Today I am doing a presentation with the Chicago Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group. The presentation will be titled “Extending WordPress to build a community of active users.”

Description

By using BuddyPress, the community platform for WordPress, you can turn casual readers of your blog into active participants. Bring in new visitors through user generated content, and keep them on your site using social networking features. Your users will be able to create profiles, message each other, join and create groups,  [read more →]

In September I will be doing my first presentation with the Chicago Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group. The presentation will be titled “Harnassing The Power of WordPress To Develop Content And Drive SEO Results.”

Another WordPress expert, Carolyn Shelby, and myself will be doing a panel discussion  about WordPress’ advantages for developing content and driving SEO results. Carolyn teaches the PubCon Masters Training course “Contemporary Organic Search Engine Optimization” which includes a great deal of WordPress information. She also speakes on a  [read more →]

Rey Villar and I are kicking off 2010 by sharing some of our secrets for effective online marketing. We are both online marketers who understand the importance of maximizing ROIs and know how to do it, and how to do it cheaply. Ray and I are both organizers for the Chicago Online Marketing Group.

You’ll discover inexpensive and even free ways to:

• Increase traffic to your site
• Create a WordPress website to write content on
• Promote your products and services
• Activate tools  [read more →]