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Zane Safrit on Managing The Edge Today

by Andy Brudtkuhl on August 14, 2009

We’ll be talking to Zane Safrit – author, blogger, and podcaster and Mario Van Dijk – Director of the Fairfield Entrepreneur Association and the COO for Genetic ID.

Our topic for today’s show will be Word Of Mouth Marketing and the technology that drives it – and anything else Zane wants to talk about!

Please tune in today Friday, August 14 at 1:00PM CST at http://ManagingTheEdge.com/live

If you have any questions for Zane or Mario please let us know using #mte hashtag on Twitter or call us at 206-666-2779 and leave us a voicemail with your question. Or – just leave us a comment here and we’ll try to get to all of them on the air!

This show will be available on the website and in iTunes on the following Monday.

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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 Strategy Planning – Episode 005

February 9, 2009
Web Strategy Planning - Episode 005 [ 39:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Web Strategy Planning is essential for any business. In this episode we cover technology, building community, content creation and strategy, internet marketing, and web analytics.

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Building a Solid Technology Foundation – Episode 002

January 19, 2009
Building a Solid Technology Foundation - Episode 002 [ 31:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our second episode of Managing The Edge we discuss initial steps of building a solid technology foundation. We talk about hosting as an early, critical decision when starting your website. Another critical decision is the platform on which the website will be run. We provide real world experience and blueprints for building a great [...]

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