30+ Tools To Move Beyond Basic Blog Content

Full slides and a list of links from my presentation at Wordcamp Vancouver on 8/17/2013.

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Better Blog Content Basics:

1 – Column Shortcodes

http://wordpress.org/plugins/column-shortcodes/

2 – Graceful Pull-Quotes

http://wordpress.org/plugins/graceful-pull-quotes/

3 – Table of Contents Plus

http://wordpress.org/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/

4 – ReciteThis.com

http://recitethis.com/

5 – MaxButtons: WordPress Button Generator

http://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/

6 – Custom Fields Shortcodes

http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-fields-shortcodes/

Breaking Writer’s Block:

7 – UberSuggest.org

http://www.ubersuggest.org/

8A – SEMrush

http://www.semrush.com/

8B – Open Site Explorer

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

Better Image Content:

9 – Lightbox Plus ColorBox

http://wordpress.org/plugins/lightbox-plus/

10 – iMapper – WordPress Image Mapper / Pinner

http://codecanyon.net/item/imapper-wordpress-image-mapper-pinner/4719958

11 – Social Image Hover for WordPress

http://codecanyon.net/item/social-image-hover-for-wordpress/2270775

12 – UberGrid – Responsive Grid Builder for WordPress

http://codecanyon.net/item/ubergrid-responsive-grid-builder-for-wordpress/4851992

13 – Embed Code Generator

http://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-code-generator/

14 – Microsoft PowerPoint

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/

15 – Infogr.am – Create infographics & online charts

http://infogr.am/

Better Non-Blog Content:

16 – Custom Homepage Example (Seattle Homestead)

http://www.seattlehomestead.com/

17 – Custom Category & Tag Pages

http://geoffkenyon.com/wp-custom-category-pages/

18 – Hub/Spoke Example (Model Railroad Trains)

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/model-trains/overview

19 – Got a Q&A Plugin Recommendation? Please tweet it to me (or find my email)

http://twitter.com/kanejamison

Better Content Styles:

20 – Curated Videos Example (Content Marketing Videos)

https://www.contentharmony.com/videos/

21 – Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/

22 – Frontend Checklist WordPress Plugin

http://www.j-breuer.de/wordpress-plugins/frontend-checklist/

23 – Polldaddy Polls WordPress Plugin

http://wordpress.org/plugins/polldaddy/

24 – Curated Content Example (Geocaching Software)

http://www.geocaching.com/software/

25 – Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

http://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/

26 – Transcription Service by Speechpad

http://www.speechpad.com/

27 – Interactive Timelines with Timeline JS

http://timeline.verite.co/

28 – User Generated Content Example (Urban Chicken Laws in Washington)

http://www.seattlehomestead.com/resources/washington-chicken-laws/

29 – Video Example (Screencasts with Screenr)

http://screenr.com/

30 – Voiceovers with Slide + Video (Present.me)

http://www.present.me/

31 – TablePress for Sortable Tables

http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/