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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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10 Things You Have Learned in Our First Ten Episodes – Episode 10

by Andy Brudtkuhl on April 6, 2009

10 Things You Should Have Learned - Episode 10 [ 49:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the tenth episode of our internet business podcast we discuss 10 things you should have learned if you listened to our first ten episodes!

1. Build a solid technology foundation
2. Use WordPress – trust us just do it
3. Content is king
4. You need a content strategy
5. Multimedia production is affordable and easy
6. Re-purpose your traditional advertising $$$ into internet marketing and content production
7. Web Analytics are important
8. Freemium models work for any business
9. Web Strategy planning is essential
10. Our strategies work for real, brick & mortar businesses

Thanks to @dustinson @tjmapes, @karebear006, @aaronwebb, @miketempleton for tuning in to the live broadcast!

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Web Analytics and SEO – Episode 003

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 [...]

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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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