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BlueZooCreative.com
Twitter.com/ccondray
3/13/2013
Who we are – Collin Condray 16 years experience in web
development
Web developer
Programmer
Retail data analysis for multi-billion dollar companies (3M and Tyson)
Social media marketing Agency experience with
Collective Bias and Saatchi X
Local speaker at University of Arkansas, JBU, & Webster University
Who we are – Eric Huber 25 years as a graphic
designer for both small businesses and Fortune 100 companies
Marketing, advertising, and graphic design for small businesses
Award winning designer
Instructor for the New Design School
Our Team
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What is WordPress? Content Management System
Used to create, manage, store, and deploy text, image, and video content on Web pages
No longer need to know HTML, CGI, etc. to make a dynamic website.
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WordPress.com vs. Self Hosted
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.org
Who uses WordPress?
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Why We Use WordPress? Easy to use
Saves time
Flexible
Expandable
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Updating Your Site Old School
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Updating Your Site New School
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Mobile Apps
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Microsoft LiveWriter
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Email Post
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Professional Looking
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Open Source
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WordPress Community Thousands of designers and developers worldwide
Support comes from community. Someone out there can help you with your problem.
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Plugins for Everything Plugins extend the
functionality of WordPress
At the time this slide was made there were 23,941 plugins!
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SEO
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Blog Is Built In Use it for your latest news
Search engines rank you higher if you update your site often.
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Multiple User Levels Controls what access a user
has to a site from full control to just visiting.
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Social Media Sharing
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Social Media Auto Posting
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eCommerce
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Advertising
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Affiliate Sales
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Membership
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Online Classes
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Establishing Credibility
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Contact Form
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Custom Post Types
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Business Directory
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Job Board
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Mailing Lists
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Wiki
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Social Network
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BlueZooCreative.com
Twitter.com/ccondray
3/13/2013