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2. todays plan Blogging The Final Frontier These Are The Tools7:30 a.m. Breakfast & Networking8:00 a.m. Take your seat, pens & devices ready8:45 a.m. Open question time9:00 a.m. You cant hide from work any longerwere playing with http://bit.ly/smbfwLivesharefacebook/smbftw or @smbfw#smbfw 3. what we are aboutNetworking & Knowledge:Taking online relationships to the next levelby having offline interactions and extendingoffline relationships to online networks.At the Social Media Breakfast, we feed yourbelly and your brain. #smbfw 4. connect with your host2 tsKevin Mullett kevinmullett.com twitter.com/kmullett facebook.com/kevinmullett linkedin.com/in/kevinmullett just google kevin mullett director of product development for Cirrus ABS#smbfw 5. connect with our sponsorTodays sponsor:Brand 1 Promotions is a Promotional Marketing Company thatspecializes in custom marketing items for, Direct Mail,Marketing Campaigns, Trade Shows (Pre, During, and PostShow), Company Stores, and Safety Programs. We also haveover 500,000 off the shelf items that we can work with. Our jobis to draw attention to your brand with even the toughest ofbuyers using creativity that makes them call your company!contact Kevin Mullett to become a sponsor#smbfw 6. connect with our panel Heather @bodaciousgirl Fort Wayne, IN Half the time cooking, Half the time gardening, Half the time making art happen, Half the time bad with fractions. http://www.hecooksshecooks.com Kevin Erb@kevinerb Fort Wayne, IndianaDirector of Public Relations and Social Media at Ferguson Advertising.http://kevinerb.tumblr.com/ Eric Hall @ehdesign Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Im a web developer in the Fort Wayne, IN area. I love to think about tech things, read, and lots of really nifty stuff. http://www.designedbyeh.com#smbfw 7. You have the why, now for the how There are many worthy choices, each with their own pluses and minuses?#smbfw 8. question #1What are some questions I should ask myself before deciding on a platform to use? #smbfw 9. question #2 How might personal, business, affiliate,advertising, branding, podcast, other niche, or lone website use change which tool should be selected?#smbfw 10. question #3What should I consider when choosing freeservice versus self hosted?#smbfw 11. answer #3What should I consider when choosing freeservice versus self hosted? data portability reliability (mission critical?)/customer support features/best practices (now and future) ease of use long term goals and objectives upgrade path/cost/savings terms of service (are you supposed to sell?)#smbfw 12. question #4For each type how do you design/find themes, plug-ins, extensions, add-ons, etc? #smbfw 13. answer #4For each type how do you design on themes, plug-ins, extensions, add ons, etc? wordpress themeforest.net, CodeCanyon.net blogger BloggerThemes.net design your own tool - PageLines Discover what others are using with BuiltWith for Google Chrome #smbfw 14. question #5What are the top 5 things you must do, install, or setup with every new blog? #smbfw 15. question #5What are the top 5 things you must do, install, or setup with every new blog? Comment spam prevention (Akismet) Google Analytics or Equivalent SEO plug-in & change permalinks /%postname%/ Mobile friendly version (wptouch) Social sharing & community building#smbfw 16. your questionsOpen questions about blogging.#smbfw 17. support Join the blog support group. Hi, my name is Kevin and I have been bloggingsince around 1999. Hi Kevin. I struggle with ____. #smbfw 18. next eventNext Event: August 30thNortheast Indiana Innovation Center (?)Collaborative Session: Sponsor & Subject TBD#smbfw 19. download Blogging The Final Frontier These Are The ToolsDownload todays presentation and future slides.slideshare.net/smbfwWho tweeted about todays event?followblast.comtweetreports.com #smbfw 20. connect with usBlogging The Final FrontierThese Are The Toolsfacebook/smbftw or @smbfw #smbfw