This document provides suggestions for expanding a blog beyond basic platforms and features, including adding plugins, analytics, RSS feeds, media sharing, commenting, chat, and other tools to enhance engagement and interactivity. It lists specific blogging platforms like Wordpress, Tumblr, and Posterous as well as plugins, tools for images, video, and documents to enrich content and the reader experience.

1. extend your blog
beyond the basics

2. four platforms
Blogger
Wordpress
Tumblr
Posterous

3. software specific?

4. wordpress plugins

5. wp plugins
Akismet
Lifestream
Similar Posts
Twitter Tools
WP Touch
WP-DBmanager
BuddyPress

6. general tools

7. google analytics

8. google analytics
count what matters
content specifics
where are your patrons

9. RSS

10. feedburner

11. feedburner
RSS assistant
Statistics
Branding (image
burner)
Email Subscriptions

12. dlvr.it

13. dlvr.it
automated publishing
reuse RSS
flexible

14. yahoo pipes

15. yahoo pipes
Mashup your RSS
Logic for feeds
Endless possibilities

16. media

17. flickr

18. flickr
Photos
Blog from flickr
Edit via Picnik
Pics = Interesting

19. aviary

20. aviary
photos
audio
markup

21. youtube

22. youtube
video
Hi Def
captions

23. other video
vimeo
blip.tv
ustream
qik

24. comments

25. disqus

26. disqus
Social commenting
Follows users
Easy management

27. communication

28. meebo

29. meebo
multiservice chat
embeddable
simple virtual reference

30. google voice

31. google voice
Readers can call you
Free SMS
Endless possibilities

32. books & documents

33. librarything

34. librarything
Personal catalog
Social network
Blog widget

35. scribd ipaper

36. scribd ipaper
Upload any document
Display/Download
Control over access

37. sharing

38. sharethis

39. sharethis
Social Sharing
Auto-moderation
Multilingual

40. blogging tools

41. windows live writer

42. live writer
word-like blogging
easy media integration
rich text handling
Windows

43. blogo

44. blogo
word-like blogging
easy media integration
rich text handling
OS X

45. ecto

46. ecto
word-like blogging
easy media integration
rich text handling
OS X

47. zemanta

48. zemanta
Linking
Media
SEO

49. Thank You

50. Jason Griffey
Email: griffey@gmail.com
Site: jasongriffey.net
gVoice: 423-443-4770
Twitter: @griffey
Other: Perpetual Beta
TechSource
Head of Library Information Technology
HTTP://DELICIOUS.COM/GRIFFEY/BLOGGING
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

51. LOOK AT MY BOOKS
JUST LOOK AT THEM