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Copyright © 11/2014, Rodan and Fields, LLC RFSN Widget User Guide Available to Pulse Pro subscribers only Available to US Consultants only The RFSN Widget allows you to create custom widgets, or mini advertisements, for social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. You can also e-mail and embed the widget on your blog or website. These widgets allow you to share a video or image with a specific call to action to “Buy Now,” “Join Now,” and “Learn More,” which link directly to your PWS for future action. This guide provides information on: Accessing the RFSN Widget Creating an RFSN Widget Managing Widgets Tracking Widget Performance

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RFSN Widget User Guide

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 Available to US Consultants only

The RFSN Widget allows you to create custom widgets, or mini advertisements, for social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. You canalso e-mail and embed the widget on your blog or website. These widgets allow you to share a video or image with a specific call to action to “BuyNow,” “Join Now,” and “Learn More,” which link directly to your PWS for future action.

This guide provides information on:

Accessing the RFSN WidgetCreating an RFSN WidgetManaging WidgetsTracking Widget Performance

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Accessing the RFSN Widget

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To access the RFSN widget:

Log in to Pulse.From your Dashboard, click the shortcut. RFSN Widget

The RFSN Widget page opens in a new browser window. This page lists both published and unpublished but saved widgets, andinformation on the performance of each widget:

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. Total number of times this widget has been viewed.Impressions. Total number of times the widget's Buy Now button has been clicked. Buy Now Hits Total number of times the widget's Join Now button has been clicked.Join Now Hits.

Total number of times the widget's Learn More button has been clicked.Learn More Hits.. Location and time the widget was last posted.Post Summary

is available.More detailed information on a widget's performance

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Creating an RFSN Widget

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You can create two types of widgets: an image widget and a video widget. A widget can be published multiple times and on multiple locations.

Click the appropriate button, depending on the type of widget you want to create. Create

From the resulting page, select the R+F video or an image that you want to post.Customize the widget by specifying the appropriate options. Then click .Save

. An widget is viewable; choose if you don't want to currently use this widget.Status Active Inactive. Unique name that appears on your list of widgets; this name is not publically visible on the widget. Widget Name

. Appears in the title of the widget and is publically visible. Title(optional). Description of the widget that is publically visible. Make sure your description is engaging, appropriate andDescription

grammatically correct. or . Click to change the image or video you are using in this widget.Image Video

. Check to add the Join Now button to the widget, which takes the user to your .biz PWS. Choose the button color. Add join button

. Check to add the Buy Now button to the widget, which by default takes the user to the product page on your .com PWSAdd buy buttonthat corresponds to the image or video you are using in the widget. Choose the button color. To change the target of the Buy Now button, enter the URL of the target page on your PWS, but without “http” or “www.” For example,enter “/Shop/Reverse” not “www.jdoe.myrandf.com/Shop/Reverse.”

. Check to add the Learn More button to the widget, which takes the user to any Web page that you specify in theAdd learn more buttonlink text field. Choose the button color. To link to an external site (i.e. other than your PWS), enter the URL starting with either “http://” or “https://.” The best way to ensurefullyou have the correct URL is to open the website in another browser window, copy the URL from the web address bar, and then paste it inthe URL in the link text field. Make sure to preview your widget and test the link to ensure the target is the intended Web page.

. Check to add your contact information and your photo to the widget.Add contact informationYour photo, name, email address and phone number are pulled from your PWS and cannot be changed here. If you want to use different

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contact information,  first log in to your PWS and make your changes there.. By default, social buttons such as Facebook Like, Twitter, Pinterest, Google +, and other sharing options areExclude sharing buttons

added to your widget. Check to exclude these buttons from your widget.Click to see what your widget looks like and to test all links. Make any necessary changes and click .Preview Widget Update

You may need to scroll to the bottom of the page to see these buttons.Once you are satisfied with how your widget looks and works, click and choose the appropriate option.Publish Widget To publish the widget to additional locations, repeat this step for each location.

You may need to scroll to the bottom of the page to see this button. . Displays the Facebook Share this Link pop-up window; if you do not see the Facebook pop-up make sure to Publish to Facebook

. Then add your optional copy and click . If you are not already logged in to Facebook, you aredisable your pop-up blockers Share Linkprompted to log in to Facebook first.

. Displays the Twitter post pop-up window; if you do not see the Twitter pop-up make sure to Publish to Twitter disable your pop-up. If you are not already logged in to Twitter, you are prompted to log in to Twitter to tweet your link to the widget.blockers

. Displays the  Pinterest post pop-up window; if you do not see the Pinterest pop-up make sure to Publish to Pinterest disable your. If you are not already logged in to Pinterest, you are prompted to log in to Pinterest to pin your link to the widget.pop-up blockers

. Provides HTML code to embed the widget in your own blog or website. From the resulting dialog box, copy the HTMLGet Embed HTMLcode and paste it on your site; if you do not see the dialog box make sure to . You must have administrativedisable your pop-up blockersedit rights on your site to use this option.

. Provides a link to the widget that you can include in an email. From the resulting dialog box, copy the link and paste itGet E-Mail Linkinto the body of an email message; if you do not see the dialog box make sure to . You must use your owndisable your pop-up blockersemail application such as Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, or the R+F Pulse EComms feature to use this option.Click the tab to return to the RFSN Widget page.My widgets

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Managing Widgets

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Managing your RFSN widgets involve:

UpdatingViewing Published History

Updating a Widget

You can change all details of a widget, except for the widget's image or video. If you update the title or the description of the widget, your changesonly appear on the widget itself, not on the Facebook posting copy. To make changes to your Facebook posting copy, delete your posting thenrepost the updated widget on Facebook.

From the RFSN Widget page, click on the widget you want to update.Choose from the resulting menu.Edit widget details

Make the necessary changes to , and then click .the options Update

Viewing Published History

The Post Summary column of the RFSN page provides summary information on the widget's publish history. Additional details are available.

From the RFSN Widget page, click on the widget on which you want it's publish history.Choose from the resulting menu.View publish history Information on the widget's publish history is shown. 

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Tracking Widget Performance

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You can track and evaluate your RFSN Widget performance in two ways:

Overall performance for all published widgetsIndividual widget performance across all postings

Tracking the Performance of All Published Widgets

From the RFSN Widget page, click on the tab.My StatsA graph is shown that illustrates the combined statistics for the total number of impressions and total number of clicks for the Buy Nowand Join Now buttons.

. Number of times the widget has been viewed by day.Impressions. Number of  times the Buy Now button was clicked by day.Buy button count

count. Number of  times the Join Now button was clicked by day.Join buttonTo refresh the data shown on the graph, click .Reload StatsYou may need to scroll down the page to see this button.

Tracking Individual Widget Performance Across All Postings

The (My widgets tab) provides general information on the performance of each of your widgets. Information on how anRFSN Widget page individual widget is performing in all places and all times is also available.

From the RFSN Widget page, click on the widget on which you want performance information.Choose from the resulting menu.View stats

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A graph is shown that illustrates statistics for the widget across all postings.