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Posterous Updates Sharing Tool

by Andy Brudtkuhl on December 10, 2009

It was nice to see Posterous push an update to their sharing bookmarklet today. This is one of two features I really, really wanted to see come to Posterous. This update allows you to specify which outposts you want to send a message to. Just want to post that to Twitter? No problem – check the box. As Posterous becomes my content distribution platform of choice this plays big into our distribution model.

My next feature request? Allow more than 3 blogs :-) Come on! I’d pay!

Posterous Updates Bookmarklet on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

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Posterous Feature Requests

by Andy Brudtkuhl on September 21, 2009

I love posterous and use it daily. Since the introduction of Posterous themes (see our first custom theme) it has become even more powerful as a content distribution tool. On that note – it’s not perfect. If any of these features exist and I’ve not been able to find them – please let me know. Here are some feature requests:

1. Seperate autopost rules per Posterous Site

The killer feature of Posterous – aside from ease of use – is the automated distribution of content to all your networks. Since I’ve been running two posterous sites – one personal and another a digest for our web strategy blog – I have run into an interesting situation with the auto post feature. I want separate autopost settings for each Posterous site. When I post to my personal blog I’d like it to go to Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr etc. When I post to the Web Strategy Digest I want it cross posted to WordPress, posted to a separate Twitter account, posted to a Facebook Group, and to FriendFeed.

2. Separate sidebars per Posterous Site

Since the addition of Posterous Themes you can now switch out the sidebar content in the advanced settings. But – it’s an advanced settings and thus isn’t the easiest. For example I’d like to easily drop in a form for my email newsletter for our web strategy blog on one posterous site but not have that be on my personal site.

3. Other RSS Integration

You can integrate your Posterous site with FeedBurner, but not FeedBlitz – which we use for RSS distribution. Minor request – not really that important.

4. Retweet Integration

Self explanatory – try TweetMeme integration and have it as an option in the settings to include/exclude.

5. Tagging From Bookmarklet

Another self-explanatory feature – tagging via the bookmarklet!

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Now – I must say one of the draws to Posterous is its simplicity and ease of use – and we don’t want to see that core value interrupted by feature creep. These are just things I would like to see as a power user.

What is your favorite feature of Posterous and what features would you like to see added?

Let us know in the comments!

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First Posterous Theme

by Andy Brudtkuhl on September 18, 2009

We just built our first Posterous theme since their announcement. It’s for a site we’ve been building for the last month called WebStrategyDigest.com where I dump the best content for my fellow web strategists and diy-ers. If you read GANB often you’ll know about my love of posterous and its ability to drive traffic.

Adding theme support was a big enhancement to the service and our goal with our first theme was to emulate the WordPress theme of the digest’s big sister site – WebStrategyWorkshop.com.

I think we did a good job. Posterous’s theme framework was easy to jump in and use and we had the theme whipped together in under an hour. After the announcement I naturally checked to see if PosterousThemes.com was taken – and it was by Garry Tan, co-founder of Posterous. When I asked him what his plans were he said they were working on a gallery.

Here’s our final Posterous theme design for WebStrategyDigest.com