Your WordPress blog can do a lot more with the content you enter than just display text with a few words made bold or italics here and there.
I’ve coached quite a few people through making their posts look more visually interesting and I have made a quick video to show you how you can make use of the tools available to you in your WordPress blog.
You’ll learn how not to copy and paste content and how to make a long blog post ‘scan’ worthy. The video is about 15 minutes long, so grab a soda and let’s hang out for a few.
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I’m actually modeling this video on a brand new blog I helped Jenn Cangelosi set up to support her eBay store. We did this in advance of our free blogging for ebay moms seminar we’re doing tomorrow night at 9pm EST.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Pretty Cool tutorial Kelly! Thanks for sharing – I will have to work on adding headings to my blog entries!
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July 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Great video and info…seems like I need to update my blog. My dashboard looks nothing like yours!
July 20th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
ooh, Kel. Thanks! I’ve been editing mine with html in the code area. Will see what you recommend. As always, you are THE blog mama! Thanks! N
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October 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Great tutorial. Thanks, Kelly.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Thanks Kelly, the video is so clear. I’ve been using the paste from word option and the kitchen sink. Those were great when moving my site into WP.
I’ve been ignoring heading format, and has been only highligting the text in some important spots. Your explanation is really good on how to use headings and where to put bold text.
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May 5th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I SOOO needed to watch this video a year ago! I learned so much and plan to watch it again soon!
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September 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Hi Kelly. Very enlightening, thanks. I write long posts and it seems so simple to give them a boost. Can't wait to experiment a bit more.
September 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am
This is great Kelly. I write long posts and can't wait to start experimenting. The tutorial shows how simple it is to give things a boost. Thanks.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I enjoyed this video. Thanks, Kelly! I didn't realize how effective headers are in adding interest to a post. This is one tool I will definitely work on incorporating more effectively.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I enjoyed this video. Thanks, Kelly! I didn't realize how effective headers are in adding interest to a post. This is one tool I will definitely work on incorporating more effectively.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Loved this video! I'm “redoing” many of my older posts and will be using this formatting info to make them more visually interesting and scannable for sure. Thanks for the great info.