Maddy Osman (@MaddyOsman) gave a talk titled Using WordPress for Bloggers on Sunday, May 1 at 1:00 PM.
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Social Recap
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
Watching @MaddyOsman talk about blogging with WordPress. Maybe it'll be the incentive I need to get started. #WCChi pic.twitter.com/quDKut7Xar
— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) May 1, 2016
WordPress is open source so you can make it your own. Using wordpress for #bloggers. #wcchi @MaddyOsman pic.twitter.com/rpUxJzkn5H
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
Self-hosted wordpress allows plugins, customized domain name. This is a better way to go. #wcchi pic.twitter.com/G3ZlVxQj6s
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
What are broad categories of your blog topics? Goes back to @andynathan ideas, I think, of knowing your audience. #wcchi @MaddyOsman
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
Published states: draft, pending, publish (live) and you can backdate posts. #wcchi @MaddyOsman
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
Name your post simply for best #SEO. #wcchi @MaddyOsman pic.twitter.com/Z6Jp562y7j
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/clareparkinson/status/726840310223896576
Plug-ins: #Jetpack site stats, useful even of you are using Google Analytics. #wcchi. @MaddyOsman
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
Use Askimen to prevent spammed from commenting on your blog. Yoast SEO = single most important blog. #wcchi social media plugins #wcchi
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/clareparkinson/status/726840784037666816
https://twitter.com/clareparkinson/status/726841206680903680
Social media plugins – there are mostly free. Social warfare costs. Ensure your plugins react to your posts. #wcchi pic.twitter.com/FFhP8zmbj9
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016
Make it easy for people to share content on social. Tweetily: share old posts on Twitter, automate it. Simply Instagram also good. #wcchi
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) May 1, 2016