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Flipboard For BlogElevated

Oct. 23, 2016

Mark C. Simpson

#Flipblogger #BlogElevated


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Who Am I? Geoscientist/IT Guy

Worked for Apple as a Contractor in mid 90’s.

MCSE

Work with wife Lynne on AwesomismMom.com

I’m not a Social Media Expert, just an Extreme Flipboarder.

Not affiliated with Flipboard


What Do You Think of When

You Hear FLIPBOARD?

Teeter Hang UP?


This?...


You Hear FLIPBOARD?

Or This?



Flipboard OverView

http://youtube.com/v/b4VgKTGsqcY


You Hear FLIPBOARD?

Rich Content

Beautiful Photos

Intuitive Interface

Blog Posts

Sound

GIFs

Videos

= All of the above and more...A Dynamic Magazine


Pinterest is a postcard Flipboard is a Magazine

What is FLIPBOARD?

A Digital Magazine

Yes...But Much More!


What is FLIPBOARD?

A News Reader?

Yes...But Much More!#Flipblogger #BlogElevated

What is FLIPBOARD?

A PowerfulCuration Platform


From the Mundane….

What is FLIPBOARD?



...To The Important….

What is FLIPBOARD?


30,000+ Topics to Explore

#Flipblogger #BlogElevated..And Everything In Between

What is FLIPBOARD?

A Marketing Platform


For Your House

What is FLIPBOARD?




For Your Clients

What is FLIPBOARD?

Even Influencer Marketing


Peyton White

What is FLIPBOARD?

A Social Media

Ecosystem“Class, Not

Mass”...Mike McCue CEO

93+ million Users


To Connect with Like Minded People

What is FLIPBOARD?

A Social Media

Ecosystem#Flipblogger #BlogElevated

Gives a glimpse of who you really are

Flipboard Has Recently Begun a

Program to Reach out to

Bloggers

#Flipblogger

Webinars

Newsletters

Articles

And of course Magazines


What Can Flipboard Do

For Your Blog?

Gives you a Beautiful place to curate and share your blog with millions of others.

93+ million users

26+ million magazines



Stats!


And More Stats!

What Can You Do with

Flipboard?

Create Magazines about:

Your Passion(s)Photography, Music, Space, Sports, Politics …..

MarketingProducts, Your House, Your Blog…..

EventsBirths, Graduation, RoadTrips, Moon Landings…..

People

Education #FlipEdu

Notes

Stuff


Flipboard Basics

Step 1: Signup

Available on mobile for IOS, Android, Windows and The Web

Use Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Email to Signup

Select 7 Topics to follow from thousands you can follow

Invite people to follow

All 4 FREE!


Flipboard Basics

Step 2: Your User Profile

Write a descriptive user profile so others will get to

know you. Include your interests, blog URL and it is

helpful to include your twitter handle so others can follow you there and retweet your posts and magazines


App vs Web Version

Note: The Flipboard App and the Web Version are slightly different. Features differ between the mobile app and desktop browser version

Ex: The FlipboardBookmarklet

The iPad app is the best way to view and edit.


Flipboard Basics

Step 3: Create

Create your own magazineHave a Plan

Give it a Great Title

Choose a Good Description so people will follow and for Flipboard Search Engine

Find a Beautiful Cover using 500px, Flickr or your own Pics. Or just use Dynamic Default Cover

Make it Public or Private if you want

Invite others to Collaborate and Share



Create a New Magazine

http://youtube.com/v/PRP6Pxc9eCs

Flipboard Basics

Step 4: Start Flipping

Hit the ‘+’ to Flip from an Article on mobile. Add the Flip BookMarklet or Chrome Extension to your browser. Go to about.flipboard.com/toolsFlip From Your BlogFlip Other WebsitesCan even flip entire topics or Twitter ListsGreat source of ideas, inspiration and background materialEasy to Organize


https://about.flipboard.com/tools/

Flipboard Basics

● Cover Stories catch you up on what the people you follow are flipping as well Topics you are following

● Daily Edition is a rundown on the news

● 10 for Today gives you other stories of interest


Topics

Stay on Top of Trending

News in Your Niche & Beyond

On Flipboard, you can follow specific Topics, like politics, travel and parenting, so you always know what’s happening in the areas you’re passionate about.It’s like a constantly updated ‘newspaper’ that lives in your pocket.Never miss an article of interest that might matter to your readers to inspire a post.

Stuff


Flipboard Basics

Warning: Creating Magazines on Flipboard

could be ADDICTING (and Fun)

Insert Video


https://about.flipboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PrivateMag_Creation.gif

And Create, Flip, Create, Flip (Rinse and Repeat)







Flipboard Basics

Post Your Flipboard Profile and Magazines

to Social Media Websites including Twitter, LinkedIn,

Facebook and Pinterest. Email as a

newsletter#Flipblogger #BlogElevated

#FlipboardFriday

Flipboard Basics

The Cover is very important!

Many people will judge a magazine

by its title#Flipblogger #BlogElevated

Have an Awesome theme if you can.

Add a witty Title!

Flipboard Basics

Use a Hi-Res Picture or a GIF for Best Looking Covers


Flipboard Basics

Collaborate with Others in the

Workplace or the Class Room


#FlipEdu

Flipboard Basics

Metazine: Flipping a magazine into another

magazine#Flipblogger #BlogElevated

ProTip: Great way to organize your follows

Flipboard and Your Blog


Breakout your Posts so they are easier to

find and follow:Thematic Magazines Story Arc MagazinesSeasonal Magazines


Group your magazines into seasonally appropriate categories

Ex: Tax Season, Christmas, Back-to-School


Seasonal Magazines

Flipboard and Your Blog The easy, intuitive layout

makes it easy to search thru and find older blog posts.

Can also organize your blog posts better.


Give Your Posts a Longer

Shelf Life



Drive Traffic to Your Blog


Curate articles of interest to research your next blog post.

Add & see your online notes from Google Docs. Make it your journal


A Tremendous Research Tool


Add the Follow button to make it easy for your readers to follow and reflip your stories


Make it easy to follow and flip


#ProTip: If you have items for sale on Etsy or Ebay, Flipboard will automatically pick up the price.


Flip items for sale into a Catalog.


Embed your magazine and others related to your blog.

Gives readers more background and information


Give Your Readers More

Insight and Resources


http://youtube.com/v/mF3O0SshpJg

Flipboard and Your Blog Use the Compose tool to add

your voice with comments and annotate photos

Demo


Communicate More with your

Readers



See at a glance what your Twitter Community is up

to inside of Flipboard

Following Twitter

Accounts and Twitter Lists


http://youtube.com/v/8EAi3ADhiUk

AnalyticsTo view analytics, Hover

over and click on the graph icon on your magazines. Also click on edit in the

webbrowser version. Select the magazine for which you

want to examine.


Terry Porter

Would be nice to have a slide about blog referral traffic from Flipboard too

Take aways:1. Create a free account and

start a magazine for your blog.

2. Follow a magazine or 33. Add the Flipboard Share

button4. Add the Flip Bookmarklet to

your browser.

https://about.flipboard.com/tools/

5. Follow #Flipblogger and sign up for newsletter


Links and Tutorials

Check the metazine in the conference magazine for

many great articles

www.about.flipboard.com/tools

BlogElevated Conference

Search for Flipboard on YouTube to find many videos and tutorials

Follow @Flipboard, #Flipblogger, #FlipEdu, #FlipMarketer, @FlipboardClub, #FlipboardChat, #FlipboardFriday and #MagsWeLove


https://flipboard.com/@msimpson63/blogelevated-conference-e4tv207py

Terry Porter

You should also have a link to your own mag of FlipTips!

Thank You!Follow me on

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