GMAIL , ANALYTICS, SEO PLUGINS
In this article I am going to summarise some of the additional elements to be added into a client getting blog to make it more efficient.
1) GoogleMail (GMAIL)
For analytics and some plugins there is a requirement to have an email account set up. My preference is to have a separate email specifically for this to keep things filed away nicely. Additionally, if you want to outsource the blog management in the future a good history is in place.
Sign up for a GMAIL email account >> https://www.google.com/accounts/
Sign into the gmail account in a separate window so that you can see your emails as you install and activate the following plugin..
2) MBP Ping Optimizer (email activation required) http://www.maxblogpress.com/plugins/mpo/
Additional notes: The following list of ping services was originally sourced from Pat Marcello .. I highly recommend connecting to Pat at : http://twitter.com/PatMarcello and visiting http://theseonewsblog.com
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
3) Create Google Analytics Account for GMAIL email & add your blog
Navigate to : www.google.com/analytics
Copy the analytics code to a notepad as you will need this later
Thesis Theme users : Copy code into : THESIS OPTIONS >> Footer Scripts
4) Install the following http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/analytics360/
This plugin is a MailChimp & GoogleAnalytics hybrid , for now simply connect to the analytics. I will cover the Mailchimp element when detailing autoresponders in a later article.
You can now view your Google Analytics from the dashboard of your blog!
5) Create a Feedburner Account : http://feedburner.google.com for your blog
There are lots of options within the Feedburner account; make sure that the email subscription functionality is activated.
If you are using Thesis then copy the code into : THESIS OPTIONS >> Set your feed URL it will automatically be connected to the subscribe link in the navigation bar. If you are not using Thesis then refer to the theme instructions.
That’s a good chunk to get started on …. in the NEXT POST I will detail how I want the site to function for a Client Getting Blog.
Until next time
Paul Hutchins
Paul Hutchins
