Tom's Best WordPress Blogging Tips, presented at WordCamp Boston 2012 #wcbos

1. Tom’s Best Tips for
Blogging with
WordPress
@tomcatalini
www.TomCatalini.com
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3. Overview
Permalinks
Using Photos
Writing Style
Social Sharing and Auto-Tweeting
Stats
Organize & Customize
Subscriptions
Post ideas & Scheduling
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4. Permalinks for SEO
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6. Keyword Research
Webinar - Pat Flynn
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7. Photos
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8. Grab attention

9. Set the tone

10. Convey emotion

11. Illustrate a point

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20. Sharing
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22. Stats
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26. Auto-tweet your posts
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27. Invite Subscribers
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28. Feedburner Services & Stats
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29. Setup in Feedburner
Then configure
WP to redirect
via theme or
plugin
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30. Writing Bloggy
• Don’t bury the lead
• Use a conversational tone
• Be brief
• Break things up visually
• Vary sentence length
• Loosen up the grammar grip
http://www.tomcatalini.com/website-101-how-to-write-in-that-bloggy-style/
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32. Organize & Customize
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33. Theme
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35. Menu
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36. About & Contact
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37. Post Ideas & Scheduling
• Ideas can come from anywhere and at
any time – carry a notepad!
• Build a habit of writing - the more you
write, the easier it gets
• Get used to editing your own work –
from notepad to typed, use the Preview
function, review after a post goes live
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38. SPOS - Marcus Sheridan
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39. Drafts & Scheduling
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40. Drafts & Scheduling
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41. Community
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42. That’s It!
Q&A
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