Slides from my presentation at Washington’s CrushIQ on how to use WordPress to push content to social networks, pull social content in to your site, encourage sharing, engage visitors, and earn fans.
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Making WordPress More Shareable, Sociable, and Likeable
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TL;DR: Slides from my presentation at Washington's CrushIQ on how to use WordPress to push content to social networks, pull social content in to your site, encourage sharing, engage visitors, and earn fans
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Originally published November 14, 2011 View revision history
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