1. Document Sharing Sites

Using sites like Scribd and DocStoc are where you can repurpose your blog post into a PDF, slideshow or Word document for millions of people to access, download and enjoy. These sites allow you to include images and links in your file, both of which make your content more engaging and SEO-worthy. If you're interested in cashing in on your repurposed posts you can choose between selling them on DocStoc, as well as giving them away for free. Just remember to include a sentence or two about yourself, your email address and URL so that people know how to get to your blog.

In addition to making it very easy to repurpose your content, Scribd and DocStoc also make it super easy to promote your new document creations with an embedding option. You can use this feature to embed and share your document and also give others the opportunity to pass along to others with the simple click of a button.

2. Newsletters

A newsletter is an excellent way to provide readers with an opportunity to receive exclusive articles, information and tips that aren't necessarily available through your main blog. You can easily transform older blog posts into modern pieces by updating their content and summarizing key points. This will make your posts easy to digest and it also highlights relevant details that readers will appreciate having in a consolidated format.

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Aside from the pre-installed Hello Dolly plugin that comes with your WordPress blog, there are thousands of other super useful add-ons that can boost the power and presence of your blog. Because your blog is the central feed to your social media efforts using these plugins will definitey help kick start it into gear. So, if your blog needs a little pick-me-up consider adding some of these fantastic finds and watch your traffic and subscriber numbers soar.

1. Akismet

If your blog is the castle, then Akismet is the fortress that surrounds it. Hands down Akismet is the best anti-spam plugin available for WordPress. It's like the 'sorting hat' from Harry Potter (a reference that reveals my true geek nature) - it knows what's good, bad and questionable in the blink of an eye. Set-up is easy and it keeps the spammers out plain and simple.

2. WP Super Cache

This plugin uses a static HTML version of your blog to reduce the browser's load time. This means that users can view your blog more quickly and it minimizes CPU processing compared to WordPress on its own. When users experience a faster blog load time they tend to stick around longer and explore a bit more too.

3. WordPress Related Posts

Keep your blog readers interested in what you've written by showing them similar posts. Through a tagging identification feature, related posts are gathered and appear at the bottom of corresponding entries. Related posts are a great way to encourage your blog subscribers to delve into other topics that you've blogged about.

4. Disqus Comments

Pronounced discuss, this powerful comment system and moderation tool is essential for any blog. Disqus provides SEO-friendly comments, automatic backup to WordPress and accepts imports of existing comments without a hitch. A fantastic plugin that also alerts you to new comments so that you can welcome people to your blog and thank them for providing feedback.

5. Google Analyticator

Instead of having to view Google Analytic data outside of WordPress you can install this handy plugin and see it on your dashboard. You can choose from several different widgets that can be used display various analytic information in the admin section of your blog.

6. Google XML Sitemap

Another powerful plugin that helps the major search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask.com) index your blog. You need to index in order to be found and with the creation of a sitemap you're making it much simpler for the crawlers to see a complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently.

7. FD Feedburner Plugin

Without subscribers your blog is like a compass without direction, pretty pointless. Give your readers a reason to stick around read what you produce by creating an RSS feed (and including a subscribe button). Use this plugin for an effortless set-up that seamlessly connect your Feedburner feed and your blog together. No fuss, no muss.

8. Sociable

Choose from more than 99 different social media networks to display with your blog posts and give readers the opportunity to share with others. There are a ton of social media plugins on WordPress, but this one's great because it's compact, features simple settings and it connects to just about any social network that you can think of.

9. Comment Luv

A nice way to thank your blog's comment contributors is to let them show a link to the last post from their own blog. This is a super way to help share some link juice with the people who are supporting your blog. The only downfall is that Comment Luv cannot be used in tandem with Disqus Comments. Sigh.

10. WP-Stats Dashboard

A-mazing! Display your blog's stats graph plus your blog traffic, social engagement and social influence directly in your dashboard. See how you're ranking on Alexa, check out your Technorati authority, monitor your ranking across multiple sites and much more. Once you install this plugin you'll wonder how you ever managed to track your social media worth without it.

11. Post Video and Photo Galleries

An all-in-one plugin from Cincopa that let's you add image galleries, slideshows, video, music playlists, podcasts and more to your blog. You get automatic photo resizing, video transcribing and mobile solutions for all things multimedia. This plugin can transform your blog into a visual and audible masterpiece.

12. Brokenlink Checker

Use this plugin to detect any links that are broken or missing from posts, pages, blogrolls and custom fields. It even seeks out missing images and alerts you when it finds them. As your blog grows and you're connecting more and more internal pages with one another, as well as external, this plugin can be an enormous help in maintaining a clean and error free blog for your readers.

13. Platinum SEO Pack

The uber popular All-in-One-SEO plugin is good, but Platinum SEO is even better. Download this plugin and optimize your website with all the awesome features of All-in-One plus a few extras like generating SEO-relevant metadata, avoid duplication of content and optimize page and post titles for better visibility among the search engines.

14. SEO Friendly Images

Don't overlook the power of images used in your blog. They can be a boon to your search engine rankings if you take the time to optimize the ALT and TITLE attributes. Using keywords in these two fields allow search engines to pull your blog up when user searches for a certain image or phrase. This plugin makes managing your images easy as pie.

15. Revision Control

For every change, edit or update that you make to a blog post, WordPress saves a backup. These revision backups can multiply quickly and turn the size of a small single post into a large file. The Revision Control plugin let's you restrict the number of revisions to only the most recent few.

16. PostMash - Custom Post Order

WordPress lists your blog posts in chronological order, but sometimes you might find that you'd like to have a bit more control on how posts are ordered. That's where PostMash comes in. This little plugin let's  you customize the order of your posts with a drag-and-drop feature. Let's say you wrote a popular post that you want to display prominently and continuously above all newly created posts - PostMash can make that happen.

17. No Self Pings

When you internally link articles and posts to each other within your blog it creates pings. Unfortunately, these pings hit your comment area and it can make it frustrating to track external ping backs compared or the ones that you've generated on your own. This plugin stops the self pings so that you're left with a trail of pings only from your fans.

18. Post Ideas

You never know when inspiration is going to grab you and feed you an idea for a new blog topic. Use Post Ideas to manage your thoughts, sort your ideas and track them keywords and research URLs. It comes complete with edit, delete and write options so that your ideas stay organized.

1. RSS Feed

Real Simple Syndication (RSS) is the format used to deliver changing web content. Prominently feature an RSS button on your blog so that people can subscribe to your posts. Surprisingly, there are many blogs that have buried their RSS buttons among the sidebar clutter and others that have neglected to include a RSS button entirely. Make sure that you've got yours front and center.

2. Index Your Blog

A super important step, but sometimes overlooked one, is indexing. Folks, you do this for your website and your blog is no exception. You deserve to be noticed and read by search engines. Don't cheat yourself from search engine page rankings and the opportunity for people to find you through Google, Yahoo! or what have you. At the risk of sounding like Martha Stewart, indexing is a good thing.

3. Grab 'Em With A Headline

Headlines are important because it's your big chance to hook your readers. Think of headlines as synopsis of your blog post in 10 words or less. No need to get clever or sales pitchy. Just let people know exactly what you've written and what they can expect to read. Since most internet users are looking for info, including blog posts with 'how to' in their titles can pull in readers quite well.

4. Publish Frequently

Far too often, blogs start out with a heap of motivation and drive, but end in neglect. Keeping readers engaged means posting often and routinely. Without regular content, readers lose interest. Blogging takes some commitment and a certain level of care regarding the readers that you're producing for. Treat them well and they'll reward you back as loyal subscribers and promoters of your blog.

5. Shameless Email Promotion

Chances are you probably only update your blog once a day, but you probably email multiple times in an hour. Include a link to your blog in the signature of all your emails. Consider using a service like Wisestamp to create an electronic signature that features a link to your blog. Easy and effective marketing.

6. Link to Other Blogs

The sidebars of most blogs are a mecca of data and details, one in particular is the blogroll. Blogrolls are link collections to other blogs that you find to be inspiring, resourceful or humorous. However you choose to organize your blogroll, featuring links to other related blogs gives your readers additional places to go to for more information. Blogroll etiquette states that when you link someone in your blogroll that they should reciprocate in theirs. A nice way to expand your social circle. It also gets you recognized by other bloggers who track the blogroll universe and that can help you build your social network. Which leads us to tip numero siete.

7. Guest Blogging and Bloggers

Use your social network to invite other well-known bloggers to contribute an exclusive post to your blog site. This is a nice way to generate some buzz about who you are and share some of your guest blogger's vigilant fans. On that same token, volunteer yourself to guest blog for a fellow colleague in your industry. Try not to think of blogging as a competition, but instead as a place to help others by sharing your expertise and empowering them to experiment and implement on their own.

8. Syndication

The power of social media ranks right up their with the Jedi masters (ok, maybe not quite, but it's pretty strong). When you publish fresh content to your blog make sure that you send and share on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and your other social media sites. There are tons of fantastic social media aggregator tools available that can help you syndicate your blog feed with just a simple click of your mouse.

9. Use Share Buttons

Share buttons like the tweetmeme give your readers additional opportunities to share your content with others. There are many different plugins, add-ons and widgets available that you can include in your blog to make it easy for others to spread the good word about your latest publishings.

Hope these suggested tips are helpful. Please let us know about others that you've tried or are currently using.