Putting a "Share This" button in a blog post

Social networking icons and buttons have become a common feature in blogs. This in turn makes it easier to promote blog posts organically, improve SEO (search engine optimisation) and generally make your blog a more friendly place for regular readers. There are a number of different social networking icons which can be added to a page. Some authors prefer to use their own custom icons, whereas other prefer to use a widget or module. This post will focus on a ready-made module of buttons, but the same procedure can be applied to custom buttons as well.