Its a fact blogging is here to stay and if you have a blog the chances are it will be using the worlds most popular blog CMS Content Management system Wordpress. If you don’t have a blog why wordpress well one of the main reasons we used wordpress was it is so easy to use and second there are so many different plugins and options available so you can customise the blog to your own personal preferences.

One of the most important things needed if your blog is going to work and by saying making your blog work we mean generating visits and traffic is you have to consider the blogs setup from a seo or search engine optimisation point of view.

The best plug in for this is the all in one seo pack this really is a must if you are going to get the best out of your blog. This allows you to add meta titles, descriptions and keyword to each page which is very important in generating listings on google and other search engines. The second selection of plug-ins to consider are the social networking ones now social networking is as we speak becoming more and more popular and providing people the ability to share news or articles with there existing set of friends on followers on facebook or twitter it is a great way of generating free exposure.

Social networking is such a new source that many companies simply don’t understand the full implications of using it to benefit there companies from a marketing point of view. If you are new to blogging and are looking to get your company blogging on a regular basis we would say you would be better using a company that offers a blog setup service. This way you can be ahead of the game and save important time so you can start adding content online.

No 1 Manchester Estate Agents Thornley Groves

Online Media Direct were proud to work for manchesters no1 estate agents on google thornley groves recently with a number of key improvements made to there existing website along with an integration towards social networking and online video. Thornley groves have had three professional videos produced which are now embeded on the homepage of there website.

The videos cover three sides of the thornley groves business the first video is aimed at people looking to sell there homes. The second video is aimed people looking to let there property and the final video gives a brief overview of the business.

Full social networking integration was achieved by importing the RSS feed from the thornley groves website to the Facebook and Twitter pages. Twitter was also updated with the all important hash tags which help catergories the tweets automatically to the estate agents keyword.

Michael Groves the managing director of Thornley groves makes his presenting debut online in a very professional video which really showcases the high standards and professional approach Thornley Groves are famous for in the Manchester area.