Wendy Y Bailey Interviews Sherman Hu on Wordpress Blogging for Business
January 15, 2009 by Sherman Hu
Filed under Blogging, Interviews, Video
Wendy Y Bailey of DIY Tech Talk is a colleague and social media buddy on Twitter. She interviewed me about the use of Wordpress for business, and expanded on topics ranging from purpose of a blog for business use, plugins – along with my favorite plugins, themes – along with which 3 I recommend, integration with social media, and how to rank well and be visible on Google with blogs.
In this conversation, I shared edu-taining strategies using video to be visible, outrank your competition, and build your brand and expertise – tune in to this part of the conversation!
As always, I appreciate your feedback and comments on your takeaways, and your thoughts on this video’s content. Cheers!
Show Notes
01:22 AngelaBaden : Great, great show!
01:22 shermanlive-1 : Thanks peeps!
01:22 shermanlive-1 : thanks Angela!
01:24 AngelaBaden : That really helped, I was feeling rather stymied by what wasn’t going on
01:24 shermanlive : good! rock and roll now! 
01:26 AngelaBaden : Will do! Will tweet you and andy
01:55 shermanlive : let me un-password my show peeps – sorry
01:56 shermanlive : ok, go ahead and refresh the page – there shouldn’t be a password requirement now
01:56 shermanlive : !moderateon
01:56 shermanlive : !topic DIY Tech Talk: WordPress with Sherman Hu – Interview Host: Wendy Y Bailey
03:00 lisamariemary : Hi Sherman! 
03:02 shermanlive : HEY HEY LISA MARIE!!!
03:02 shermanlive : let your peeps know we’re gonna party about … now
03:03 lisamariemary : Will do!
03:03 lisamariemary : Yes
03:03 DaveMarshall : good here
03:03 lisamariemary : Volume just right to me
03:09 shermanlive : wazzup peeps!
03:10 lisamariemary : Hey Tony! Man, I need to visit your forum!
03:11 WendyYBailey : snipurl.com/diy-wp-wendyy
03:11 WendyYBailey : that’s to join the webinar!!
03:12 TonyBlake : Yes you do Lisa… LOL!
03:13 TonyBlake : SHOUT!
03:14 lisamariemary : Eeks – I know, I’ve neglected you 
03:15 lisamariemary : eeks, sound gone
03:15 lisamariemary : what happened to the audio? is it just me?
03:16 LifeCoachMary : I love the pictures of food!! Yummo.
03:16 shermanlive : do u hear us now?
03:16 AndreaC : I hear fine
03:16 shermanlive : HEY LIFECOACHMARY!!!
03:16 lisamariemary : No, maybe I need to log in and out…hmm…
03:16 LifeCoachMary : sound isn’t synced to the phone…
03:16 shermanlive : refresh?
03:17 lisamariemary : All better! Ahh!
03:17 LifeCoachMary : do you know what the link is for Wendyy’s snip.url?
03:17 shermanlive : yes there’s a delay
03:17 shermanlive : snipurl.com/diy-wp-wendyy
03:17 AndreaC : No better to make a choice with the audio, either or
03:18 lisamariemary : Audio’s all fixed for me
03:18 AndreaC : lol
03:18 AndreaC : whats “for” dinner?
03:21 LifeCoachMary : Thanks…all this technology is very cool.
03:22 WendyYBailey : I love SEO, especially the All In One SEO Plugin for WordPress!
03:23 WendyYBailey : What questions do you have about SEO and WordPress?
03:24 AndreaC : Besides using the SEO plugin what else do you recommend doing?
03:26 WendyYBailey : What’s a trackback?
03:26 LisaVanAllen : Thanks for asking that WendyY
03:27 lisamariemary : LOL!!!
03:27 LisaVanAllen : I was getting scared
03:27 WendyYBailey : LOL
03:29 AndreaC : would you only do one or the other – comment or trackback?
03:34 LisaVanAllen : When my prospects google “LisaVanAllen” these days, they find pg 1 filled with info on a woman involved in a notorious lawsuit (NOT ME). Any way to knock her off and regain page 1??
03:36 LisaVanAllen : Is that QAlias?
03:36 shermanlive : www.qalias.com/
03:37 WendyYBailey : qalias.com/af/wb01
03:37 LisaVanAllen : Got any contacts for me??
03:37 shermanlive : i’ll send U “TONY”
03:37 lisamariemary : LOL!
03:37 LisaVanAllen : heehee
03:38 lisamariemary : lol
03:38 LisaVanAllen : It was NASTY!
03:38 lisamariemary : Squidoo!
03:39 LisaVanAllen : Not yet… will now!!
03:39 LisaVanAllen : Just getting started with video
03:39 lisamariemary : And use blogspot and youtube, too – they seem to get in the SERPS fairly quickly
03:39 LisaVanAllen : How FUN!!!!
03:39 AndreaC : brilliant!!
03:40 lisamariemary : Oooh, yeah!!! That’d be cool!
03:40 WendyYBailey : You got the right one, baby!!
03:40 lisamariemary : Awesome!
03:40 shermanlive : TubeMogul.com
03:40 LisaVanAllen : That is a fabulous idea!!
03:40 lisamariemary : I love it! And it’d make a cute Squidoo lens!
03:41 LisaVanAllen : THANK YOU!!!
03:41 LisaVanAllen : Yup with R Kelly
03:41 LisaVanAllen : NOT ME!
03:41 LisaVanAllen : Yes… very white!
03:41 lisamariemary : lol
03:41 lisamariemary : lmao!!!
03:42 AndreaC : So when I search Lisa Van Allen next month, hope to see this video
03:42 lisamariemary : No problems with new version? I’m scared to upgrade
03:43 TonyBlake : No probs so far Lisa… upgrade was easy and no probs
03:44 lisamariemary : Groovy!
03:44 TonyBlake : I’ve upgraded all my blogs to 2.7 and have yet to have a prob — and I have like 35 blogs
03:44 lisamariemary : OMG, Tony – wow!
03:44 LisaVanAllen : 35?!?!?!? Where do you find the time?
03:44 WendyYBailey : WOOHOO!
03:45 lisamariemary : Tony is super groovy!
03:45 LisaVanAllen : Tony – can we be friends?
03:45 AndreaC : www.ablakeforum.com
03:45 TonyBlake :
03:45 TonyBlake : @tonyblakelive
03:46 WendyYBailey : What plug-ins do you suggest?
03:47 TonyBlake : I love sharethis… makes life so easy
03:47 WendyYBailey : plug-ins: sharethis
03:47 WendyYBailey : plug-ins: twittertools
03:49 WendyYBailey : post a digest of your tweets on your blog
03:49 WendyYBailey : kewlio!
03:49 LisaVanAllen : Loving this!
03:49 WendyYBailey : Me too, Lisa!
03:49 SelfMadeCelo : Another great plugin is “Lifestream” reads RSS feeds from a ton of different social sites (Digg, FaceBook, Twitter, Flickr, etc) and posts it on one page
03:49 LifeCoachMary : Where do we find that twitter to blog tool? Very cool!
03:49 shermanlive : “Share This”
03:49 WendyYBailey : plug-ins: podpress
03:50 shermanlive : “Twitter Tools
03:50 TonyBlake : lifestream is another cool plugin — it posts your twitter or a twitter digest directly to your blog as a post
03:50 shermanlive : “Podpress” MightySeek.com
03:50 SelfMadeCelo : @Tony, great minds think alike eh? lol
03:51 TonyBlake : LOL!… didn’t see your comment
03:51 shermanlive : WishlistPlugin.com
03:51 SelfMadeCelo : I’m actually setting up Lifestream right now =)
03:55 WendyYBailey : snipurl.com/diy-wp-wendyy
03:55 LifeCoachMary : Are plugins easy to install, or is it best to delegate to VA?
03:56 LisaVanAllen : Give me a call Wendy!
03:57 LisaVanAllen : Answer Mary’s question about whether we should hire a VA for our plugins??
03:57 WendyYBailey : Plug-ins are easy but do delegate to a VA so you can focus on doing what you truly love — coaching!
03:58 LifeCoachMary : Thank you!! Now I know how my peeps feel not understanding all this language. Thanks for doing this!
03:58 WendyYBailey : You’re quite welcome!
04:02 WendyYBailey : tutorialu.com
04:03 WendyYBailey : wordpresstutorials.com
04:03 WendyYBailey : diytechtalk.com
04:03 WendyYBailey : GENIUS!!
04:04 WendyYBailey : You might also have a web dev/project manager to handle that stuff too.
04:04 LifeCoachMary : You make it sound not so scary…but I’ll probably still delegate.
04:05 shermanlive : lol – good for you!
04:05 LifeCoachMary : If we’re a newbie with plugins, what’s the one or two we should add first?
04:05 WendyYBailey : elance.com
04:05 shermanlive : odesk.com
04:05 WendyYBailey : guru.com
04:05 WendyYBailey : odefk.com
04:05 WendyYBailey : lol odesk.com
04:06 WendyYBailey : Do you know joselin mane?
04:06 LisaVanAllen : Joselin Mane is awesome!
04:06 LisaVanAllen : So, so helpful!
04:07 WendyYBailey : groupcoachingmastery.com is a Semiologic pro/WP blog.
04:09 WendyYBailey : That’s way kewl!
