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OverviewPermalinksUsing PhotosWriting StyleSocial Sharing and Auto-Tweeting

StatsOrganize & CustomizeSubscriptionsPost ideas & Scheduling

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Permalinks for SEO

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Photos

Grab attention

Set the tone

Convey emotion

Illustrate a point

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Sharing

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Stats

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Auto-tweet your posts

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Invite Subscribers

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Feedburner Services & Stats

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Setup in Feedburner

Then configure WP to redirect via theme or plugin

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Writing Bloggy• Don’t bury the lead• Use a conversational tone• Be brief• Break things up visually• Vary sentence length• Loosen up the grammar grip

http://www.tomcatalini.com/website-101-how-to-write-in-that-bloggy-style/

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Organize & Customize

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Theme

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Menu

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About & Contact

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Post Ideas & Scheduling• Ideas can come from anywhere and at any time – carry a notepad!• Build a habit of writing - the more you write, the easier it gets• Get used to editing your own work – from notepad to typed, use the Preview function, review after a post goes live

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Drafts & Scheduling

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Drafts & Scheduling

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Community

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