Tips and plugins to help get the most impact from your blogging efforts.

1. WordPress
Dinnertime Workshop
Sacramento WordPress Meetup
Sept. 21, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 11

2. 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
Thursday, September 22, 11

3. Room Poll
Using WordPress Comfort Level
• 0 - 1 year • Novice
• 1 - 2 years • Intermediate
• 3 + years • Advanced
Thursday, September 22, 11

4. Why We Do This “Blogging Thing”
It’s all about the Story
•Tell A Story
•Share A Story
•Track Engagement
•Earn $$
Thursday, September 22, 11

5. Content Creation = Easy Part
Content Distribution = Not As Easy
Thursday, September 22, 11

6. Tips and Plugins
To Help Get The
Most Impact
From Your
Blogging Efforts
Thursday, September 22, 11

7. Tell a Story
WordPress
• Current Stable Version: 3.2.1
Zemanta
• Contextual suggestions of links |
pictures | related content | SEO tags
Thursday, September 22, 11

8. Tell a Story
nrelate - Flyout
• Internal linking to related content
• GREAT visual animation effect
• Ability to monetize
Thursday, September 22, 11

9. Tell a Story
nrelate - Most Popular
• What’s trending on your site
• Ability to monetize
• Customizable
Thursday, September 22, 11

10. Tell a Story
nrelate - Related Content
• Similar functionality to Flyout
• Positioned directly below post
• Ability to monetize
Thursday, September 22, 11

11. Tell a Story
SlideDeck Pro
• Seamless, customizable display of key content
• Various layouts, various skin/theme options
Thursday, September 22, 11

12. Share a Story
Livefyre Realtime Comments
•Engagement tracking
•Social media sharing
•User moderation
•Gamification
Thursday, September 22, 11

13. Share a Story
1-click Retweet/Share/Like
Easy Social Media platform sharing
All “major” platforms available
Ability to email post
Thursday, September 22, 11

14. Share a Story
WordTwit Pro
•Automate and Schedule Tweets From Multiple Accounts
•Hashtag Support
Thursday, September 22, 11

15. ShareTweetDeck
HootSuite |
a Story
•Cross-platform
•Multi Identity
•Browser versions (Chrome)
•Ability to Schedule Updates
Thursday, September 22, 11

16. Track
Chartbeat | Clicky Analytics
Real-time site analytics
“spy mode”
“BigBoard”
Global Map
Mobile app
Thursday, September 22, 11

17. Earn
OIOpublisher Ad Management
Text
Banner
Paid Review
Multiple Payment Options
Coupon Codes
Thursday, September 22, 11

18. Earn
Komoona Ads
Onsite Configurable banner ads
Thursday, September 22, 11

19. James Hicks
james@hicksnewmedia.com
@jameshicks
Thursday, September 22, 11

20. WordCamp Sacramento
Thursday, September 22, 11