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WordPressDinnertime Workshop
Sacramento WordPress MeetupSept. 21, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 11
Who Am I• Founder | Editor-in-Chief @ HicksNewMedia
• THE Tech Scoop | INFOtainment News | THE News Pundit | THE Personal Cloud
• Sr. Solutions Architect @ StrataScale
• Working With WordPress Since 2008
• Original co-organizer of Meetup
• Twitter: @jameshicks
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Room PollUsing WordPress
• 0 - 1 year
• 1 - 2 years
• 3 + years
Comfort Level
• Novice
• Intermediate
• Advanced
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Why We Do This “Blogging Thing”
•Tell A Story•Share A Story•Track Engagement•Earn $$
It’s all about the Story
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Content Creation = Easy Part
Content Distribution = Not As Easy
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Tips and Plugins To Help Get The
Most Impact From Your
Blogging Efforts
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Tell a Story• Current Stable Version: 3.2.1
Zemanta• Contextual suggestions of links |
pictures | related content | SEO tags
WordPress
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Tell a Story• Internal linking to related content• GREAT visual animation effect• Ability to monetize
nrelate - Flyout
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• What’s trending on your site
• Ability to monetize
• Customizable
Tell a Storynrelate - Most Popular
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• Similar functionality to Flyout• Positioned directly below post• Ability to monetize
Tell a Storynrelate - Related Content
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• Seamless, customizable display of key content• Various layouts, various skin/theme options
Tell a StorySlideDeck Pro
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Share a Story
•Engagement tracking
•Social media sharing
•User moderation
•Gamification
Livefyre Realtime Comments
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Easy Social Media platform sharingAll “major” platforms available
Ability to email post
Share a Story1-click Retweet/Share/Like
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•Automate and Schedule Tweets From Multiple Accounts•Hashtag Support
Share a StoryWordTwit Pro
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Share a Story
•Cross-platform•Multi Identity
•Browser versions (Chrome)•Ability to Schedule Updates
HootSuite | TweetDeck
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Real-time site analytics“spy mode”
Track
“BigBoard”Global MapMobile app
Chartbeat | Clicky Analytics
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TextBannerPaid ReviewMultiple Payment OptionsCoupon Codes
EarnOIOpublisher Ad Management
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Onsite Configurable banner ads
EarnKomoona Ads
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WordCamp Sacramento
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