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Platforms Wordpress, MoveableType, Typepad, Blogger, ect. Blog Engine for Microsoft Blog CFM for Cold Fusion Plugins:

Wordpress, MoveableType, Typepad, Blogger, ect.

Blog Engine for Microsoft

Blog CFM for Cold Fusion

Plugins:

Widgets, Applications, & Plugins SpringWidgets Build our own: Clearspring Grab external widgets that will complement your content Consider outsourcing development of Facebook apps or iPhone apps; this will help add value to your content and result in WOMM, going viral Wordpress has plugins for just about anything, use caution so that your site is still usable and loads fast.

SpringWidgets

Build our own: Clearspring

Grab external widgets that will complement your content

Consider outsourcing development of Facebook apps or iPhone apps; this will help add value to your content and result in WOMM, going viral

Wordpress has plugins for just about anything, use caution so that your site is still usable and loads fast.

Design and Layout Usability is important and shouldn’t be over looked Aesthetically Pleasing ( Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit ) Build a brand not a just a website: Who you associate with effects your brand, including advertisers. Content is King, don’t over do the graphics Stay a breast of design trends, but remember trends fade Design should work WITH the content not fight it

Usability is important and shouldn’t be over looked

Aesthetically Pleasing ( Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit )

Build a brand not a just a website:

Who you associate with effects your brand, including advertisers.

Content is King, don’t over do the graphics

Stay a breast of design trends, but remember trends fade

Design should work WITH the content not fight it

Gaining Traffic Search Engine Optimization Partnerships Syndication Showing Value Building a Community Social Media Marketing: Facebook Targeted Ads StumbleUpon

Search Engine Optimization

Partnerships

Syndication

Showing Value

Building a Community

Social Media Marketing:

Facebook Targeted Ads

StumbleUpon

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SEO Tips Submit your site to Search Engines Have relevant and quality sites link to yours Use Short Clean URL’s Avoid iFrame’s and Flash Use Google Webmaster Central Submit and XML sitemap to Google Analyze Traffic: Keyword Exploration Top Content

Submit your site to Search Engines

Have relevant and quality sites link to yours

Use Short Clean URL’s

Avoid iFrame’s and Flash

Use Google Webmaster Central

Submit and XML sitemap to Google

Analyze Traffic:

Keyword Exploration

Top Content

Syndication Content Partnerships RSS Syndication to distribute your content on social networks like: Facebook Twitter MySpace

Content Partnerships

RSS Syndication to distribute your content on social networks like:

Facebook

Twitter

MySpace

Building a Community Building Evangelists from your readers Social Bookmarking: Yahoo! Buzz GlobalGrind EVIPlist Community Platforms: Meebo Ning CollectiveX Find the best platform for your specific content: Audio use Odeo, iTunes, Zune, iMeem, ect.

Building Evangelists from your readers

Social Bookmarking:

Yahoo! Buzz

GlobalGrind

EVIPlist

Community Platforms:

Meebo

Ning

CollectiveX

Find the best platform for your specific content:

Audio use Odeo, iTunes, Zune, iMeem, ect.

Content Scheduling content Frequency SEO friendly URL's Headlines (SEO) Keyword Audit, Research, Exploration Guest Writers Other Content Podcasts, video blogging (vlogging)

Scheduling content

Frequency

SEO friendly URL's

Headlines (SEO)

Keyword Audit, Research, Exploration

Guest Writers

Other Content

Podcasts, video blogging (vlogging)

Content con’t Use Google Trends to looks for hot topics to write about, this will help drive organic referral traffic to your site. Mobile integration for various devices

Use Google Trends to looks for hot topics to write about, this will help drive organic referral traffic to your site.

Mobile integration for various devices

Last but not least! Be original Find your voice Be engaging Post often HAVE FUN!

Be original

Find your voice

Be engaging

Post often

HAVE FUN!