15 New Years Resolutions For Your 2008 Website:

• I will get connected so I know it when I get a lead
• I will syndicate an RSS feed that originates at my Domain
• I will become an authority for my area and/or niche topic
•  I will rank on the first page organic search results
• I will convert my dead site to be interactive
•  I will become a do-it-yourself video blogger
• I will reduce my bounce rate to below 50%
• I will treat my website like an asset, instead of an obligation
•  I will build value in my web-property real estate
• I will use my presence in my listing presentation
•  I will blog testimonials
• I will add sticky social media features like forums
•  I will stop letting my geek write my ad-copy
• I will seek reliable professional help this time
•  I will get serious about online media in 2008!

How many times have you heard “Wow! Thanks for getting back to me so fast!”?

I thought so: me too!

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Wordpress Plugins - Turn Blog Into A Social Media Community With Forums Features

I was able to create this robust setup using an off-the-shelf theme, the latest Wordpress, and a new forums plug-in in two hours flat: http://dobusinessinoregon.com/, and another where my rep has already started adding content: http://businessinthebayarea.com/:

Now the real work begins, customizing the templates, calls to action, the distribution of the feeds, the manual submission work, the regular posting and monitoring, the moderation of the forums, and the hardest part: getting people to participate.

The new WordPress has many of the coolest features we used to have to create with separate plug-ins already in widgets out-of-the-box: but installation and troubleshooting would still be difficult for non-developers if they did not have excellent aptitude and some knowledge of code and troubleshooting scripting installations. Read more

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Creating Your Own Social Networking Local Community

We recently got tired of paying for Letip, BNI, multiple chambers of commerce and other groups: we added up all that we were spending, and decided we could do better: and we did at a profit!

Enter SeattleNetwork.net: we wrote up our own manifesto copy:

“BY INVITATION ONLY! Participation in the Forums and the Blog are open to all who can keep it informational and/or inspirational, join the Forums and the Blog for free anytime, but:

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10 Timely Tips For Social Media Marketing In 2008

It is time to get up-to-date with some changes in the way a website is marketed online using Social Media:

1. Do Bookmark everything you write: digg.com it, stumbleupon it, onlywire it: get the word out about your content this way!
2. Ping the world when you post: it is possible to setup a pinger that lets several strategic places know about your new content.
3. Allow comments and interaction: it takes time and traffic to get it going, but user-generated, user-filtered content is great for placement and traffic building.
4. Solicit participation: ask your visitors to join the discussion, to log-in for free, to bookmark and share your content.
5. Include video: video will soon replace much printed material online: the video search engines are becoming more and more of a traffic source.

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Written by israelrothman · Filed Under Featured, Internet Advertising