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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

WPBizGuru—the man behind the blog


Our (fictitious) eponymous hero is an expert in using WordPress to set up business blogs. Hence the name: 'WP' = WordPress, 'Biz' = Business, 'Guru' = Expert. So, WP + Biz + Guru = WPBizGuru.

He has spent several years applying his knowledge to help his clients use WordPress in their businesses. Now he is rebranding himself as the 'WPBizGuru'; the case study will follow him throughout the process of planning and building his new business blog.

If you want to find out a little more about him, take a look at the About page on the blog (http://blog.wpbizguru.com).

Note

Using a subdomain in your blog URL

Many bloggers use a subdomain in the URL for their blog. This is particularly useful if you have a regular website running alongside your blog. You can have www.yourdomain.com pointing to your main home page...