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3 commentsMaking a WordPress company blog more social
These days, any serious decorator, builder or construction company should have a website, blog and Twitter account. Even little old me gets about 4 online inquiries a week from potential clients, fellow tradesmen or DIYers who come across me via my website, blog and Twitter set-up.
WordPress is a brilliant (free) tool to build a business website and a blog. Twitter is a very powerful (free) social network tool. Take your internet presence to the next level by building some Twitter-friendly functions into your WordPress blog.
Twitter name added to comments form
Twitterlink Comments plugin will add a user’s Twitter ID to the comments form on your WordPress blog. In my opinion, if someone is interested enough to comment on a blog, it is only fair that the site owner encourages future readers to follow them on Twitter too.
How Twitterlink comments work »
Stylish Social Bookmarking Icons
Sociable is a plugin that installs a Share this page with friends and colleagues at the end of an article. Just click to share a blog post with followers on Twitter etc. Good post + pretty presentation = result?
Auto blog your tweets, auto tweet your blogs
This Twitter Tools plugin gives you the option to automatically integrate WordPress blogs with Twitter tweets, and vice versa. There are many automated aspects of Twitter that are quite spammy, but I think this is an acceptable time-saver:
Conclusion
You can throw money at a problem, obviously, and there are great professionals out there able and willing to design a website . You can employ a Virtual Assistant (VA) to write your blog posts for you. And you can outsource to any part of the globe for staff to get you Tweeted and socially networked to distraction.
On the other hand, if you are a bit creative and a lot determined, it doesn’t need to cost anything to get online and spread the word about the services you offer using WordPress and Twitter combined.
When I am not online or fine-tuning this website, I am up to my eyes painting kitchen cabinets, lounges… If you need any help in either department, please contact me.
About Andy Crichton
 | Andy completed City & Guilds Advanced Craft in 1984. Scraping off wallpaper, rubbing down woodwork & re-decorating every square inch of a 5' x 10' panel, he never realised how lucky he was to learn the old school way - till now, when he draws on all that training to hand-paint kitchens & advise on decorating. Luckily he is still learning & enjoying the trade... |
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Nice post…Thank you for sharing some good things!!