Checklist to Broadcast

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Here is the to do list i'm working to, its all the things I need to do on the admin / promotion side of things and in no real order!


Build your website:

Select a unique domain name
Choose a hosting service
Select a CMS platform (Wordpress is a good one!)
Choose a theme or template
Decide on a navigation style and layout
Architect your site for search
Add a blog
Burn your RSS feed
Set-up an account with a hosted email provider
Add an email subscription box
Build your email list
Build a place for your community (forums or message boards etc)
Enable social sharing (Add a Facebook “Like” button etc)
Add a row of social media icons
Make your site mobile friendly
Optimize your web pages and blog for search (SEO)
Create an account with Google Webmaster Tools and use an analytics tool


Setup your social networking:

Claim your social network accounts (Set-up a Hootsuite, Twitter & Facebook fan page account etc)
Find online influencers via Twitter / Blogger (people who deal in the same area of interests as you)
Follow influencers (a lot of them will return in kind)
Build your Twitter following
Start your community outreach
Add your Twitter stream to your website
Manage, schedule and track your tweets and status updates via Hootsuite


Upload your Videos:

Create and install a video sitemap
Use YouTube Suggest to find organic keywords for your videos
Setup your Youtube account / channel (or any other media host your going to use)
Customise your YouTube channel
Optimise your YouTube channel for search with key words etc
Optimise your video for search meta tags etc
Upload and promote your video and add it to a playlist etc
Apply to become a YouTube partner
Tap into YouTubeʼs Promoted Videos Program

keep calm and carry on...