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- 1. The Connected Blog Finding an audience for your hard work in the blogosphere and beyond Catherine Novak IdeaZone.ca 油 油 YYJ WordCamp Nov 14 2009
- 2. Discuss with someone next to you up to 3 things you want to know about posting and publicizing your blog entries
- 4. A great message is only half the solution
- 5. RSS: Real Simple Syndication
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- 7. RSS is like an electronic bottle for your message takes your content and repackages it in many different formats can reach your readers directly and automatically once they are subscribers 油 油
- 8. RSS URL vs feed: 油 Mostly WordPress makes this easy: URL = http://blogname.com or http://blogname.wordpress.com FEED = http://blogname.com/feed or http://blogname.wordpress.com/feed
- 9. Receiving RSS feeds: Via readers: My Yahoo Google Reader/iGoogle Flock: My World Firefox Add-Ons .... and a ton of others... 油
- 10. Even better: social media loves RSS...
- 11. Adding a blog to LinkedIn Easiest! WordPress Application TypePad Application - reads any blog you place in your profile AND shows you the blogs of your connections.
- 12. Publicizing your blog on Twitter A number of different tools can do this: Twitterfeed HootSuite Ping Posterous
- 13. Importing your blog into Facebook Create a page in Facebook , or load your existing one (this is the easy part). In your page, under your image, click on Edit Page (sometimes Facebook forgets what page you are on, so make sure your page image and name are correct after you click restart your browser if it doesnt work this is a major source of frustration in some browsers). Scroll down to the Notes application, click on the little pen icon on the right side of the screen, then select Edit. (Note: if Notes is not in the list, use More Applications to find it, then add it to the page.) To the right side of the screen (left of the ads), you will see a link titled Import a blog.油 Click this. (Note: If you have an existing feed, you can delete it by clicking on Edit import settings, then click on the Stop Importing button.)
- 14. Importing your blog into Facebook Enter your RSS feed URL in the Web URL box, click the consent checkbox, then click on Start Importing. (Note: Your RSS feed URL is different then your website address. In WordPress, for example, you typically add /feed to the end of your website address.) Assuming all was done correctly, a Preview screen appears.油 You must scroll to the bottom of this, then click on Confirm Import. As per item 2, go back to the Edit Page screen. This time, click on the pen icon next to the Notes application, and select Application Settings. Make sure the Box and Tab are showing as Added (you can configure this part of the page as you wish later). Click on the Additional Permissions tab, and check the Publish to streams item, so your blog entries will appear in your fans streams. Click OK. Wipe your brow, youre done! Wasnt that easy, and dont you wish you had found this article a week ago?
- 15. Other Wise Moves Claim your blog on Technorati Message some friends/fans and ask them to help publicize your blog by sharing/RTing, etc Comment on other people's blogs ... after all, blogging is great for building community!