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Essential WordPress Plugins – Episode 21

by Andy Brudtkuhl on August 3, 2009

Essential WordPress Plugins - Episode 21 [ 59:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What are the best, most essential WordPress plugins for your business website? Well we asked that question to our community and chime in as well for our 21st episode of Managing The Edge. Here is the list of 25 awesome WordPress plugins. If you want to know why we chose them and what they do – you’ll have to tune into the audio or video :-)

25 Awesome WordPress Plugins For Business

  1. WordPress DB Backup
  2. Google Analytics
  3. Google Analytics Dashboard
  4. All In One SEO
  5. Google XML Sitemap
  6. WP-SpamFree
  7. WP-GreetBox
  8. SubscribeRemind
  9. Disqus
  10. JS-Kit
  11. TweetMeme ReTweet Plugin
  12. Backtype Retweet Plugin
  13. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
  14. Contact Form 7
  15. Organize Series
  16. GigPress
  17. SMS Text Message
  18. Ad-Minister
  19. Redirection
  20. Lifestream
  21. Page Link Manager
  22. Alkivia Community Builder
  23. Enforce WWW
  24. FeedBurner Feedsmith
  25. ShareThis

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Special thanks to @aaronwebb, @sergioalvarado, @edash, @tjmapes, @danielshipton, and @nathantwright for chiming in with their essential WordPress plugins.

What are your favorite WordPress plugins and why?

Let us know in the comments or call in at 206-666-2779 and leave us a voicemail!

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Web Analytics and SEO – Episode 003

by Andy Brudtkuhl on January 26, 2009

Web Analytics and SEO [ 50:46 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this Part 2 of Building a Solid Technology Foundation (listen to Part 1) for your business we talk about the importance of using analytics and creating a site structure and content conducive to findability.

We discuss the ease of installing and configuring Google Analytics in WordPress. Also, we try to de-mystify the data you are analyzing in your analytics reports so you can focus on the most important statistics.

We also talk Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in this episode and what you need to know as a business to optimize your website. In this discussion we talk about creating content with SEO in mind and setting up a site structure in WordPress to optimize your findability.

Remember – findability is just one part of the equation of having a successful website. If you don’t have engaging content than you won’t have the opportunity to turn your findability into conversions.

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We want to thank Rich Drake, Brett Trout, and Karri Wells for tuning in live and asking questions.

If you have any questions about the show, please let us know in the comments!

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