11 Free Social Media Icon Sets for Websites or Blogs
By Eren Mckay
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Hi there! I'm Eren Mckay. I created this blog to help others save money, time & major headaches through sharing what I've learned about the internet & techie world. I hope we can all help each other grow in our online adventures.
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Web 2.0 is the power to connect with other people: to interact, to build friendships. There are so many potential connections that you can make in the world and social media facilitates these relationships. (By the way, you can read more about the advantages of social networking in this post.)
When you create a website or a blog you want to make it easy for people to find you in in Cyberspace.
Make It Easy for Your Readers to Find You
That’s where social media icons come in. If you make these icons clickable, the readers of your blog can easily find you on social networking sites and this will give you more chances of them interacting with you. I strongly recommend placing these icons at the top of your site near a picture of you like I did on my blog.
Of course you want those icons to blend in with the theme of your blog or website. My blog is a bit more feminine so I chose the hearts icons to match it 
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Combine Your Social Media Icons with the Rest of the Design
A great example of this is a blog that I ran across a few months ago: Nicholas Cardot’s SiteSketch101. Nick writes about how to blog with power and influence. When I got there, I was really impressed with the design. He uses all the right colors to catch the eye and the elements blend in really well. His blog is a great example of what you should do when designing your blog or website.
Choose Your Style
Each person has their unique personality and way of doing things. That’s why I compiled a list of all kinds of different icons so that you can look over them and see which one fits your particular style.
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I hope one of the icon sets listed above will be what you were looking for your website or blog. If would like to stay in contact with me and updated on more great resources for your blog just fill in the form below and sign up for our newsletter 
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All the best ♥,
Eren Mckay
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Lisa Marie Mary on Wed, 12th May 2010 1:45 pm
Very nice, Eren – thanks so much! I hadn’t seen the origami ones before – very cute!
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Marty on Wed, 12th May 2010 3:18 pm
Thank you for putting all these in ONE place! I LOVE icons!:)
lorilynn on Wed, 12th May 2010 3:45 pm
hey you, thanks so much for this tip. definitely going to look into it and btw i love your new header. it is much better!!! love you dear girl!!!!! hope you are well!!! muah!!!!!
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Karla Bond on Wed, 12th May 2010 7:21 pm
Awesome list of buttons. I like a few of them.
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Debbie Lattuga on Thu, 13th May 2010 11:18 am
I love these icons. Do you know where I can get the little pop up icons? They look like they’re sitting in a little hole.
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Kellly McCausey on Thu, 13th May 2010 11:59 am
Great list – I’m fairly addicted to these things
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Young And Fabulous on Thu, 13th May 2010 12:45 pm
What a cute collection of social icons! I use the heart ones but yours seem to have a different “glow” in them and are much more appealing. Are they from the smashing magazine too? Maybe due to the size, I use smaller ones.
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Eren Mckay on Thu, 13th May 2010 3:35 pm
Hi Lisa – Thanks. I’m glad you liked them
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Hey Marty – I also love those things and it’s so great that these artists just give them away like that. Very cool.
Hi Lori – Glad you liked them. Try to put them on your blog. It’ll make it easier for people to find you. I’m happy you liked the header too
Hey Karla – The best way to choose is picking the set that ties in better with your blog. Glad you found some that you liked.
Hi Debbie – I think I know the set that you’re talking about. I did a search and still couldn’t find it. When I do, I’ll definitely tell you about it. Here’s another set with soda cans that you might like →
http://icontexto.blogspot.com/2009/02/drink-web-20.html
Hey Kelly – I’m addicted too – hee hee
Hi Cherrie – I think mine are glowing because they’re larger. Mine are 48 pixels and yours are 32 pixels. If you try uploading a larger icon I’m sure yours will glow too
Thank you all for the tweets. Really appreciate it ♥
Blessings,
Eren
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Regina Baker on Mon, 17th May 2010 9:32 pm
Super awesome! Thanks for sharing
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Debra Marrs on Mon, 24th May 2010 8:58 pm
For Debbie (and others) – try http://www.sexybookmarks.net/ for the social media icons that pop up out of a slot.
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Eren Mckay on Sat, 29th May 2010 10:25 am
@Regina - Glad you enjoyed it
@Debra - Those are very cool too. Thanks for sharing ♥
Blessings ღ❀ღ,
Eren
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