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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
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Preface

Installing a contact form


Comments provide a great platform for a public discussion on your blog. However, some readers may prefer to contact you privately. You could simply provide an e-mail address on your About page or on a dedicated Contact page, but you can present a far more professional image for your blog by providing a contact form. It also provides an easy and obvious way of making yourself contactable by other bloggers and the wider blogosphere, enforcing your image as a connected blogger who is open to feedback and discussion.

Using the Contact Form 7 plugin

We'll set up a contact form for WPBizGuru. To do this we'll use an excellent plugin called Contact Form 7 (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/). First, install and activate the plugin in the usual way.

There is a default form already set...