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My 45 must have WordPress plugins. Any to add to the list?

by Tris Hussey on January 2, 2010 · 21 comments

in Blogging, Blogging 101, Books, Business blogs, Cool tools, Featured, Internet Life, Multimedia blogs, Personal blogs, Portfolio blogs, Social Media, Using WordPress, Web 2.0, WordPress

Even though it’s been the holiday season, work on Using WordPress hasn’t slowed down only a wee bit. Several of the initial chapters are now in the loving hands of my editors and I’m proceeding full steam ahead. Since crowd sourcing works pretty darn well for getting feedback, commentary, and information, I’m looking for a bit of help with the next chapter in the book: WordPress Plugins.
Us WordPress.org/DIY install users know that there are thousands of WP plugins out there to try. Lots of plugins do the same thing and [...]

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Are Marketers Ready to Give Good Advice to Canadian Business on Social Media?

by Tris Hussey on December 5, 2009 · 3 comments

in Business blogs, Create Your Own Blog, Internet Life, News and Info, Social Media, Web 2.0

Earlier this week Forrester released data that showed that Canadians top the world in embracing social networking (Gillian Shaw & Groundswell) with a whopping 57% of Canadians using social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since Canadians (and Vancouver especially) are some of the most wired folks on the planet. We’re also one of the most spread out groups so it’s no wonder that we use social media to keep in touch with friends and relatives from sea to sea to [...]

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Social Media and Business–no different then versus now

by Tris Hussey on December 2, 2009 · 0 comments

in Blogging, Business blogs, Social Media, Teaching, Technology, Web 2.0

Way back in 2005, when “business blogs” were pretty rare creatures, those of use who were pushing the boundaries and getting some of the first businesses to actively use blogs were telling businesses to start blogging only if they were serious about getting input from their customers. If they weren’t ready for that kind of interaction or weren’t willing to put real resources behind a blog, then just monitoring social media right be the right choice for them.

I feel compelled to say right off the bat that if you aren’t [...]

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Foolproof, Basic Blogging Tip: More Posts Means More Traffic

by Tris Hussey on December 1, 2009 · 2 comments

in Blogging, Blogging 101, Business blogs, Create Your Own Blog, Lifestreaming, Multimedia blogs, Personal blogs, Portfolio blogs, Social Media, Tips and Tricks, Web 2.0

Yes, I’ve been posting more here lately. It seems that my blogging has run in fits and starts of late. Part of the issue, I think, has been the diversity of places I could publish to, coupled with lots of projects on the go I didn’t publish enough. So for the past few week I’ve been publishing more and the traffic results are clear:

It doesn’t matter what the actual numbers are, because it’s a matter of scale. It’s the same thing I told the bloggers at b5media and teach my [...]

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