Accessorize Your Blog: 10 Ways To Maximize Reader Experience

Accessorize Your Blog: Ten Ways to Improve Reader Experience Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD http://www.raulpacheco.org/blog http://hummingbird604.com

Blogging: Content vs technology
No matter how good your technology is, write good content.
Once you launched your blog, focus on writing good content...
In case I haven't drilled it into you enough yet – WRITE GOOD CONTENT!

Technology... the final frontier
If you write for your readership, I suggest you focus on the following 3 elements:
Clarity (language)
Readability (visual)
Accessibility (integration)

My Top 10 Favorite Plugins
CommentLuv
Sociable
Subscribe to Comments
TweetMeme
WordTwit
WP-Flickr
WPtouch
YARPP (related posts)
Contact Form 7
Akismet

Choose plugins based on what you want your site to do
Building community around your blog posts
CommentLuv
Subscribe to Comments
Spreading your message further
Sociable
TweetMeme
WordTwit
Yet Another Related Posts

Choose plugins based on goals
Enhance readability
WP Touch
Akismet
Enhance accessibility
Contact Form 7
Make your blogging easier
WP Flickr
(Add QuickTags)
(WP-FootNoteS)

Enhancing reader experience
Engage with your readers (respond to comments)
Provide link love as much as you can
Test the plugins you choose and if they don't work, ditch them
Get rid of the visual editor (use the HTML editor)
Make your RSS button VERY visible (and make it easy to subscribe to your blog)
Include photos/video (make your posts pretty)

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Through my website
http://hummingbird604.com/contact
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@hummingbird604
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Accessorize Your Blog: 10 Ways To Maximize Reader Experience

by Raul Pacheco-Vega on Aug 22, 2009

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