WP_Submission WordPress Plugin Makes Reader Submission Projects and Blog Carnivals Easy
Blog carnivals and reader writing projects are a great way to network with bloggers in your niche, get your blog a little more attention and to gain more links and traffic. Handling and organizing the carnival though can seem like a lot of work.
Over at my blog I routinely invite readers to send me their best links on a topic. This is for two reasons in addition to the benefits listed above, the main reason being I find I don’t link out enough and linking out is a good thing to do. The other reason of course is it makes for great content for my blog!
In the past I have tried having people submit links via the contact form, comments, emails. It is all just too much work, and invites so much spam it becomes unworkable.
When my friend Damian asked for plugin ideas this was my chance to make what was once a tedious task into something I could do easily!
WP_Submission allows you to add a submission form to any post. As well as generating automatic emails it writes the submissions to a new post in drafts. Each submission is appended automatically with appropriate links and bullet formatting. All you have to do is edit the final post and make it live, easy!
You can read more about the plugin over at Damian’s site and look out for his other cool plugins too.
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This post was written by Chris Garrett a professional blogger and internet marketing consultant from the UK.
Donald Mckenzie Jr | October 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm #
To be honest that is a great way to boost your blog’s popularity. I really should give this a try. Good luck!
Tyson Williams | October 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm #
Good idea indeed.
Fred | October 7th, 2007 at 10:32 am #
I definitely think that this is a good way to increase your popularity.
Jason | October 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm #
Very nice. I am going to give this a try in my weekend sphere of Blog wrap up.
Tanks for the plug-in
Jen / domestika | October 8th, 2007 at 2:44 am #
What an intriguing plugin! It opens up all kinds of ideas for encouraging a sense of community and participation among readers of a blog…
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Cigar Jack | October 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm #
This is a plugin that I really needed. I’ve been planning to run a blog carnival for a few months and this gives my lazy butt an easy way to do it.
Vince | October 10th, 2007 at 4:51 pm #
This seems to be a very good idea. I will give it a try.
Glenn Nicholas | October 10th, 2007 at 6:53 pm #
Excellent plugin indeed! Thanks Chris & Damian for conceiving and writing it.
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Maximus | December 20th, 2007 at 2:44 am #
I would like to see a continuation of the topic