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For the Regional Online
Platform & Toolkit
March 2013
Good Place to Be
Online Tools
The Good Place to Be online platform is a toolkit of components
that are easy to integrate with your utility’s current online efforts.
This is a set of modular tools designed to be used in concert
with and in support of existing utility web assets and campaigns.
The online platform is built on the same market research from
the Regional Messaging and Marketing Toolkit and leverages
insights to drive consumers to utility programs and recommended
efficiency actions. There are several options available to you – from
a custom utility branded regional website to social media tools – to
increase awareness among your customers.
The Good Place To Be, Utility Branded Website
Integration:
Website
Facebook Apps
Integration
It’s easy to integrate the Good Place to Be website
and Facebook apps by choosing from the following
options.
Website:
The quickest and easiest way to use the Good Place to Be web
platform is by using banners previously provided within the
Regional Messaging and Marketing Toolkit. Simply add a web
banner from the Good Place to Be toolkit to your website and
link it to:
http://yourutility.goodplacetobe.com
example: http://www.clarkpublicutilities.goodplacetobe.com
By using your utility website domain coupled with
the sample link provided above, the online platform
will display your utility information for users.
Facebook Tools:
The Good Place to Be web toolkit includes three Facebook apps —
Quiz, Did You Know, and Stories. There are three ways to add the
Facebook apps to your utility’s Facebook page:
Quiz
Did You Know
Stories
Direct method - easiest, but links to a page that prompts
visitors to select their utility by zip code before continuing.
Iframe - requires some work on your end and relies on a
3rd party tool, but links directly to your own utility branded
Good Place to Be website.
Build your own - the most technical method, but links
directly to your utility branded Good Place to Be website
and doesn’t rely on any 3rd party tools, providing better
technical integration.
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Facebook
Direct Method
The direct method is the simplest way to integrate the
Facebook app with your utility’s Facebook page.
1)
Copy the link for each app below, paste into your browser’s
address field and press (return), then login to your Facebook
account if not already logged on:
Stories
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_
id=201635289979474&redirect_uri=http://goodplacetobe.com/
facebook
Did You Know
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_
id=403956819694488&redirect_uri=http://goodplacetobe.com/
facebook/facts
Quiz
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_
id=460576403998310&redirect_uri=http://goodplacetobe.com/
facebook/quiz
2)
When the page loads, select the Facebook Page you would
3)
After a successful install you will be directed to the App
like to add the app to and click Add Page Tab.
outside of Facebook. Return to your utility’s page on
Facebook and you will see a new tab for the app you’ve
just added.
4)
Repeat the steps above for each app.
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Facebook
Iframe
The Iframe method allows you to add the Good Place to
Be Facebook apps on your utility’s Facebook page. The
Good Place to Be logo in these Facebook apps will link
directly to your utility branded Good Place to Be website.
There are three apps available with the Good Place to Be
web toolkit:
Stories - yourutility.goodplacetobe.com/facebook
Quiz - yourutility.goodplacetobe.com/facebook/quiz
Did You Know? - yourutility.goodplacetobe.com/facebook/facts
1)
Visit https://apps.facebook.com/static_html_plus/
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2)
Click Add Static HTML to a Page
3)
On the next screen select the page you’d like to add
the Good Place to Be Facebook apps to, usually your
utilities Facebook page
4)
Click Add Static HTML: iframe tabs
5)
On the Facebook page you selected in step 3, you’ll
now have a Welcome tab, click that tab.
6)
Select Website
7)
In the URL of external page box, paste the URL of the
app above you’d like to add to your Facebook page
and click done.
Visitors to your page can now see the tab.
If you’d like to add another app, click the Add Tabs
button and add another tab. Repeat steps 3 through 7.
You can edit the tab names and images by hovering over
the tab, clicking the pencil icon, selecting Edit Tab.
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Facebook
Build Your Own App
Build your own app will link the Good Place to Be logo
to your utility branded Good Place to Be website. There
are three apps available with the Good Place to Be web
toolkit:
Follow the instructions at the website below to build your
own app, using the links above for each app you’d like to
add to your Facebook account.
http://www.hyperarts.com/blog/how-to-create-a-facebook-appfor-your-timeline-page-tab/
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