In his keynote Your Business Starts with WordPress at WordCamp Detroit (#wcdet) in Novi, Michigan, Brad Gosse talked about the benefits of working with WordPress.
Here are my notes from his talk:
- Three reasons to love WordPress:
- It’s free
- Content is separate from design
- Can add unlimited content
- Guest bloggers are a great way to add new content to your site.
- Key methods to attract people to your site:
- Add videos: be sure to include summary text describing the video (summary provides description to website visitors and allows search engines to index)
- Use lists
- Include humorous articles
- Write commentary
- Include keywords in your post title, but don’t keyword load the title
- Don’t use CAPTCHA on your site. There are plenty of other methods to combat spam.
- Use Fiverr.com when you have small tasks you want to outsource. Get any task done for $5.
- WP CSV Importer allows you to import CSV files or content databases to WordPress
Thanks for the coverage Deborah! Your notes look better than mine LOL
Too funny Brad! Thanks for coming out to WordCamp Detroit.
Great comments! Another great takeaway from his keynote was the fact that content is 90% more important than design, and the fact that using feeder sites to build up a main web site is key to success.
Hi John,
Good catches on content and feeder sites! I was having issues with wifi during Brad’s keynote and obviously missed some good points.