typically be feasible. 



 




 If you're interested in adding a feed to your website, please feel free to contact us we'd be happy to help.