A slide show of my presentation for Seattle WordPress Meetup. This presentation has something for the beginner, as well as the veteran WordPress user. He'll talk about how to use your WordPress blog or site as a social media hub, how to stimulate conversations on your blog and other ways to make your site user-friendly.

1. Your WordPress
Site as a Hub for
Connections &
Conversation
bob dunn - WordPress trainer

2. digital real estate

3. get rid of the bad neighbors

4. almost there

5. your hub - a self-hosted WordPress site

6. connections

9. Digg Digg
Sociable for WP 30

10. RSS
(Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary)
Make it easy to sign up for your RSS feed
Create an email signup

11. RSS
(Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary)
Make it easy to sign up for your RSS feed
Create an email signup

12. automation?

13. conversation

14. moderation

15. there was a time for this:
1970’s, listening to Pink Floyd,
and small, funny colored pills

17. nrelate Related Content

18. to get more comments
do create engaging content
don’t write crap
do ask a question
don’t trick your readers
do comment on other blogs
don’t beg
do provoke conversation
don’t expect miracles

19. and when commenting
do give thoughtful comments
don’t be a jerk
do share your opinion
don’t stray from the subject

20. now those
2 critical
pages for
connecting

21. ABOUT YOU

22. write an irresistible about page
what you do and for whom
your mission/blog’s purpose for being
an interesting, relevant bio
a sense of your personality

23. PHOTOS

24. CONTACT

29. so in a nutshell
connect, share and be social
it’s not all one way, social is two-way
don’t just broadcast, create conversation
make your WordPress site the hub!

30. Bob Dunn
425.223.0022
skype: savvywordpress
@bobwp
facebook.com/savvywordpress
linkedin.com/in/bobdunn1