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WordPress 3 For Business Bloggers

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WordPress 3 For Business Bloggers

Overview of this book

WordPress makes the business of blogging easy. But there’s more to a successful business blog than just churning out posts. You need to understand the advanced marketing and promotion techniques to make your blog stand out from the crowd, attract visitors, benefit your brand, and deliver a worthwhile return on your investment.WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers shows you how to use WordPress to run your business blog. It covers everything you need to develop a custom look for your blog, use analytics to understand your visitors, market your blog online, and foster connections with other bloggers to increase your traffic and the value of your blog.You begin by identifying your blog’s strategic goals before going step-by-step through the advanced techniques that will grow your blog to its full business potential.You will learn how to build a custom theme for your blog and incorporate multimedia content like images and video. Advanced promotion techniques like SEO and social media marketing are covered in detail before you learn how to monetize your blog and manage its growth.WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers will help you to create a blog that brings real benefits to your business.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

The importance of comments


Comments are probably one of the most important elements of blogging. They allow a high level of interactivity and really connect the blogger to his or her readership. It's all about being part of a conversation; a principle that forms the bedrock of the live Web.

The conversational dimension of comments allows the business blogger to open a dialog with their customers, stakeholders, investors, or whomever their blog is aimed at. Comments also provide a great connection with the rest of the blogosphere. A good blogger should also be an active commenter on other people's blogs. Again, it demonstrates being part of an ongoing and far-reaching conversation. Commenting on other people's blogs also offers an opportunity for you to present yourself to their readership, which may entice new readers to your own ...