Dotti Berry, iDigital Media Pro Empowering Entrepreneurs

Plug-ins & Widgets Critical to Promoting Your Blog Content

Feeling Overwhelmed?

Let’s use K.I.S.S. (that’s Keep It Simple Stuff).

Bottom Line? Plug-ins and Wordpress Widgets are the FUEL & DELIVERY SYSTEM for promoting your blog CONTENT.

It’s not  either/or…it is both/and.

Yes, you need

1. Good CONTENT (remember…it’s progress, not perfection!), and
2. FUEL (plug-ins) that fires up a Great DELIVERY SYSTEM (wordpress widgets)Can you imagine trying to “eat” without food and without a delivery system to get it to your mouth? In general, there are lots of foods (plug-ins) out there to fuel your body, but without a delivery system  such as your hands, knife, fork, spoon, etc. ((widgets) you will not experience the exquisite art of eating (having people experience your content)!  Get my drift?

The point here is that you need a way of Feeding your CONTENT  from your blog to PEOPLE  (yes, they are humans…not just “internet traffic”…how cold!) so that PEOPLE on social networks and other blogs receive the VALUE from your words of wisdom, service, product, or business opportunity (whether traditional, mlm, direct sales, network marketing…offline or online).

You literally want to send out your content to people across the diverse array of networks via facebook, twitter, hubs, digg and others…and attract people back to your blog.  When that happens and you have the honor and privilege of getting to know those individuals better (and perhaps the opportunity to be of value and service to them in some way), you will have experienced an aspect of attraction marketing.  Thank you Mike Dillard!  (He is, after all, the Godfather of Attraction Marketing).

What value is there in having  GREAT  CONTENT if nobody reads it because they aren’t aware that it exists?  Besides, you can always go back and edit your post, right?  Nothing is forever and cast in stone (even stone)!

And…there’s always that DELETE button!   Just have some fun and dare to put the best CONTENT you have to share in the moment out there.

So, here’s the simple step-by-step idea:

1. Download and install plug-ins (go under “plug-ins…add new” in your wordpress back office and search for ones you like) allowing you to
2. Activate and utilize widgets (go under “appearance” in your wordpress back office and drag to sidebar) enabling you to
3. FUEL your CONTENT from your blog!

What are widgets? Here’s the scoop straight from the Automattic.com website

“Widgets” is just a silly buzzword we’ve chosen for this sidebar-chopping plug-in we have developed. They could have been called Gadgets or Gizmos or Wizbangs or Whatevers. On the surface, they’re just things you can use to personalize your WordPress site without knowing HTML.

By installing the Widgets plugin by Automattic and using a widget-ready theme, you can bring the popular customization feature from WordPress.com to your very own, hosted WordPress installation.

If you are running WordPress 2.2 or later, you do not need to install the Widgets plugin. Widgets are now part of WordPress core!

You will have to do a little research to find the plug-ins and widgets you want to implement, but that’s part of the fun of this ongoing journey of internet marketing in what I have coined as the Age of Influence.

So, see you just need a little K.I.S.S. (very simple stuff when we keep it that way, huh?)

I have been in marketing for over 25 years (you can read about my background), and one thing I have said repeatedly is “Having a service or product to offer (no matter how great)  means nothing. Having people KNOW about your product or service means EVERYTHING!”

Ahhhh…such is the case with CONTENT.

So, don’t take the analysis to paralysis approach and never get any blog post out there on the internet!  If you do, you will become overwhelmed and never do anything.

Post your content. Just go for it…which is exactly what I am going to do now, if for no other reason than to be a product of my own advice.

Taking action overcomes overwhelm!

Right now, you might be scratching your head, saying,

“What ARE the best plug-ins and widgets to use?”

Great Question! I will be covering some of the best ones for beginners in a Part 1 post and for advanced marketers in a Part 2 post later this week!  Stay tuned!

In the meantime, just browse around and see some of the ones I have on my blog.  I am constantly researching, evaluating and changing the ones I use as the evolution of plug-ins and widgets continues.  I have been revamping this blog and am preparing to launch a new one, so check out the video at the top right of my blog (Wonder Woman Blogger Coming Soon) and let me know your thoughts.  (Comments appreciated!)

Like I said earlier…nothing is set in stone…not even stone!

Branding YOU First…Today…for Success Tomorrow!
Coach B

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