Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and
Telling Your Start-up Story
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

Introductions
Wayne Sutton Lawrence Ingraham
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Thank You
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Session Goals
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Why WordPress?
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http://joystickgenerals.com/
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Getting Started
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Building Your Brand
Word of mouth is still #1
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Making your Blog Social
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Making your Blog Social
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Making your Blog Social Connect with others
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Subscribe and about
Build a community
Easy to share post
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Your Blog Should rank hire than your social profiles
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THE PAST, THE PRESENT & THE FUTURE OF
PROMOTING YOUR BLOG
The Past The Present
•Post ( hoped someone would find it) •We tweet our blog urls
•Started using social bookmarks •Record videos (video comments)
•Email Newsletters (blast) •Share our feeds in our RSS reader
•Blog networks (9Rules, NCBlogs.com) •Share our feeds inside of social networks
•Message boards •Social Network Blast
•RSS Reader •Social Comments
•Offline Blogger Meetups •Real Time updates
•One sign-in
•Friend Connect
The Future?
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

THE PAST, THE PRESENT & THE FUTURE OF
PROMOTING YOUR BLOG
The Past The Present
•Post ( hoped someone would find it) •We tweet our blog urls
•Started using social bookmarks •Record videos (video comments)
•Email Newsletters (blast) •Share our feeds in our RSS reader
•Blog networks (9Rules, NCBlogs.com) •Share our feeds inside of social networks
•Message boards •Social Network Blast
•RSS Reader •Social Comments
•Offline Blogger Meetups •Real Time updates
•One sign-in
•Friend Connect
The Future?
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Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

Using WordPress to Tell your Startup Story
The TriOut Story
http://TriOutNC.com
http://tri-out.com/blog/
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

Examples
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

Will blogs go Geo?
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

Building your brand starts
with your goals and strategy.
Using WordPress To Build Your Brand and Telling Your Start-up Story #wcraleigh

info@socialwayne.com
@WayneSutton
919-816-2230
Lawrence Ingraham
@LawPower
Law@TriOutNC.com
@TriOut
http://TriOutNC.com