Utilize the social force in WordPress to enhance your online visibility

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Utilize the social force in WordPress to enhance
your online visibility
By Jessica Bracken
Utilize the social force in WordPress to enhance
your online visibility
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Use the foUse the force, folk rce, folk
Use the force, folk
When applied to the realm of WordPress and
social media, the Force is a way to take
advantage of the power possessed by a network of
likeminded people.
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Tap into an energy resource (people!) and align
them
When you use the Social Force, you tap into
an energy resource (people!) and align them with
your overarching business goals. You take
advantage of the very connected nature of the
modern world. Honestly, you cant afford not to
do that these days.
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How to use the social force
Now that you have a good grasp of what the Social
Force is, you can get down to using it. This goes
beyond just WordPress here, people. This
applies to any company or brand doing business
online. Before you can confidently say May the
Force be with you, to your followers and
customers, you need to have the right underlying
systems in place.
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Add social outreach to the WordPress dashboard
One way to add an element of social outreach to
your WordPress dashboard is to use a plugin like
Jetpack. It has a built-in module called
Publicize that allows you to automatically share
your latest blog posts on the likes of Twitter,
Facebook, LinkedIn, and so forth.
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Build a community
WordPress can be harnessed as a social
tool if you know how to leverage it. For
instance, did you know you can build a community
right from within the dashboard? Creating your
own community is one of the best ways to to know
the true power of the Social Forcenot the dark
side.
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BuddyPress and bbPress
BuddyPress helps you to actually create a
dedicated social network for your website that
includes member profiles, activity streams,
private messaging, and so much more. bbPress is
actually a forum software that integrates
seamlessly into WordPress and allows your users
to chat, discuss, and opine about anything and
everything related to your niche.
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Comprehensive plugin solutions
To extend your brands reach to the
farthest edges of the known universe, you really
need to interact on broader social networks as
well. Sharing your content via the Publicize
module in Jetpack is just step one. It enables
you to share with your network of followers (your
galaxy), but thats definitely not enough.
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Disqus Disqus is actually a commenting system
for WordPress but it takes the blog comment to
new heights, making it relevant here. This
plugin allows users to comment on your blog and
carry on the conversation across multiple
websites. That means interesting discussions
can cross multiple sites, giving you the
potential of reigning in new traffic.
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Monarch
Monarch makes sharing content across the popular
social networks a stylish endeavor. This plugin
will not only make your social media efforts
stronger, but itll also show your site visitors
that you care about presentation. This plugin
is lightweight, fast, and offers sharing
locations in a floating sidebar, above and below
content, on images and videos, in a popup, or as
a fly-in.
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ShareThis
It offers a set of nice-to-look-at share buttons
and social analytics so you never have to wonder
about how your site is performing on the social
media front again. It supports 120 social
networks and includes small and large buttons to
suit your preferences.
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Last but not least
The Social Force is about more than sharing your
content on social networks. Its about engaging
in lively discussion. Its about contributing to
your niche. And most importantly, its about
showing your brand, business, or just you as an
individual as its own force to be reckoned with.
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Reference
http//glasgow.fortuneinnovations.com/use-social-f
orce-wordpress-make-your-website-more-successful
http//torquemag.io/are-you-using-the-social-force
-of-wordpress/
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