Phil Steinke: 9 1/2 Free WP Plugins to Keep you Sane While Blogging

Most people go home from a Wordcamp eager to install heaps of plugins, a new responsive theme, and guest post all over the place. The result is pandemonium of too much happening on your website. Instead, take a moment to consider the user journey through your website. Most of you are aspiring pro-bloggers, some developers, so you’re going to have a product or service to sell.

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1. Sack Your Developer
   9 1/2 Free WordPress Plugins
   to keep you sane while blogging
   

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2. Phil Steinke
   Film Producer // Director
   Produce video for bloggers
   Responsive websites
   Social Media for #Rbutr
   

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3. #TheInternerd.com
   Online TV Station
   facebook.com/theinternerd
   twitter.com/theinternerdcom
   #theinternerd
   

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4. wired.c
   

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5. Zombie Apocalypse
   Entertaining
   Talented
   Trustworthy
   Survivors
   

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6. WTF? FTW!
   

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7. Zombie Apocalypse vs Blogging
   Entertaining
   Talented
   Trustworthy
   Legacy = Evergreen
   

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8. Sack Your Developer
   The Geek
   Gun Fanatic
   The Helicopter Pilot
   

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9. 9. Jetpack
   Stats
   Social media bar
   Forms
   Mobile Version
   

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10. 8. Clickheat
    The real FAQ
    Reduce choice
    =
    Increased sales
    

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12. Apple 2000
    CharlieHoehn.com
    

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13. Apple 2011
    CharlieHoehn.com
    

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14. Apple 2013
    

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15. 7. Hellobar
    Stats say they attract people
    Drive your email list
    Fake addresses
    Annoys as many readers
    

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16. xkcd.com
    

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17. 7. Hellobar
    Who does it piss off?
    Loyal readers
    Signups
    

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18. 7. Hellobar
    Gets attention without annoyance
    

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19. 6. All in one SEO pack
    SEO = black magic
    SEO = charming
    

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20. impawards.com
    

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21. 6. All in one SEO pack
    White hat techniques:
    All in one SEO
    Videos
    Relevant words
    

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22. 5. Hide posts
    Hides from the front page
    Robots index your page
    SEO before shares
    

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23. 4. Social Analytics
    See how social media
    interacts with your site
    

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24. 3. nRelated Content
    End of post matters
    =
    Call to action
    

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25. 3. Related Content
    Pick one:
    Comment
    Social media
    Related article
    

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26. 3. nRelated Content
    

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28. 1. Newsletter email software
    Mail Chimp
    Aweber - Affiliate marketing
    Vero - A/B marketing + affiliate
    

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29. 1/2 Bonus: Hootsuite and ContentDJ
    Automated social media
    ContentDJ
    post ideas from #hashtags
    

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30. wired.com
    

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31. #TheInternerd
    phil@TheInternerd.com
    facebook.com/theinternerd
    twitter.com/theinternerdcom
    

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