Most Valuable Business Blogging Plugins & Services
If you are, like me, blogging for your business, you already know that the blogging landscape is always changing. Always evolving, growing and improving. Sometimes it seems impossible to keep up with the latest trends, plugins, and services. As a real estate agent, I rely on my blog to share the latest information about the market, home improvement and tips for buying and selling your home. Over the past year, I’ve discovered many useful business blogging aids and this is the time to share the best of the best.
WordPress Commenting System
- Easy to use
- Comments become part of MY post
- Easy to customize with pics and videos
- Look good
- Fast and responsive
After trying all of these, I stumbled across WP-Discuz (not to be confused with ‘Disqus’). It has everything I was looking for. Most surprising I found that, once a comment is approved, it becomes part of that blog posts’ code. It’s not hosted on someone else’s servers. (As I already mentioned, I am a real estate agent
, NOT an SEO expert, but I believe having the comment as part of your page’s content is a good thing?)Best of all, this plugin is free. Out of the box its already great, and there are add-ons you can use to customize (yes, there is a small cost for the add-ons).
Blog-Writing Service: Textbroker
So if you are a busy lawyer, home stager, plumber, florist, butcher-baker-candlestick maker, there is no more excuses for doing your own business blogging. For around $15 bucks you can have someone write a post about anything in your niche. Update your website and feed google at the same time.
Blogging Podcast
Brandon’s talking style is entertaining, and his content is superbly valuable. One word of caution: Don’t listen and drive! I mean it! It’s easy to become engrossed in the subject matter and forget about the fact you’re driving a 2-ton hunk of metal down the freeway.
This podcast is available on I-Tunes as well as Google Play and Stitcher.
Scheduling Tool for your blog: Co-Schedule
Although not a FREE tool, they do have a 14-day free trial. Check out the Co-Schedule Tool.
Sharing your Facebook LIVE video to your blog
But it does SOOOO much more than that. It also helps collect you collect e-mail addresses for subscribers. You can even share regular videos, which you had posted to your facebook page or profile (as opposed to ONLY LIVE videos). Plus it transfer facebook comments, which were made for your LIVE video, onto your blog as well.
At $67 for one site, and $97 for 3 websites, this plugin is WELL worth your investment if you are a serious blogger and incorporate facebook marketing with your business blogging
efforts.
About the Publisher
Bo Kauffmann is a residential real estate agent with over 18 yrs experience in helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals. Inducted into the REMAX Hall of Fame in 2010 and receiving the REMAX Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, Bo has sold over 500 houses and condos in the Greater Winnipeg market. He is an accredited buyer representative (A.B.R.) and a Luxury Home Marketing Specialist. Bo provides exceptional service to First-Time Home-Buyers, Seniors looking to downsize and Home Sellers of all ages. He can be reached easily By E-Mail or call/text him Call/Text Here Never miss an episode of our real estate podcast. Install our FREE Podcast App available on iOS and Android. For your Apple Devices, click here to install our iOS App. For your Android Devices, click here to install our Android App. Check my videos on Youtube