Beef up your WordPress Blog with Plugins

Blog Marketing Journal — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:13 +0000

If you have a WordPress blog and you feel like it is time to really tighten up the look and function of your plug try navigating through through some of the thousands of plugins or even themes out there to help you really spruce things up. WordPress has made it so easy for non code writing individuals to have a real savvy looking blog to be able maximize their potential.

Writing lots of content on a blog is very important but user experience when a visitor gets to that blog is also very important./ You want to keep that user engaged and navigating through various pages and looking around and reading other posts. One plugin that every WordPress blog should have is the All In One SEO plugin. This allows you to customize all your meta information on every page and even posts as well. In my opinion this should be one of the very first plugins downloaded. If your blog consists of many different pages or even a few different pages you will want to have custom written meta tags and descriptions to go along with those pages so people can find you. If you plan on depending on your blog for income at some point you will have to get really serious with it and really promote it through all the various social networks. Not only is this important from generating traffic but when people come to your blog it is important for them to see that you are active on other areas. This will build brand for your blog and others will find you. There is an abundance of social networking profiles from Flickr RSS to Twitter updates and also Facebook connections. Keeping your blog connected with all communities will help you build traffic and also a following. If you someday plan on selling ad space or trying to monetize your blog these steps will be important.

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How Important is Blog Design?

Blog Marketing Journal — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:33:36 +0000

There is more to blogging than just getting a free blog on blogspot or wordpress, it takes some time, effort and patience to really get your blog visible. You know the old saying don’t judge a book by it’s cover? Well people do and they will.

If your writing is great but your design is sloppy you won’t get people to stick around for very long. The design aspect is a very important factor for your blog’s success. Website visitors want to see great design. if sections are disconnected and out of order you bounce rate will increase drastically. Great blog design keeps your web traffic wondering and looking for more. It will entice people to scroll and visit other pages. Before you build loyal readers you need to grab the trust of your web traffic as soon as they land on your website. A blog should have its own identity established. You want your web traffic to have something to remember you by when they are not searching around online. The tighter your blog design the wider of an audience that will appeal. Chances are your blog will have competition in the search engines so it is important to compete with them visually so that you can attract some of that audience. Once a blog has loyalty and readership it will take a great deal of effort to pull that loyal reader away from that blog to have them read yours.

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Beef up your WordPress Blog with Plugins

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How Important is Blog Design?

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