Blogging: Beyond the Basics – Supplementary Resources

Include your photo or logo when you comment

• Gravatar

Seek opportunities to promote your blog

• Professional Organizers Blog Carnival
• Help a Reporter Out
• Reporter Connection
• Productivity Consultants & Professional Organizers Facebook group

Use social media tools to promote your blog posts

• TweetDeck
• HootSuite

Submit your blog to directories

• Technorati
• Canadian Blog Directory

Offer email subscription

• Feedburner
• MailChimp

Enhance your blog with stock photos

• iStockPhoto
• Fotolia
• Crestock
• Stock.Xchange – free but some have restrictions

Use WordPress plug-ins for added functionality

Commenting

• Akismet – spam filter
• Bad Behavior – spam filter
• Comment Luv
• Subscribe to Comments
• Subscribe to Comments Reloaded

Social Sharing

• ShareThis
• Sociable
• Tweet & Like

Related Posts

• Contextual Related Posts
• nrelate Related Content

Miscellaneous

• Blog Post Ideas
• Editorial Calendar
• Mobile Buddy
• Tweet Old Posts

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