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30+ Tools To Move Beyond Basic Blog Content

Kane's favorite advanced content formatting tactics, and example WordPress plugins to help you accomplish each one.
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Full slides and a list of links from my presentation at Wordcamp Vancouver on 8/17/2013.

In the meantime, follow me on Twitter for more content marketing ideas.


Better Blog Content Basics:

1 โ€“ Column Shortcodes

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

2 โ€“ Graceful Pull-Quotes

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

3 โ€“ Table of Contents Plus

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

4 โ€“ ReciteThis.com

http://recitethis.com/

5 โ€“ MaxButtons: WordPress Button Generator

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

6 โ€“ Custom Fields Shortcodes

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

Breaking Writerโ€™s Block:

7 โ€“ UberSuggest.org

http://www.ubersuggest.org/

8A โ€“ SEMrush

http://www.semrush.com/

8B โ€“ Open Site Explorer

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

Better Image Content:

9 โ€“ Lightbox Plus ColorBox

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

10 โ€“ iMapper โ€“ WordPress Image Mapper / Pinner

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

11 โ€“ Social Image Hover for WordPress

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

12 โ€“ UberGrid โ€“ Responsive Grid Builder for WordPress

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

13 โ€“ Embed Code Generator

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

14 โ€“ Microsoft PowerPoint

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

15 โ€“ Infogr.am โ€“ Create infographics & online charts

http://infogr.am/

Better Non-Blog Content:

16 โ€“ Custom Homepage Example (Seattle Homestead)

http://www.seattlehomestead.com/

17 โ€“ Custom Category & Tag Pages

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

18 โ€“ Hub/Spoke Example (Model Railroad Trains)

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

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

http://twitter.com/kanejamison

Better Content Styles:

20 โ€“ Curated Videos Example (Content Marketing Videos)

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

21 โ€“ Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/

22 โ€“ Frontend Checklist WordPress Plugin

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

23 โ€“ Polldaddy Polls WordPress Plugin

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

24 โ€“ Curated Content Example (Geocaching Software)

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

25 โ€“ Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

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

26 โ€“ Transcription Service by Speechpad

http://www.speechpad.com/

27 โ€“ Interactive Timelines with Timeline JS

http://timeline.verite.co/

28 โ€“ User Generated Content Example (Urban Chicken Laws in Washington)

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

29 โ€“ Video Example (Screencasts with Screenr)

http://screenr.com/

30 โ€“ Voiceovers with Slide + Video (Present.me)

http://www.present.me/

31 โ€“ TablePress for Sortable Tables

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



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Kane Jamison

Kane is the founder of Content Harmony, a content marketing platform that helps you build better content briefs. Schedule a demo to chat with him personally about your team's content workflow.

Website: https://www.kanejamison.com

Twitter: @kanejamison

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