Speech recognition technology has come a long way in the last few years – in this in depth, informative and inspiring video which Jon Morrow (Associate Editor of Copyblogger and Co-founder of Partnering Profits) shares his first hand insights into speech recognition for bloggers. Jon does all of his blogging via speech recognition so he seemed like the logical guy to ask to cover the topic – in the video (I’m glad he agreed). In the video Jon makes recommendations of software, hardware (the hardware is key) and even demonstrates how he uses them in his everyday blogging. The…
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ProBlogger Blog Tips
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Speech Recognition for Bloggers – The Ultimate Guide
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Review This Blog – Man vs Debt
19 Nov 2009 | 5:46 amLast month here on ProBlogger we ran a community review on a reader’s blog. I posted a link to a blog with some comments from the blogger and then opened it up for readers of ProBlogger to review it. The response from the post was great. 120+ comments were left including some great advice. I also had a lot of emails from readers saying that they learned a lot by reading the suggestions of others – many wanted to see these reviews done regularly. As a result I’m going to try to do these reviews on a monthly basis – today we have another one. As a little bonus to… -
Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work! [But It'll Also Improve Your Blog]
18 Nov 2009 | 5:55 amWhat’s your blogging Vice? Most bloggers that I know have at least one – whether it be compulsively checking blog stats, constantly tweaking template designs, obsessing over plugins and widgets, spending hour after hour ‘networking’ on Twitter, becoming preoccupied with SEO and… even allowing ourselves to become consumed by learning about blogging…. and not doing much of it. The reality is that as bloggers there are many tasks that compete for our attention. Many of them are important and can bring a lot of life to our blogs but most of them can also become… -
13 Ways I Get Back into Blogging after a Vacation
17 Nov 2009 | 5:49 amYesterday was my first day back at blogging after a 10 day vacation with my family and on Twitter I commented that I was finding it a little hard to get my brain back into blogging mode. @Mikeachim responded by suggesting I write a post on the daily rituals that I use to get my mind into gear. I thought I’d take his suggestion and jot down a few notes – both as a way of getting my head back into blogging but also because looking at the tweets I received this morning it’s a problem many bloggers face. As my head is a little scattered today (as I readjust) I’m going to… -
Email Marketing is Not Dead
16 Nov 2009 | 10:07 amWhile at Blog World Expo recently I recorded this video interview with Abby Johnson from Web Pro News. We covered a variety of topics including why email marketing is not dead – internet marketing for smart people – the new FTC regulations and touched on a new project I’m working on with Brian Clark and Chris Brogan. Read other recent email marketing posts on ProBlogger: 6 Reasons Why You Need to Consider Email as a Communication Strategy on Your Blog How I Use Email Newsletters to Drive Traffic and Make Money Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Email Marketing is Not Dead…
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ShoeMoney
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Violence, FTC Regulations, Wickedfire forums, Life, and the Economy – ShoeMoney q&a round 19
20 Nov 2009 | 10:06 amIts been a while since we did a Q&A. I asked Jamie to grab some random questions that were submitted to us from our contact form. In this q&a session we discuss a wide variety of topics everything from my recent scuffles to the state of the economy. This Post Is From ShoeMoney’s Internet Marketing Blog Violence, FTC Regulations, Wickedfire forums, Life, and the Economy – ShoeMoney q&a round 19 -
onlineprofits.com – Free shirt Friday
20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 amonlineprofits.com is an online training program to teach you how to create your own online business, or improve your existing one through internet marketing. On their homepage you can sign up to receive the free newsletter and trial of the program with the first two lessons free. If you would like to see your website or company featured on Free Shirt Friday click here This Post Is From ShoeMoney’s Internet Marketing Blog onlineprofits.com – Free shirt Friday -
BlitzLocal’s Dennis Yu Worse Person Than Originally Thought
18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amA couple days ago I posted my personal story with Dennis Yu. The post I wrote was the longest post ever written on ShoeMoney.com. Over 4,000 words. This guy is a very dangerous person and I wanted to tell the entire story in as much detail as possible even if some of it was really embarrassing to me. You CAN’T give con men any room to go anywhere and the only real way to stop them is to get the truth out. Dennis has issued a response and as you can tell it’s all fluff about how he is only being attacked because he is hurting the industry. Which is strange because my post was not… -
Do Not Miss The Ad.ly Boat
17 Nov 2009 | 4:50 amAd.ly, the newest twitter advertising network, today announced a 12% referral system. This is HUGE. For instance if I would have signed up for ad.ly through your link just from the few tweets I have done so far you would have made almost 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS. For nothing! Just for giving me a link to signup! If making 12% off of people you refer into the ad.ly system was not enough they are also having some contests giving away macbook pro’s, ipods, and other awesome prizes! So go sign up now and refer your friends. Oh, and not to mention make money off of twitter yourself. I have… -
Dennis Yu – Rise and Fall Of A Con Man In The Affiliate Industry
16 Nov 2009 | 4:08 amI was at ad:tech San Francisco 6 months ago when this little Asian guy came up to me and asked me how I liked the post he had been writing. I had no clue who he was or what he was talking about. He introduced himself as Dennis Yu and told me the posts that Harrison Gervitz guest posted on ShoeMoney.com here and here were actually written by him. I was surprised but in this industry as I have said before everyone is full of shit so… whatever. Ironically 2 minutes later Harrison happened to be walking by us and I called him over to get it straightened out. The actual deal was Harrison had…
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Copyblogger
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The Art of the Paragraph
20 Nov 2009 | 6:11 amAnyone can write a paragraph, but not everyone knows how to write one that other people want to read. You’ve seen it: You open a book, and the whole page is one long block of text. Each sentence in the paragraph makes exactly the same point, said in a slightly different way, and you wonder why they didn’t just say it once and be done with it. Every paragraph is the same length (five lines, maybe?), whether it makes sense or not, and it gives the piece a monotonous rhythm. The paragraph makes a point without telling you why that point is important, and you can’t help… -
How to Persuade People to Accept an “Unfair” Offer
19 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amEver heard of Charley Hill? He seemed like an average, ordinary guy. He lived in a mid-sized town with his wife, two children, and a dog. He went to church on Sunday, coached Little League, and drove a pickup truck. He was friendly but quiet, the sort of guy you could walk by on the street without noticing. But appearances can be deceiving. Charley Hill was one of the most successful farm equipment salesmen in the Midwest. People would travel hundreds of miles to see Charley, even when there were plenty of dealers much closer to home. What did Charley have that other salesmen didn’t? Not a… -
Free Report: How to Become a Creative Entrepreneur
18 Nov 2009 | 8:58 amI’ve written another piece of extended content, this time for Lateral Action. Rather than sending you over there, I’ll just tell you about it here. It’s a free 31-page PDF report (don’t worry, it reads fast) called The Lateral Action Guide to Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur. It’s probably the most personal I’ve gotten about my history, but it’s still heavy on actionable, real-life examples. Here’s what you’ll discover: Why I quit my cushy law firm job and turned to online publishing. How I failed miserably. How I then succeeded miserably. How I… -
Landing Page Makeover Clinic #20: TantricSexforBusyCouples.com
17 Nov 2009 | 6:14 amThis is another addition to our ongoing series of tutorials and case studies on landing pages that work. Is it hot in here or just me? Diana Daffner and her husband want to help people find a renewed sense of joy and connection in their intimate relationships through tantra. Their business, IntimacyRetreats.com, offers couples retreats throughout the year, but realizing not everyone can attend a retreat, they also want to promote their books and media products. The URL referenced above is actually the “/shop page” off their main site. Diana would like to use the page as an… -
What I Learned From Writing 42 Guest Posts in 7 Weeks
16 Nov 2009 | 7:12 amBefore you get too impressed, hear this: I did it all in self-defense. Let me give you some quick background. I have extreme Tourette’s Syndrome, as Sonia noticed recently. Tourette’s makes people move or vocalize involuntarily and occasionally results in unspeakable awesomeness. My motor tics range from eye blinking to punching myself in the face to even stranger things. My phonic tics range from clearing my throat to hooting and yowling and snarling and slobbering and screaming like the Tasmanian Devil. Did I mention that I work in a quiet library? There are only a couple of things that…
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John Chow
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Google Chrome OS In Plain English
20 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pmYesterday, Google showed off their new Chrome OS. The new operating system is sure the put the fear of God into Microsoft. Chrome OS is a complete paradigm shift, where you no longer have a desktop. Instead, everything is in the cloud. This has been the direction I have been heading with my business for the past year. I store very little information or programs on my desktop now. My email is handle by Gmail, my documents are stored on Google Docs and ZOHO, my photos are stored at Flickr, my videos are on YouTube and Vimeo. It seems that Google thinks this is a great idea as well and… -
Meditate Your Way to Success and Happiness
20 Nov 2009 | 12:08 amIt’s not exactly what you think is, despite the explicit mention of getting rich in its title. I’ve reviewed a number of different “systems” that are designed to help you make money online, but you’ll learn over the course of this review that Inner Wealth Awakening is a different beast altogether. Rather than giving you an exact blueprint as to how you’ll go about raking in that cash, Inner Wealth Awakening is about providing the “resources necessary fro you to define, design, and refine your life.” What does this mean and why should you care? -
Aweber Releases New Web Form Generator
19 Nov 2009 | 2:04 pmAweber just made it a whole lot easier to create an email sign up form. Yes, Aweber already had a web form generator but their new one is out of this world. It will allow you to create professional looking email sign up forms with just a few clicks of the mouse. The new Web Form Generator gives you the same sort of powerful design customization that you would typically find in web design software. You’ll drag and drop. You’ll point and click. You’ll have complete control over the feel of your forms, and you’ll make better-looking ones than ever before. Better Popover and Lightbox… -
Click and Profit with WordPress Mage
19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 amWant to know the secrets of making money with WordPress sites, but don’t know where to begin? You could certainly ask for advice from moguls, but wouldn’t it be more interesting to enlist the services of someone with mythical powers. That isn’t quite the case with WordPress Mage, but you’ll find over the course of this review that there may be more than just smoke and mirrors to this system. Instead, it promises to offer you the “forbidden science of click and profit.” It Starts with the Spellbook When you think about a mage, you probably think of some… -
How To Make Squeeze Pages 101
18 Nov 2009 | 12:53 pmMy friends at Unique Blog Design has a release a new eBook call Squeeze Pages 101 that will teach you how to create email grabbing squeeze pages. You can download the eBook for free at http://www.squeezetheme.com/101.html. What Is a Squeeze Page? For those who don’t know, a squeeze page is a special kind of landing page designed to capture the email address of the reader. Squeeze pages are the most effective method for building a big email list. If you’ve watched my video on how I make $40,000 a month by blogging, then you know that the emailing list is a big part of it. Using…
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Blog Directory, Blogs on Blogged
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Director Tapped For 'The Orphanage' Remake
Screen Rant It’s being reported that a director has been found for New Line’s English-language remake of The Orphanage, in the form of Larry Fessenden. Guillermo del Toro (who produced the original Spanish version) is producing and has co-written the... -
Too Old to Have a Baby?
Burning The Scale Advances in science have made it much easier to get pregnant now in your 50s, and in some cases, 60s. The case of Maria del Carmen Bousada of Spain, who had twin boys at age 66 and then died... -
myFICO 25% Off Coupon
My Money Blog Here’s a newly released coupon for 25% off real FICO scores at myFico.com. Use the promotional code FICOHELP25 to get 25% off, the best discount currently available: You enter the promo code... -
Oldest Living Man in Montana
A Dozen Steps Walter Breuning is being touted as the new “oldest living man” at age 112. He lives in a nursing home in Montana and says he’s grateful for his good health. The previous man to hold the title,... -
'Banned' Sprite ad unleashes a load of buzz
Adfreak It’s a fact of the advertising industry that roughly 99% of those “banned†ads you see on the Web were never banned at all — or even intended to be aired. It seems that has to be the case...
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Blog Design, Optimization & Usability - TopRank Marketing
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7 Blog Copywriting Ideas for Creating Original Content
12 Nov 2009 | 8:01 amWith literally hundreds of millions of blogs in the vast blogosphere, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to develop a unique brand for your blog by writing posts that are unique, creative and entertaining. The next time you find yourself in a rut, try these 7 blog copywriting ideas for creating fresh and interesting content: 1. Start With the Headline It might seem logical to write the body of the post first. After all, length-wise, it’s the most significant piece of the puzzle. Instead, try coming up with the most creative, most intriguing headline possible. Then design a post… -
Guest Posters Bring Fresh Content & More Traffic
11 Nov 2009 | 11:26 amGuest posters are a good idea for all blogs. Different people have different ideas, different writing styles, and different ways to connect to visitors. Not only is it a good idea for your readers, it’s a good idea for your blog. The more authors a blog has, the more content that will get generated, the more active the blog will appear and, when that happens, search engines can give more rankings and traffic. All of this leading to more sales, revenue, or whatever the blogs KPI is. More bloggers help out a blog in more ways than one and growing a blog with multiple authors, or guest… -
Getting Flash (SWF Files) Into Wordpress
5 Nov 2009 | 5:52 amOne of the most popular posts on BloggerDesign is how to get Flash (swf) into a WordPress post. The previous post is about three years old so I thought I’d write up a follow-up post, as embedding Flash is much easier now as it’s all built into WordPress. With the newer versions of WordPress there is a button to embed media. Embed Button Once clicked, all you have to do is enter in the Flash (swf) file URL, set the dimensions, hit ‘Insert’, and WordPress will do the rest. Embed Window It’s that easy. No plugins, no confusing code, just provide WordPress with the… -
How To Keep Your Blog Running Smoothly When Traffic Spikes
22 Oct 2009 | 8:03 amA bloggers dream is to get noticed. That could be in the form of a post getting re-tweeted hundreds of times, hitting the homepage of Digg, shared a lot on Facebook, getting noticed by the media, or one of the many other ways a blog can get traffic. However, a flood of traffic can quickly cripple a blog and turn that dream into a nightmare. The good news here is that the WP Super Cache plug-in can help minimize issues caused by too much traffic. The WP Super Cache plug-in creates a static HTML file of each post and serves that file up to users. This static HTML file loads faster and is a lot… -
10 Lesser Known WordPress Features
12 Oct 2009 | 2:42 pmWhether you are new to WordPress, or have been using it a long time, there are always features that are available in the software that people either forget about or don’t know exist. So I thought I’d write up 10 lesser known WordPress features. 1. More options in the WYSIWYG editor. When writing your blog post in WordPress, there is a toolbar with items such as bold, italic, and lists. At the of that toolbar is a box with little squares on it. Click it to reveal another toolbar with options to underline, change the font colors, embed meida, undo, and more. Quite a few handy…
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Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog
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Business Blogging Tip - Niche Your Blogs (Video)
19 Nov 2009 | 6:56 amI'm often asked by new business bloggers if it's OK to write about multiple subjects on one blog. Mostly these are entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants who wear many hats and serve clients in multiple arenas. I can understand that the thought of more than one blog can feel overwhelming, especially when just starting out. Here's my response to that question... (Click here if you cannot see the video in your reader.) What's your opinion on this approach? One catch-all blog for all your business niches, or multiple niche blogs for your business interests? As a reader, what do you prefer?Get… -
Six Apart Launches TypePad Micro
17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmI've been hearing hints and murmurs about something new coming from TypePad for quite some time. Finally I got a sneak peak yesterday...TypePad Micro which launches today at noon Pacific Time. TypePad Micro, according to Chris Alden, CEO of Six Apart is......a new, completely free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see this new form of blogging emerging -- living between the short status updates of Facebook and Twitter and the full-length posts of classic blogs -- and we want to make that easy and fun with TypePad Micro. TypePad Micro is free, and comes with... A… -
Business Blogging Workshop - What do you want to learn?
14 Nov 2009 | 7:10 amI'm delighted to let you know I have been invited to be on the faculty for the next Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) in January. By all accounts this is a top-notch learning event with a stellar faculty (Jeff Herring, Kathleen Gage, Ellen Britt, Willy Crawford, Lynn Terry, Nicole Dean, and many more). This is the third iteration and I heard rave reviews by many colleagues about the previous event in August. So I was honored to be invited by the organizer David Perdew, to do several presentations on blogging. The difference with this event is that it is a 3 day workshop - no pitching -… -
Unscientific Poll Reveals 70% prefer text over video
13 Nov 2009 | 7:40 amReading the stats about online video you would think that consumption of video has totally overtaken text as the preferred way we all want our information.Not so, according to my informal and unscientific poll. Inspired by a post by Cindy King, I wanted to find out how people really liked to get their content: text, audio, video or other.As of time of writing this post 81 people took the poll. Here's how it breaks down by preference: Text - 70% Video - 19% Audio - 5% Other (not real clear what other is) - 6% And there are caveats. Many excellent comments were submitted and the bottom line is… -
Online Visibility Tip - Comment on Blogs in Your Industry (Video)
11 Nov 2009 | 8:34 amOnline Visibility Tip: While I was working on an article for Social Media Examiner, I was exploring the concept of outreach, or reaching out to others in your industry (aka commenting) to set the groundwork for more opportunities. This also applies to creating visibility for you and your business. While it may seem obvious and you've heard it many times before, most business bloggers do not spend enough time on blog outreach. The video includes three sources to find related blogs in your niche. [Click here if you cannot see the video in your blog reader.) I'm curious to know how often you…
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Chris Garrett on New Media
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How to Release Your Web Marketing Potential
20 Nov 2009 | 5:01 amThere are two challenges that 90% of my consulting clients face and I am going to give you the answer to both in this article. After you read this you will be able take a look at your blog or your business and know what you need to do in order to make your 2010 more successful than your 2009. A big claim? Maybe, but I see it work over and over when I coach my clients so I am confident if you implement what I am about to tell you. I have been there. First in the programming niche. Then in the SEO and affiliate niche. For a time in the photography niche. And of course I am now in social media. -
Brilliant Free Stuff from Friends
30 Oct 2009 | 9:07 pmAuckland, New Zealand I’m sat taking some time out from our travels down under to let you know about a couple of great giveaways. Yes, I am on my travels again. This time touring the other side of the planet. We are down in Auckland, New Zealand right now, after a quick stop in Singapore and just before we head to Sydney, and then Melbourne Australia. Ordinarily I wouldn’t be updating my blog with a vacation update but this news is too good. How good? My friend Sean is giving away an entire audio course. Not only is he giving it away, it’s a course that he is currently… -
Gary Vaynerchuck Interview
13 Oct 2009 | 5:00 amGary crushing it at Web 2.0 Expo NY Today I am happy (and more than a little relieved) to be able to share with you this quick and informal interview I grabbed last week with Gary Vay.Ner.Chuk. Gary has quickly become a fixture on the convention scene, TV celebrity and a media darling because of his larger than life energy and positive personality, and also his expertise in personal branding, social media and business. Right now he is in the process of the launch his brilliant new book, “Crush It“. I was fortunate to grab 30 technical gremlin frustrated minutes where I got to ask… -
Join Me For a Live Chat
12 Oct 2009 | 2:17 amAsk me social media and blogging questions and see me answer live As part of the launch of Social Media Examiner I will be doing a live video chat along with Mike Stelzner. It’s free and easy to join in, and should be good fun! 10:00 New York time 15:00 London time Check out the full details here. Also, while you are there, check out my first article for the site … “How to Create Headlines that Go Viral With Social Media“ Related Posts:Social Media Marketing Survey Results - Free PDFHow to Really Use Social Media Marketing as a Tool For BusinessI Want Your Social Media… -
Get My New Business-Blogging Book with $10 Off
8 Oct 2009 | 6:50 amBusiness Blogging Made Simple A real-world guide to creating, writing and promoting a successful blog Inside my new e-book “Business Blogging – 50 Steps to Building Traffic and Sales,” you’ll discover: Why your business needs a blog (yesterday!) The biggest pitfalls of blogging — and how to avoid them How to build a following of faithful blog subscribers Proven tips for converting your blog traffic into sales Order now and get instant access … Save $10 – offer ends 14th Today! (Offer extended) I am really proud of this new book, I think the Wordtracker folks have done a…
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Blog World Expo
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Are Keynotes and Twitter A Bad Match?
I have been reading about a situation at Web 2.0 Expo that has me as an organizer of speakers a bit befuddled. Danah Boyd's presentation took a turn for the worst and it turned out to be a bad experience for her and for the attendees. For the long story ... -
The Power of Twitter: How the Blogosphere Came Through for Liz Strauss
Last week, I learned that my friend and someone who I look up to as a mentor and bloggy role model, Liz Strauss, was in the hospital. "That can't be fun." I thought. So I contacted a mutual friend, Lucretia Pruitt, to see if I could get an address and ... -
Sports Bloggers Continue To Hit It Out
Blogs With Balls 2.0 Intro from HHR on Vimeo. The guys at Blogs With Balls continue to amaze me with their "mad skills" and the obvous fun they are having when talking about their event. They have been an asset to BlogWorld & New media Expo, and I cannot wait to ... -
Using Social Media To Explain Social Media and Other Concepts
One of the sites I like to go to often and one that will no doubt get a large amount of traffic over the next few months is Common Craft. I especially love the way the use video to explain difficult or complex issues. They did a great job on ... -
The Get Well Liz Strauss Fund
Friend of the blogosphere, and my idol and inspiration, Liz Strauss, has been under the weather lately and was just released from a hospital in Chicago. While we all want to send positive vibes and good wishes to Liz so she makes a speedy recover, we're also asking Liz's ...
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Daily Blog Tips
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How To Get Your Pages Indexed By Google
20 Nov 2009 | 8:29 amThis post is part of the Friday Q&A section. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Irman asks: I want to know how many blog posts in percentage normally Google indexes from a blog. I have been running a blog for a year, and I noticed only 30% of my posts are indexed by Google. What steps should I take to improve that? Provided that you respect some basic SEO guidelines, 100% of your posts should be indexed by Google. The basic SEO guidelines are: 1. All your posts must have unique and quality content. By unique I mean that the content of your posts should be found… -
Looking To Get More Twitter Followers? Then Check Twitfever.com
19 Nov 2009 | 8:29 amTwitter is probably the largest Internet phenomenon we have seen in a while. Everyone is using it these days. Affiliate marketers are using it to promote their affiliate offers. Companies are using it to sell products and services. Webmasters and bloggers are using it to drive traffic to their websites. You name it. There are even people making money directly with their Twitter accounts by tweeting sponsored messages. Now you could be doing the same thing. The only detail is that you need to have a decent amount of followers on your account. A mere 200 or 300 followers won’t cut it. -
Optimize and Speed Up Your Wordpress Blog
17 Nov 2009 | 7:22 pmThis is a guest post by Vlatko. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. If your blog is on shared host but starting to get some serious traffic, then you are probably having problems with slow database queries, and in the future you might even be suspended because of exceeded CPU quota. The outcome will be frustration on your side and annoyed visitors on the other side. The first reaction will be to file dozens of support tickets with the hosting company. After that you might consider moving to VPS or Dedicated Server, but before doing that you should try some… -
On Negotiating Pay Rates with Freelancers
17 Nov 2009 | 9:01 amA couple of weeks ago I was negotiating with some freelancers who were interesting in writing for a new website I am developing. We were discussing what kind of articles I needed, the length of each article, frequency and the like. The main point of the negotiation was the pay rate, however. Most of the freelancers were replying to me asking if I knew how much the market was paying for similar gigs, or how much I was already paying to my other writers. Initially I replied to these emails with a number, but that made me a bit uneasy, because the first person who throws out a number usually… -
Linking Out Will NOT Reduce The Google PageRank of Your Pages
16 Nov 2009 | 4:36 amIt is a Google’s world, and as webmasters we live and die by our search rankings, right? One of the factors that both influences search rankings and that most people seem to care about is the Google PageRank. More specifically, we want as much PageRank as possible! Now aiming to increase the PageRank of your pages is fine, the problem is when misconceptions around the PageRank algorithm affect the way webmasters behave. One of these misconceptions is to assume that when you link to external websites you will be losing PageRank from the page where the link is placed. I call this the…
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Online Marketing Blog
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SEO for Flash: 5 Tips and Best Practices
19 Nov 2009 | 10:32 amSEO for Flash – is it a reality yet? One of the most common issues for web sites with poor search visibility involves Google not being able to crawl and index a site’s content. Web sites made entirely with Flash are problematic because there are often no links for search engine crawlers to follow or HTML text to copy. According to the Opera (browser) developer center, somewhere between 30% and 40% of all pages tested contained Flash files representing a lot of content that may not be included in search results or only partially indexed. Despite a large number of sites publishing… -
Google: Social Media is a Party, SEO is Bullsh*t, Advertising is Good For You
19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amI noticed someone using Google suggest in another story today (honestly forgot where) and thought I’d see what Google “thinks” about social media. Then I tried SEO. Not surprising. Funniest of all, considering Google’s business model, was advertising. Pretty telling when you think about it. Of course this isn’t what Google “really thinks” about social media, it’s Google’s response to search queries and effort to predict what we’re really searching for. Google Suggest works by drawing from searches by other Google users, sites in… -
Book Review: Socialnomics by Erik Qualman
17 Nov 2009 | 11:33 am“It’s a people driven economy stupid” and “Online word of mouth has made many traditional marketing strategies obsolete”. Those are powerful words and central to the theme in “Socialnomics” by Erik Qualman, Global VP for Online Marketing for EF Educatio, the world’s largest private educator. I appreciate Erik’s characterization because it’s how I’ve viewed social media since our digital marketing & PR agency started blogging and using social news/bookmarking sites in 2004: as technology that facilitates word of mouth. At… -
Why Use Social Media For Public Relations
16 Nov 2009 | 6:34 amRecently, I presented at PubCon on the intersection of social media and PR. The session title was “experts on PR and Twitter,” however the session description went on to discuss a variety of networks. Therefore my interpretation was to speak on the intersection of social media and PR, and not just PR and Twitter. The social web is far more than just Twitter, and if Twitter is the extent of your participation you’re missing out. Lee’s diagram of social media and channels of distribution presents a visualization of a strong approach, where the centerpiece is a blog. The… -
5 SEO Tips for Online Retailers
13 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amOnline retail websites face a unique set of obstacles when it comes to improving sales through better search engine visibility. Repetitive product descriptions, a lack of content and frequent churn of products can all be hurdles to overcome. But with these specific tips for retail search engine optimization, online retailers can turn those challenges into opportunities and maximize their organic search traffic. 1. Add fresh content to the website. Many online retail websites focus on selling products rather than informing and providing value to customers, and hence severely lack content.
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The Friday Traffic Report
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Wicked Cool Tool: TwitterTim.es
20 Nov 2009 | 10:49 amWicked Cool Tool: TwitterTim.es is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Wicked Cool Tool: TwitterTim.es is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! That silly little 140 character tool that we all thought was shallow and of little use in the beginning is getting deeper and [...] -
Fantasic Overview of Google Chrome OS
20 Nov 2009 | 7:06 amFantasic Overview of Google Chrome OS is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Fantasic Overview of Google Chrome OS is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Chris Lang, Google sleuth #1, has put together a top-to-bottom review of Google Chrome OS (a completely cloud-based operating system set to [...] -
The Occasional Sammy
19 Nov 2009 | 5:11 pmThe Occasional Sammy is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! The Occasional Sammy is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! That’s my boy! Today he says, as he’s getting ready for bed, “Daddy, I learned something new today! When you touch something that belongs to [...] -
I have super powers!
18 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pmI have super powers! is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! I have super powers! is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Image by Pat2001 via Flickr If you watched the last Superman movie, you’ll remember when he flew up to get some yellow sun and then [...] -
Putting Your Business on the Map
18 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pmPutting Your Business on the Map is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Putting Your Business on the Map is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here! Today’s lesson will show you… 1. How to use Twitter trends map to get more exposure and 2. How good a video can [...]
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Winning the Web
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7 Components of a Killer Squeeze Page that Gets Thousands of Leads
20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amBuild a list! You’ve heard it before. As an Internet marketer, email is by far one of the most effective channels to reach potential customers. Almost everyone with a computer has an email account – and they check it often for new messages. If you’re able to penetrate into people’s inboxes (with permission, of course), you’re much more likely to get your audience’s attention for the opportunity to present your offers. The bigger your list, the better. As your pool of targeted leads grows, you develop a solid foundation that’s not affected by how much… -
Gasp! Advertising on Twitter with ad.ly & Sponsored Tweets… Is It Okay to Make Money?
18 Nov 2009 | 1:02 pmWith the rising popularity of Twitter as an online social networking and communication channel, many businesses are using the tool in a variety of different ways including the following: spreading brand awareness directly interacting with customers syndicating links to related content running special promotions In fact, Twitter has its own Twitter 101 Guide for businesses and includes basic how-to, best practices, and even case studies. There are quite a few big brands effectively utilizing Twitter with new ideas to gain traffic. However, almost all of the marketing being done on Twitter… -
Are You A Slave To Your Online Business? Outsourcing for Effective Time Management
11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amThis is a guest post by Jason Tarasi, who released a new ebook called “Secret Lives of Internet Marketers”. In it he outlines the blueprints and money making ideas that seven successful marketers used to become financially independent. What’s the difference between a professional Internet marketer and a wannabe? Besides hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits, the biggest difference is in the way they manage their time. Both types of marketers have the exact same 24 hours in a day, but those who excel have mastered the art of time budgeting. The biggest mistake I see… -
3 Reasons Why Google Needs to Buy Twitter in Order to Survive
9 Nov 2009 | 6:24 pmAs you know, Google is the search engine and controls an obscene amount of traffic on the web. In fact, it’s not uncommon for many users to spend at least 25% of their time online on Google properties like Gmail, Google maps, and news. With a cash cow business model (a monopoly in search advertising) and a killer brand (”google” it), Google is living large and seemingly invincible. But is this really the case? Is the Google search engine as stable as it seems? With the rise of social media, the search game has changed dramatically. Users no longer just want a single source… -
Article Marketing, Blogging, and the Real Truth About What You Should Promote and How
7 Nov 2009 | 3:56 pmThis is a guest post by Donny Gamble. who writes a blog about creating wealth by combining Internet marketing with network marketing. On it, Donny explains why Internet marketers should have an MLM business Article marketing is a very effective way of bringing in sales and many affiliate marketers are already taking advantage of the method. Article marketers submit their articles and reviews to the following places: 1. Article directories 2. Blogs – their own and other related ones Both are good options, but since this is more or less a blog about blogging, I’d like to give some…
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The Edublogger
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Tips For Dealing With Spam Commenters
17 Nov 2009 | 5:40 amLike most bloggers I really love comments. And it’s great to get comments that express concern such as “Sue – you’re back and…not blogging yet?:)”……. only to discover it’s a spam comments. I’ll tell you how I minimize spam comments below – but first a little on the WHAT. What are Spam Comments? The reason why people write spam comments is to provide links to the spammer’s commercial web site; to get you and/or your readers to visit their site. Common spam commenting techniques include: Adding links to their web site in the… -
How To Moderate All Comments and Posts On Student Blogs
12 Nov 2009 | 7:17 amI’m frequently asked ‘how to moderate all posts and comments on student blogs so that nothing is published until approved by a teacher’ because there are situations where it’s necessary. I’ll tell you how to do it below – but first it’s important to mention educators have differing opinions on moderation and use two main approaches: Students are allowed to publish own posts and approve all comments Students posts and comments aren’t published until approved by a teacher There are pros/cons to each of these approaches which I don’t have time to… -
How To Set Up ‘Alerts’ To Monitor Conversations!
9 Nov 2009 | 4:19 amAn important part of my daily blogging routine is monitoring mentions of me or my blogs on the Internet. Yes sounds very vain! And this is why bloggers normally refer to this as ‘Vanity Alerts.’ I’ll tell you how I do it below — but first let’s talk about why it’s a common blogging practice. How Vanity Alerts Work Vanity alerts involve using email alerts and/or RSS feeds to automatically notify you of the use of specific keywords such as your name, your blog’s name, and your blog URLs in blog posts, news articles, twitter….. While this seem… -
Tips For Measuring Post Success: Part 1 Bookmarking
15 Oct 2009 | 5:35 amAnalyzing blog metrics always gives me a headache! But as a blogger it’s important to know ‘Is the content you’re providing is fulfilling your readers needs?” Metrics provide you with insights into how your readers are interacting with your content and the type of content that interests them. Trouble is there’s numerous metrics you can use, each provides different insight and its meaning depends on what you’re trying to achieve from your posts. So lets start by seeing how I use one metric, reader bookmarking, to analyze post performance. My next post will… -
Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students?
12 Oct 2009 | 6:35 amI’ve been asked a lot lately about ‘roles of users’ and what role should you assign student users on blogs. Unfortunately there isn’t a simple answer because it’s a balance between: How much responsibility you’re comfortable with assigning your students School and District guidelines Providing them with an environment that’s motivating So I’ve decided to explain the different user roles and I’m hoping others explain how they choose what roles they assign students. Roles of Users The five roles for users you can give students on class blogs…
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WordFrame Blog
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links for 2009-11-17
17 Nov 2009 | 2:32 amWhy Government Is Not A PlatformBlogger Andrea DiMaio comments on Gov 2.o Summit, September this year. Challenges Tim O'Reilly concept of "government as a platform" as a "new buzzword" ( or buzzphrase?) for government 2.0. Interesting argument for anyone interested in government 2.0 issues, social media in government... -
Social Media Tools Week Begins
15 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pmSocial Media Tools Week emphasis on the practical This is a shameless plug for an event, Social Media Tools Week, in which I am one of the presenters, although I was promoting it before I had any any inkling I would be invited to present. I don’t know of any other event this year which is offering so much quality content, so accessibly and so focused on providing practical advice on using social media tools. As I mentioned here a month ago, it... -
Connective intelligence on politics and news at #1pound40
15 Nov 2009 | 8:23 amLast Wednesday was the latest incarnation of Amplified, the network of networks that a group of us started last year, and which has grown and evolved in to a grass roots, non-profit movement of likeminded practitioners in many fields connected together by the social media topic. The £1.40 Unconference, was hosted in excellent surroundings at Reuters HQ at Canary Wharf and focussed on the power of Twitter applied to the political... -
Build the Brand or the Business? - O2 and BT
14 Nov 2009 | 4:10 amWhen it comes to the real principles of marketing I've always been guided by Al Ries and Jack Trout. Their books like Positioning, Marketing Warfare, or The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing are essential reading. Even though some of the material is over 20 years old, it's still perfectly valid in today's market. Jump in with 22 Immutable Laws (from 1993) - just over a fiver well spent on Amazon (and get Seth Godin's Meatball Sund... -
Catching the Google Wave
12 Nov 2009 | 7:51 pmA new user guide to Google Wave will hopefully help some of us see how it can be of use Just when I and maybe others started to wonder whether Google Wave was worth the fanfare, and how to use it in any seriously productive way, a new guide to Wave has been released, which claims to be comprehensive as well as complete. It’s by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash, whose credentials are not to be sneezed at. The guide will be for sale as a PD...
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Quick Online Tips
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13 Simple Tactics to Prevent, Detect Content Plagiarism
18 Nov 2009 | 8:56 amGuest post by Ramanujam How can you prevent and detect Content Plagiarism? Plagiarism is a serious issue in the blog world and it is a prime duty for all bloggers to prevent their content from getting copied and also take the corrective action when needed. Every blogger gets annoyed when some one copies their content and ranks higher than them in the search engines. While it is highly unlikely to stop blog scrappers and splogs from emerging there are some simple measures that a blogger can do to tackle this effectively. As we always know prevention is better than cure and hence the first step… -
10 Tips to Make Your Computer Run Smoothly
17 Nov 2009 | 8:43 amGuest article by Bob How to to make your PC run smoothly? Personal computers have become an inherent part of our lives and are very helpful in keeping the personal as well as business data safe and secure. To ensure that a PC continues to work fine, it is necessary to perform various maintenance activities. There are numerous tools available in the market like computer maintenance software and tools to help you to keep your computer and data safe. This article discusses some useful tips that will help you keep your computer running smoothly. PC maintenance tips Always protect your PC by… -
3 Funny Computer Pranks
17 Nov 2009 | 8:24 amGuest article by Ivan. Want to play pranks on your or your friends computer? In this post I will show you 3 funniest computer pranks, by my opinion. So let’s begin … 1) Warning Message Here is one of coolest joke programs called Message Manager Lite. This program allow you to setup a message dialog for display on another user’s computer and it is great for making someone think an error has occurred on their computer. How you can use it ? For example, when you have access to friends computer, download Message Manager Lite and install it, write warning message and set the time… -
Second Best Job in the World: International Shopping Consultant
12 Nov 2009 | 9:07 amHave you heard about the Second Best Job in the World? Become an International Shopping Consultant – Fly around the world, stay in prestigious hotels, travelling business class and recording your adventure. Sound interesting? LetsBuyIt.com, the online price comparison site, is hiring an International Shopping Consultant. The job benefits say you get €5,000 euro monthly gross salary, €10,000 euro shopping budget, Round-the-world travel in Business Class and presigious hotel stays with Accorhotels.com. If you missed the best job in the world, this is your chance to grab the… -
The War Between Mediafire and Rapidshare
12 Nov 2009 | 7:11 amGuest post byAkif Have you ever heard of Mediafire or Rapidshare? You may have already used them and downloaded many GBs of stuff. These websites offer something called “one-click file storage”. One-click file hosting is an internet based service that allows users to easily upload whatever they want, except copyrighted materials, from their hard drives or from another similar file hosting provider (called remote upload). This is usually free or very cheap. These sites have many users utilising their services every day. So I thought it would be a great idea to explain these…
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Alister Cameron // Blogologist
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The unfair, unbearable burden of turning 18 in Australia
19 Nov 2009 | 4:28 amComing home tonight, I listened to the ABC radio host chatting with a guest who, almost as a throw-away remark, said something that hit me really hard. I was “exercised in my spirit” to send the following to Lindy Burns, the host of the show. Having taken as long on the email as I did, I thought I might share it with you, my dear blog reader, as well. As always, despite its off-topic nature, I open this up for discussion in the comments. Lindy, In your last 30 mins today you touched on a topic — or rather Andrew did — which is very dear to my heart. I tried to get on… -
Twitter for fun and, ahem, profit.
14 Nov 2009 | 5:14 pmThis week I made a decision. A difficult decision that shouldn’t be. I made the decision to monetize my Twitter account. This post explains my rationale and might have to do for now as a “disclaimer” of sorts. I’d appreciate your feedback, because my “journey” on Twitter may be instructive for your own purposes, but most of all because I want your help to do Twitter better. Firstly a bit of background… Earlier this year I decided to get serious about Twitter. As a “blogologist” I could teach you, coach you, brow-beat you and bore you… -
Copenhagen: a conspiracy of lies and silence! Stop being a mushroom on this issue!
30 Oct 2009 | 1:16 amRegarding the imminent Copenhagen treaty signing, Janet Albrechtsen writes in the Australian: Ask yourself this: why has our government failed to explain the possible text of a treaty it wants Australia to sign? There has been no address from any Rudd minister to explain the draft treaty. No 3000-word essay from the thoughtful PM. No speech in parliament. No interview. No press release. Nothing. But wait, it’s not only the PM who is silent… the media has been stunningly muzzled! Janet again: And what explains the media’s failure to report and analyse the only source document… -
Why are Kyle and Jackie O still on Twitter’s Suggested User List?
10 Aug 2009 | 5:36 am2Day FM is the flagship station of Australian radio network Austereo, and among its star attractions are morning presenters Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. Well, they used to be star attractions, except they were pulled off the air “indefinitely” after an on-air stunt went badly wrong on the morning of Wednesday 29th July. In an even-more-vulgar-and-crass-than-typical show, Kyle and Jackie O strapped a 14 year old girl to a lie detector — in the presence of her willing mother — and began firing a barrage of very personal questions at the clearly very uncomfortable child. -
Why Alex King’s Carrington WP theme is great.
8 Jun 2009 | 6:32 amI was stunned today to discover that a lot of people just don’t “get” the Carrington theme by Alex King and the team at Crowd Favorite. To me it’s a no-brainer why it’s so damn good, and why I’m basing a part of the functionality of my upcoming Vanilla theme on it. So being a faster talker than a typer, I shot a fast and crappy video explaining my passion. Comments welcome below or here.
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Write to Done
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Flow to Done: Tap Into Your Creative Source
19 Nov 2009 | 1:55 amA guest by Everett Bogue of Far Beyond The Stars There are millions of distractions that the modern day writer has to put up with in order to get their ideas out there. Twitter, Facebook, your feed reader, they’re all conspiring to distract you from getting your writing down on the page. Did you know, when you’re multitasking between writing and doing something else, it can take up to thirty minutes to get your mind back on track? Flip-flopping between activities is not an option for a writer who’s trying to get some writing done. This is why I subscribe to a method of pure… -
Why Writing Rubbish is Productive
14 Nov 2009 | 4:35 pmBy Glen Allsopp of ViperChill Since the majority of my working day is now consumed with the task of writing, I’m constantly looking for ways to streamline the process. If I can get quality results in a shorter amount of time, I can spend the rest of each day doing other things that I love. Unfortunately, my creative mind doesn’t always want me to have spare time to read, chill with friends, or go and watch a movie. It makes me rely on idea files I keep tucked away whenever something pops into my head or if I have abused that resource already, I can spend over an hour mind-mapping… -
One is a Lonely Number – Why You Need a Writing Mentor
5 Nov 2009 | 1:53 pmA guest post by Jules Clancy from stonesoup This writing business can be a lonely endeavour. We’ve all been there. Self imprisoned in our lonely garrets – or more likely behind our laptops. Reaching out to the world with our writing but feeling helpless and alone. Fear not fellow writers. There is hope. I’ve recently discovered a wonderful way to overcome the fear and feel connected with the rest of the world. Let me introduce you to the benefits of finding yourself a writing mentor. Benefits of a writing mentor 1. Confidence boost To give your confidence a well deserved… -
How to Revise Your Titles for Maximum Results
2 Nov 2009 | 6:32 pmBy Sean Platt of Ghostwriter Dad No one has championed the use of killer headlines more than Brian Clark. His advice on what makes for a compelling headline is gospel to many in this latest wave to crash across the copywriting shore. It’s impossible to argue – magnetic headlines invariably lead to more clicks, more conversions, and more clients clamoring for your content. But what about when your words have turned to whisper, and your old posts have been left to whither upon the WordPress vine? When you first craft a piece of killer content, you want as many eyes on it as possible. -
How to Create an Article of 1,000+ Words in 90 Minutes or Less
27 Oct 2009 | 4:09 pmA guest post by Patrick Stöckmann of Unwrap Your Mind It’s a dreaded situation for all beginner (and even seasoned) bloggers. You want to write a post, and are sitting in front of a blank page. Suddenly your mind looks just the same – blank. Your inspiration just stopped, and you feel at a loss. We’ve all been there. The good news is that there are some surefire ways of writing quality content in record time. I want to share with you my techniques for writing a 1,000+ words article in 90 minutes or less. To show you that I actually do what I preach, I’ve written the…
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Delicious/tag/blogging tips
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Discipline and the Bloggers Opportunity
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Getting Over the Blogger’s 6 Month Itch
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Strategies for Better Blogging
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9 More Lessons for Would-Be Bloggers - Bokardo
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10 Wordpress dev hacks
20 Nov 2009 | 11:21 amBuilding your own wordpress themes will open your eyes to a lot of things, mainly the fact that you’ll be retyping a lot of code over and over and over again. So in this post I am going to show you ten wordpress code hacks that you can add to your arsenal that will not only save you a lot of time, but they will also set your themes apart from others who don’t come pre built with these types of features.
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Performancing
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Paul Scrivens to Take Over as Splashpress Media Publisher
18 Nov 2009 | 5:25 pmSplashpress Media, the parent company of Performancing, has recently announced that Paul Scrivens will take the helm of the network as publisher. Scrivs will be our captain and conductor, managing our assets, coordinating our efforts and hopefully expanding our reach. Along with this new leadership comes a bit of reorganization. Andy Merrett (a regular contributor here), who has been a community manager and channel editor to sites like Forever Geek, 9rules and Performancing, will take the creative lead as Editor of the network. Andy plans to continue outgoing editor Jayvee Fernandez’s… -
Is Your Blog Bloated With Unnecessary Stuff?
18 Nov 2009 | 3:59 pmIf you observe the business world, you’ll often see companies releasing new products in a different sub-niche or niche. These products can be closely related to their existing products. For example, M&M’s stayed in the food niche when they entered the ice cream market. Other companies will enter a market that’s not related to their existing niche. For instance, Harley Davidson, the maker of powerful motorcycles, created their own brand of perfume in the 1990s. The term for this strategy is called brand extension. Brand extension can work out well and increase the sales… -
British Press Complaints Commission slammed for its desire to regulate blogs
18 Nov 2009 | 4:23 amThe last few days has seen an interesting standoff developing between the British press regulatory body, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), and the bloggers it may be seeking to regulate. The PCC is a self-regulatory body set up and funded by a number of major newspapers and magazines published in the UK. Simply put, its purpose is to investigate complaints made against member publications on a number of grounds including accuracy, privacy, intrusion, portrayal of children, discrimination, financial journalism and the confidentiality of sources. (Read Wikipedia’s PCC entry) On… -
Twitter: How much is too much information?
12 Nov 2009 | 7:17 amEven more than blogging, Twitter seems to be the ultimate way to say exactly what you mean, sometimes without thinking about the consequences, and sometimes not caring. Twitter has had its fair share of high-profile spats, but a recent “outrages” concerns Penelope Trunk’s twitter: “I’m in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there’s a f***ed-up three-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin”. Old news, perhaps — two months is an age in the world of Twitter — but it does still raise some interesting points about… -
Buy, Sell, Trade at the Performancing Marketplace
12 Nov 2009 | 1:06 amThe Performancing Marketplace is just another one of those things that had been put on hold when we made the big move from Drupal to WordPress. After some thought and tweaking (plus a bit of elbow grease), we’re pleased to announce that the Performancing Marketplace is now back online. On the Marketplace, users can advertise blogs, domains, blogging services, themes, design services, or just about any related products and services. Whether you’re looking to buy or sell, you’re most welcome. The Marketplace is an open forum, so we won’t be limiting users to outright…
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It's Not a Lecture
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FTC Update
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Media Convergence? Or Concession of Defeat?
17 Nov 2009 | 6:25 amA colleague of mine brought to my attention the latest example of media convergence: YouTube is collecting video submissions from consumers for use on major mainstream news outlets. It's amazing how quickly we've gone from mainstream media organizations complaining that people who publish YouTube videos and write blog posts can't be trusted because OMG they're not journalists, to co-opting that same content from those same people for themselves.And seeing how more and more media organizations are ready to sue you if you link to their content, I’m wondering how long it will take for some… -
Earth & Industry: Greenwashing of The Worst Kind
15 Nov 2009 | 3:00 amI have a new post up at Earth & Industry that to me showcases the absolute worst case of greenwashing - using deceptive "statistics" about the environment to advance a separate and distinct political agenda.Typically the term "greenwashing" is used when a company misrepresents the economic benefits of a product, or launches a marketing campaign to distract you from a less flattering set of facts. This time it's being done to advance an anti-immigration argument. I hope you'll check it out. -
"In pursuit of the peace that guided their service"
11 Nov 2009 | 7:15 amHonor the fallen and all those who served.But as the President said yesterday, "We need not look to the past for greatness, because it is before our very eyes." An absolutely astounding rhetorical achievement.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy -
When Will AP, Murdoch Pay Their Sources?
10 Nov 2009 | 10:53 amOK, so Associated Press wants to charge bloggers (and others) for using as few as five words of their stories, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is talking about removing their content from Google's search services.Good luck with that.Now I'm wondering how much those organizations will be compensating the people they interview and other sources for their contributions to "original" content. Information published by AP and News Corp. is a finished product with a set financial value. And all finished products have raw materials. And all makers of finished products pay for those raw materials.
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Blogging Tips
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To Boldly Go Where No Split Infinitive Has Gone Before
20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 amI’ve never given it much thought, but being a writer and a bit eccentric, I thought it’d be fun to look at split infinitives. It seems splitting infinitives annoy some people, while poets and song writers can use them quite often and their use flows with grace. I’ve even used them myself at an attempt to sound more poetic. Not sure what a split infinitive is? That’s okay; it’s not something people talk about everyday—not even in writing circles. In fact, most of us haven’t given it much thought since high school. When an adverb is placed between the word… -
Send Pics, Videos and Text Across the Web with Zannel
20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 amAs the title implies, Zannel lets you share pictures, videos and even text across various social networks at once. If you have a Twitter account (who doesn’t) then you can login using your credentials or, if you prefer you can create a Zannel account. Sharing on Zannel can be done via the web or your mobile phone – you’ll get an email to which you can send your update from your mobile device. You can currently connect your Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr accounts. If you’re looking for even more options, you can connect Zannel with your WordPress or… -
SheerSeo – Search Engine Optimisation Software
20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amSheerSEO contacted me recently about trying out their online SEO software. At first I wasn’t sure what to make of the site as their logo looks identical to Awebers, but I downloaded the 90 day trial anyway and was impressed with the stats it brings up so I thought I would share it with you all. SheerSEO offers 4 monthly packages, which cost $7, $10, $15 and $40 respectively. The more expensive packages allow you to track more URLs and keywords. Though their 90 day trial allows you to try out their software for free to see if it’s worth signing up. Let’s look at the sign up… -
Make them Subscribe: 6 Tips to Build Subscriptions
19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmAs much as we all love visitors to our site and watching our Google Analytics tick up, RSS subscribers, for most blogs, are more valuable. Not only are they some of your more frequent visitors, thus helping with your aforementioned traffic, but they are also your best community members, leaving the most comments and adding the most to your site. Where a non-subscriber may visit your site once, once a week or whenever they remember to check out your blog, those who get your RSS feed interact with your content much more regularly, usually soon after you post. So how do you turn casual readers… -
Aweber Announce New Point and Click Web Form Generator
19 Nov 2009 | 8:57 amAweber today announced a much easier and much more advanced way to create forms for your email lists. The new form generator lets you customise the form more easily. In the past Aweber users had to generate a standard form and then customise the form and it’s surrounding area themselves. Not any more! The new generator lets you choose from a variety of templates and lets you enter text in the header and footer too. Check out the video below to see how easy the generator is to use. In total there are 70 templates which you can choose for your forms at the moment, ranging from designs…
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Lorelle on WordPress
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Dreams Can Come True: Meeting Alan Dean Foster
19 Nov 2009 | 8:27 amI’m in Arizona after a very exciting and busy series of conferences, including the very successful WordCamp Netherlands, WordCamp Phoenix, and PodCamp Arizona, visiting family living near one of my favorite authors in the world, Alan Dean Foster. During WordCamp Phoenix and PodCampAZ, I shared with my audience that I was too excited to just be “this close” to the one man who completely changed my life when it came to writing, actually helping me become a professional writer. Robyn Seaton stepped up to my challenge and connected me with the master himself. This is just one… -
WordCamp Netherlands Rocked; WordCamp Phoenix Will Rock!
11 Nov 2009 | 10:04 amWordCamp Phoenix is all set to really rock and roll with great WordPress, blogging, and SEO experts on November 13, 2009, in Arizona at the Arizona Grand Resort. Some of the hottest folks in WordPress and web tech are lined up to speak and attend, taking advantage of PodcampAZ and Az Entrepreneurship Conference happening the same weekend. Speakers include Matt Mullenweg, Merlin Mann of 43 Folders, John Hawkins, Brent Spore, and Dave Moyer of Bitwire Media and WordCast. Oh, and little ole me. The Phoenix WordPress event will be live streamed thanks to sponsor, GoDaddy, so you can watch the… -
WordCamp Portland Donates to WordCamp Seattle
23 Sep 2009 | 12:24 pmYou know I’m a huge WordCamp fan. I attend as many as I can, speak at many, and work hard with the The WordCamp Report, Blog Herald, and this blog to help promote WordCamps all over the world. For those unfamiliar with WordCamp, it is a grassroots gathering, formal or informal, of WordPress fans. It can happen anywhere and in many formats, all focused on WordPress fans getting together to talk about WordPress and their online world. For those familiar with the WordCamp experience, you will not be surprised at my announcement. For those who haven’t had the joy of a WordCamp, you… -
Old WordPress Versions Under Attack
4 Sep 2009 | 3:33 pmOtto42 of OttoDestruct, a key WordPress developer and supporter, reports that there is an “attack” on older versions of WordPress right now. The number of sites hit by this is growing every hour. Protect your WordPress blog now: UPDATE NOW!!! Update your WordPress blog before you continue reading this post. That’s how critical this issue is. Things You Need to Know Now Here is what you need to know right now, constantly updated with news as we get it. UPDATE NOW! Reports are that this attack impacts ALL versions of WordPress up to 2.8.3 and 2.8.4, the most recent release. -
Summer Blog-b-que for Bloggers
18 Aug 2009 | 12:27 pmIt’s time to celebrate blogging and summer in the Portland, Oregon, area. If you are a blogger, come join the summer Blog-b-que! We’re hosting the first ever Blog-b-que at the home of Lorelle and Brent VanFossen in North Plains, Oregon, on Sunday, August 30, 2009, and you are welcome to join us. We’re inviting WordPress, WordPress.com, and all bloggers (and web and social media fans) to a picnic party on Sunday, August 30, starting about noon! The theme of the party is “Summer Food” and you are invited to bring food that reminds you of summer. In addition to…
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Blogging Blogs On Blog Catalog
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Neotrex's Club Penguin Cheats
19 Nov 2009 | 1:30 amThe headquarters for all Club Penguin Cheats, find all your needs on Club Penguin!
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Blogging Pro
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Blog Metrics, Anyone?
20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 amAsk a marketer about social media and they will sing praises, especially with the attention blogs, micro-blogs, and user-generated content apps are getting in mainstream media. But ask a marketer what’s the one thing that they will make them pause about going forward with social media and they will probably say “There are no credible metrics readily available.” Well, that type of reply is not unfounded. I’ve talked to a lot of marketing folks and they say that they would be more comfortable if there was a data source on the metrics of social media sites like blogs. -
The Shrinking Blog Post
18 Nov 2009 | 9:39 amA few years ago, when someone asked the ideal length of a blog post, the common answer would sound like “between 400 to 600 words.” Now, when you ask someone the same question, the reply would fall between 200 to 300 words. This seems to be the case of “The Shrinking Blog Post.” Now, why is this seemingly happening? I have a few theories: The Micro-blogging Effect – Twitter introduced a new level of brevity when it comes to writing interesting content. My guess is that since people want instant gratification in content, readers are now slowly expecting the same… -
Mozilla Firefox: The Blogger’s Browser
17 Nov 2009 | 11:49 amI’m going out on a limb to say that if there’s a browser bloggers should be using, it should be Mozilla Firefox. Apart from the inherent speed and good JavaScript handling for the AJAX-powered websites, Firefox simply has the available add-ons to make blogging an easier activity. Here are a few of my favorite blogger-friendly add-ons that are currently installed in my computer: Word Count Plus – Not blogging platforms have a word counter, nor all bloggers work with a word processor, so Word Count Plus makes sense. This add on counts the number of words from a selection,… -
4 Blogging Topic Trends for 2010
13 Nov 2009 | 5:03 am2010 is just around the corner and I think it’s never too early to look at topics that could catch the netizens’ fancy. The topics I’m recommending are ones that have shown a healthy rise in the last few months that is likely to carry over on to the next year. Here are four topics that may rise in 2010: Television – Several new shows launched this year have definitely caught the viewing public’s attention. These shows include “Glee,” “V,” and “The Vampire Diaries” and these shows could gather more steam by next year and… -
Performancing Reopens Marketplace
12 Nov 2009 | 6:58 pmPerformancing has recently announced the reopening of the Performancing Marketplace. Prior to its brief hiatus (due to software migration) the Perf Marketplace had been an active portal for buying and selling of blogs, software, and related services. The new Marketplace aims to bring this back. With a free-flowing format (forum-based), Performancing hopes that users can have meaningful exchanges of information and fruitful trades of products and services. Along with the recent free signup promo for the Hive and the reopening of the Jobs board, the Marketplace relaunch is just one of the…
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Technofriends
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Check If Your Website is Mobile Friendly With W3C mobileOK Checker
18 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pmMobile traffic has been increasing on the internet and its becoming even more important for a website to have a friendly mobile interface as well. The common practice employed by most of the websites is to have a seperate mobile domain and redirect all the traffic coming from Mobile devices to the mobile subdomain. While, this is a neat practice, not many websites are still “mobile friendly”. W3C mobileOK Checker performs various tests on a Web Page to determine its level of mobile-friendliness. The tests are defined in the mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 specification. A Web Page is… -
Get iPods and iPhones in exchange for used CDs and DVDs with iPodMeister
17 Nov 2009 | 9:43 pmIf like me, you too have a huge collection of CDs and DVDs which you don’t even play anymore, its time you exchange them for a iPhone or a iPod; wondering how that is possible, well, for that you need to check iPodMeister. iPodMeister offers brand new iPods and iPhones in exchange for used CDs and DVDs. How does it work? In order to get started, you need to first pack your CDs or DVDs, once packed, email iPodMeister at promo@ipodmeister.com and let them know how many boxes you have. iPodMeister covers your shipping expenses and sends you prepaid FedEx labels. 200 CDs can get you a 8 GB… -
Burn CDs and DVDs for Free Using CDBurnerXP
17 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pmIf you are looking out for a free solution for burning CD’s, DVD’s including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs, you must checkout freeware software CDBurnerXP. CDBurnerXP is a free application which allows you to burn CD’s and DVD’s. It also enables you to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. The standard features include options for burning data discs, audio CDs, creating ISO files, erasing RW discs.The interface also allows you to drag and drop files. The application is light and only uses 14 MB of disk space. Other features include Simple cover printing… -
[Torrents] Pirate Bay Shutting Down for Good
17 Nov 2009 | 7:59 amPirate Bay is known as the largest torrent tracker on the Internet. As per the announcement made today, the service will be shutting down for good soon. While the is still up, it will soon be going down. “Now that the decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed, TPB has decided that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It’s the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date. We have put a server in a museum already, and now the tracking can be put there as well,” the Pirate Bay crew write on their blog. Whether or not The Pirate Bay and… -
[How-To] Download Torrents Without BitTorrent
16 Nov 2009 | 7:11 pmI covered the Torrent terminology in my earlier article titled Complete Torrent Lingo Guide (Understanding Torrent Terminology) where, I wrote about, trackers and BitTorrent clients and also how the torrent download works. Just in case, if you haven’t read that post ( do read it now, click here), Torrent downloads work on the BitTorrent protocol and the BitTorrent client makes use of the trackers to download / share bits of data. While downloading torrents is not too tough, there are times when the torrent traffic is shaped at either the proxy server level of at the ISP level. There can…
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ConverStations
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Brunch n Brains with Yellow Ideas & The Power of Impossible
9 Nov 2009 | 12:03 pmThanks to Rob Jacobs of Education Innovation for sharing and introducing my eyes to the Power of Impossible and the brainiacs of Yellow Ideas The Power Of Impossible By Mark Raison Yellow Ideas Eaci Ecci Creativity Congress 29 10 09View more presentations from mark.raison. -
Working from Hawaii This Week
7 Nov 2009 | 5:28 amAloha!I'll be working from Hawaii this week, so response might be slower. I'm promising myself to enjoy the spirit of the islands more this trip.Still, it's a working trip - so...Best ways to reach me this week are via email, text, or Twitter DM. Or just find me each evening at the Mai Tai Ala Moana Photo on Flickr by Clonny -
Where Have all the Raspberry Jobs Gone?
3 Nov 2009 | 5:37 amI (and you) know a lot of people looking for work. Or going free agent. Or both. They are filling out applications. Sending resumes. Talking with their monster every day. Indeed! Good luck. Times have changed. That's probably why you're looking. Change with them. Get a visual CV Put up some video - maybe a video "pre-interview" and send it along with the other "stuff" Get your own domain name Create some content on a blog, on slideshare, on twitter -- wherever Be findable. Just do it. Sometimes the unexpected gets noticed -- even remembered. Or you can stay stuck in LODBAU (Land… -
Two Weeks of Trash Talking
2 Nov 2009 | 5:43 amTwo weeks. Not one. Not six. Two. Two weeks of practice (aka rehearsal) before we launch your blog. That's both a minimum and a desired maximum. Until you write your first blog post, you are perfect. But then, perfect makes practice, hmm? The goal of the two weeks is to get familiar with the blog tools and software. And the only way you're going to get used to the tool is to use it. When we first set up your account (WordPress, Typepad, whatever...), we make sure to option OUT of allowing search engines to index your site during practice. At launch, we opt IN for search engine… -
Quotes n Notes: Capabilities
26 Oct 2009 | 9:57 am"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves." - Thomas EdisonI am amazed at how many of us simply stumble upon our own success. I often hear "Fake it 'til You Make it" or Do it Like You Believe it, Until you Believe it." Especially in the Midwest (what's up with that?)Here's an idea - STOP HEDGING YOUR BETS. Just go out and do it. Fail? Fall Down? Fine. Get back up and get 'er done. Just ask David Armano's Value of Visual Thinking deck (see slide # 57). We can go one of two ways: Learn how to skate by falling on our backside a few times. …
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Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere
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Twilf: Tweep I'd Like to Follow
16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmMashable reports that the word "Twilf" has entered Twitter Vernacular thanks to an episode of Current's Super News. In the cartoon Sarah Palin is referred to as a Twilf. The word has a more wholesome meaning then you might think. The Urban Dictionary says Twilf is a "Tweep I'd like to follow." The problem with Sarah Palin being a Twilf is she hasn't been twittering lately. Here is the crazy Current cartoon where the word twilf comes up. (via Newser) Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk | Twitter | WWFeeds.com -
Facebook Status Update About Pancakes Clears Suspect
12 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pmA 19-year-old New York City robbery suspect was exonerated thanks to his Facebook page. The Facebook page contained a status update that was posted 1 minute before the robbery occurred. The man asked his girlfriend about the location of his pancakes in the update. Facebook status can be updated from anywhere (and by anyone with access to the account) but police say the update was made by the suspect at a computer at his father's apartment. The AP says the case is thought to the first where defense lawyers have used Facebook to establish a person's innocence. Permalink | Recent Headlines |… -
Britney Spears Twitter Account Hacked Again
12 Nov 2009 | 11:00 amBritney Spears' Twitter account, @britneyspears, was hacked for at least the third time today. A downside to having a high profile Twitter acount is that hack attempts are more likely. Britney's account is the 2nd most followed and the 8th most listed. Unlike in the past when hackers have taken over groups of high profile accounts Britney's Twitter appears to have been the sole target. The hackers tried to make it seem as if Britney is a Satan worshipper. Britney's web team - which has its own list now on Twitter - tweeted the following apology. Posted in Twitter Permalink | Recent Headlines… -
Jim Carrey's Twitter Bird
7 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmJim Carrey's bizarre new website should win the award for best version of a Twitter bird. The website has a bird with Jim Carrey's head on it that shares his latest tweets. If you click on the bird it goes to Jim Carrey's Twitter account, @jimcarrey. Well played Jim Carrey. Posted in Twitter Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk | Twitter | WWFeeds.com -
On Twitter Lists and Twitter Influence
5 Nov 2009 | 7:40 amWe have compiled a list here of the 200+ most listed Twitter accounts. Listorious has launched a list here of the most followed lists on Twitter. Twitterholic has a list here of the most followed Twitter accounts. All three of these help measure how much influence a Twitter account has but none of them alone provide an accurate measure of a Twitterer's reach or influence. Trying to measure how much reach or influence a given Twitter account has is an increasingly complex issue. You would need to factor in followers as well as the number of lists someone is on. In addition, specific lists will…
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Weblog Tools Collection
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WordPress Theme Releases for 11/19
19 Nov 2009 | 7:56 amAureola A free magazine style WordPress theme to show your content on a smooth layout. BrandNew Folio Two column, fixed width theme with support for gravatars, widgets and a customizable homepage. wpClassifieds wpClassifieds is a free Wordpress theme that transform your wordpress blog into a classified ads site similar to Craigslist or OLX. 5 Travel-Inspired WordPress Themes Five single column and multiple column themes inspired with some things travel. Bold Life Bold Life is 2 columns light, widget ready WordPress theme. MiniCard MiniCard is a social network/business card Wordpress theme… -
WordPress Wins Best Open Source CMS Award for 2009
18 Nov 2009 | 6:50 pmWordPress has always been one of the best open source software available for blogging and managing websites, corporate or otherwise. To better that, WordPress has been awarded the Best Open Source CMS Award for 2009. We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place in the Hall of Fame category for the Award next year. Three cheers to the most wonderful platform I have ever used, and will continue to use, thanks to the… -
Is Automattic Evil?
18 Nov 2009 | 5:03 pmStick around the WordPress community for a period of time and you’re bound to come across a few folks who say Automattic is an evil company or Matt Mullenweg is evil in the way in which he runs WordPress.org. The more time I spend talking to Matt and with other employees of Automattic, the more I don’t understand where these thoughts and feelings of evilness come from. Sure, there is a decision made from time to time that a vocal group of people disagree with but you can’t make the right decision 100% of the time. Let’s take a closer look at Automattic as it relates to… -
How Do You Do That?
18 Nov 2009 | 4:55 amEver wanted to do something in WordPress but just wasn’t sure how? In my experience this happens quite often, mostly with people new to WordPress. But, even the experts run into trouble sometimes. Today I thought I’d start a series of posts which will aim to explain how to do certain things in WordPress. Hopefully this will cover anything from quick tips and simple little functions, all the way up to more complex custom code and the like. So, stick around and you just might learn something. I think I’ll kick off the series with a couple simple ones… Why isn’t… -
WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/17
17 Nov 2009 | 12:41 pmNew Plugins URL Redirector URL Redirector allows you to create shorter URL’s and keeps track of how many times a link has been clicked. It’s useful for managing downloads, keeping track of outbound links and for masking URL’s. Query Multiple Taxonomies A WordPress plugin that allows you to filter posts through multiple custom taxonomies Checkfront Online Booking Plugin Checkfront is an online availability, reservation and booking engine. This plugin connects your Wordpress site to your Checkfront, and provides a powerful embedded booking interface within your site. This…
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Wordful
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Let’s Keep Talking: How You Can Connect with Wordful
14 Nov 2009 | 12:16 amIf you read Wordful, then first of all: thanks. I appreciate you.If you happen to also enjoy the content, then please consider checking out our social media communities.These are admittedly humble but emerging hotspots where I look forward to more interactivity and conversations with you on blogging, content media, publishing 2.0 and life. Give it a try!Here’s where you can find me:Wordful on Facebook (http://wordful.com/facebook)Wordful on Twitter (http://twitter.com/wordful)Wordful on FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/wordful)Charles Bohannan (me) on LinkedIn:… -
How to Assume the Mood of a Blogger
12 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pmChris Brogan blogs about the power of human relationships in a world of virtual interface. His advice and stories are interesting. They are poignant and useful to our work and life.The other day, Chris talked about three factors required for blogging every day: discipline, practice and ideas. How utterly direct and simple. I like that.Blogging every day without those three assets working together is tough. Even more challenging are the days you’re just not in the mood to blog.These are days when discipline, practice and ideas are nothing more than abstractions floating through your… -
Free Software Turns Ideas into Action
11 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pmMaybe you’re like me: full of brilliant ideas, but too disorganized and overwhelmed to make them happen.It seems no matter how hard you try—or don’t try—you just can’t seem to go from thinking to doing. Frustrating, isn’t it?Enter FreeMind software. FreeMind is a simple but powerful mind mapping/productivity program which helps you turn any worthy idea into a plan of action. It’s beautiful, really.Of course, you’ll still have to do the work, but FreeMind eases the pain. Here’s how:Capture and Organize Everything with EaseIt’s… -
Who Are the Outliers of Modern Publishing?
4 Nov 2009 | 11:34 amHaving just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, I was struck with the immediate question: who will be the next outliers of the now-turbulent publishing industry? Who will do for the publishing world what Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Bill Joy did for the computer world?To put this question in context, I refer to Gladwell’s theory. He claims the most successful people in the world don’t just get there by magic fate or raw talent, but rather by an inexplicable blend of opportunity, luck, hard work and timing. (By the way, Outliers is an excellent read.)While I… -
7 Steps to Blog Post Perfection
28 Oct 2009 | 6:07 pmI want you all to know I suffered at the ruthless hands of time and atrophy to bring you this.We’re talking countless hours spent thinking, writing, scribbling, procrastinating, rewriting, deleting, groaning and starting over—all for a blog post.Nowadays it’s better. I developed an easy 7-step system that helps me power through my blog writing. I now get it done not just in record time, but with much better efficiency and competence.So here you go: Get an idea. Ideas are plentiful, and the best way to capture them is to write them down. Fill your notebook with all the ideas…
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Pearsonified
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Have You Seen What Thesis 1.6 Can Do?
29 Oct 2009 | 7:38 amThesis is my software project, and if you haven’t seen it yet, I’d love to show you what it can do! The latest version has been met with tons of enthusiasm, and people have been saying some really awesome things about it. Check out this video I made, and I think you’ll understand why -
Money or Efficiency? Know Where to Place Your Focus
23 Oct 2009 | 11:06 amSomehow, society has been perverted to the point that we think crap can be turned to gold, so long as it makes money. Worse, the venture capital and corporate acquisition culture that has soiled the tech space since the ’90s has brainwashed us all into thinking that in the end, the payoff justifies the means. That’s all bullshit, people. There is no substitute for efficiency and sustainability, and nature proves this time and time again. For some reason, humanity continually repeats its mistakes of the past by ignoring the rules of nature, but in the end, the truth is still the… -
What Does Your Authority Index Say About You?
21 Oct 2009 | 6:28 pmLeft untouched, nature operates in a maximally efficient state. This means that in the long run, nature is always going to favor the most efficient path. In other words, efficiency wins. Everything you do can (and should!) be viewed as an extension of nature. Whether you’re hacking your way around a golf course, running a business, or trying to figure out who to follow on Twitter, you’ll get the best results if you always strive to operate efficiently. You see, nature has done us an incredible favor by literally showing us the blueprint for success. You want to win? Be efficient. -
Interview with Loren Feldman from South By Southwest 2009
2 Apr 2009 | 7:42 pmAt this year’s SXSW, I did a quick little interview with my buddy Loren Feldman of 1938media. Despite the fact that I was massively hungover (note the sexy, drooping eyelids), I still managed to make a few good points about Thesis, the philosophy behind solid WordPress themes, and “social media,” which is the hottest, most unnecessary buzz phrase of the moment. Check out the interview here! -
How to Become a Celebrity
19 Feb 2009 | 5:39 amAfter spending nine months in Hollywood, I’ve learned that pretty much all of the fame-seeking prima donnas out here need a clue. Fortunately, that’s where I come in. Enjoy, and Max—earmuffs!1 Want more Pearsonified? Follow me on Twitter! 1 That’s an Old School reference, didn’t ya know? ↩
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WordPress Development Blog
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WordPress Wins CMS Award
17 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pmI was very excited last week to learn that WordPress has been awarded the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. This is a landmark for us, as it is the first time we’ve won this award, and it marks a shift in the public perception of WordPress, from blog software to full-featured CMS. No small contest, the Open Source CMS Awards received over 12,000 nominations and more than 23,000 votes across five categories. As Hiro Nakamura said when he first bent time and space to land in Times Square: “Yatta!” In addition to winning in the Overall Best… -
Core Contributors at WordCamp NYC
17 Nov 2009 | 5:14 amWordCamp NYC was last weekend, and it was crazy awesome to have so many WordPress users and developers together in one place (final numbers to come, but looks like over 700). One of my favorite moments was right at the end, when someone suggested getting a picture of the core contributors (I’d asked them all to stand so people could applaud them when we were doing the closing remarks). Some of them were camera shy and kept out of the happysnap, but here’s a handful of the people who make WordPress what it is. From left: Matt Martz (sivel), Jeremy Clarke, Shane Froebel (^BuGs^),… -
WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release
12 Nov 2009 | 11:17 am2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended. The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these. Get WordPress 2.8.6. -
Bug Hunt in Progress!
6 Nov 2009 | 4:50 pmJust in case anyone forgot, the first of the November bug hunts for version 2.9 is now in progress, and will last another day. If you’ve got a dev environment set up, please consider pitching in to run some tests and help get us closer to the 2.9 milestone release. -
Upcoming WordCamps
5 Nov 2009 | 6:42 pmThere are six WordCamps coming up before the end of the year, and since I like to make sure people know about it when there’s a WordCamp near them, here’s the list, with some personal commentary thrown in. If you just want the list without my asides, check out the full schedule at WordCamp.org. WordCamp Phoenix is first up, on November 13. I’d planned on attending this one myself before they changed the date (it was originally scheduled for the 7th), but will sadly have to miss it as it conflicts with WordCamp NYC. If you, like me, can’t make it to Phoenix, be sure to…
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Dosh Dosh
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11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action
11 Nov 2009 | 10:41 amInfluence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we’re trying to change how people think and behave. But there’s a problem. You won’t be able to meet and get to know everyone. You won’t have the luxury of learning their life history and what they hate or love. In the online… -
How to Achieve Your Goals by Changing the Way You Surf the Web
5 Nov 2009 | 8:38 amEveryone has their favorite way of using the internet. Many of us search to find what we want, click in to a specific website, read what’s available and click out. That’s not necessarily a bad thing because it’s efficient. We learn to tune out things we don’t need and go straight for what’s essential. This goal-oriented way of surfing the web is largely based on short-term results. For example, finding facts to write a blog post, doing a comparison before making a purchase and reading a news site to find out what’s happening right now. If you do all… -
An Essential Marketing Principle: Give Before You Try to Get
18 May 2009 | 12:31 pmExperts have talked about this before. How many times have you read about the importance of ‘adding value’ for your audience? How many times have you read about ‘building trust’ with your readers/prospects? Many, many times. You know it well. Every marketing guru has spoken about this topic. I’m sick of hearing it. But it STILL bears repeating. Because some people still don’t get it. What’s the underlying principle for successful online marketing, selling or networking? The art of giving before you try to get. Before you get something from… -
Twitter Marketing: Why You Don’t Need to Mass Follow Users
22 Apr 2009 | 10:34 amA few days ago Twitter announced on their status blog that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000 people a day. This rule was designed to cut down on ‘follow spam’, the act of following many Twitter users in order to get them to follow you back or click on your links. When combined with the already existing limit based on follow ratios, this means that it will be more difficult for marketers or self-promoters to rapidly increase their Twitter follower count by following many people. The old days of following thousands of users a day to… -
Ad Swaps: A Smart and Easy Way to Get Free Traffic
15 Apr 2009 | 4:48 pmAfter yesterday’s post on marketing without search engines, I decided to follow up with a strategy you can use to get quality free traffic. One of the easiest ways to get visitors to your web site is to spend money. Nothing is more effortless then paying for traffic. But if you can’t afford it or don’t want to pay, there’s an equally simple but free way to get traffic: ad swaps. An advertisement swap or ad swap is simply an arrangement where you agree to put up someone else’s ad on your site or email newsletter in exchange for them doing the same. The goal of an…
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Group Writing Projects
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7 Things You Are Thankful For Group Writing Project 2009
15 Nov 2009 | 5:25 amFor the 2nd year running, Luke Gedeon celebrating American Thanksgiving with a group writing project, and he’d like to know for what you are thankful. Theme 7 Things you are thankful for Rules Write a blog post listing at least 7 things you are thankful for. Recommended: link back to the announcement post. To submit your entry, check that your blog post leaves a trackback on the announcement post or else contact Luke using one of these methods. Submission Deadline Wednesday November 25th 2009 Results Thursday November 26th 2009 --Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group… -
Writing To Learn Group Writing Project
7 Nov 2009 | 10:00 amJoanna Young’s latest group writing project is about the relationship between writing and learning. Theme Writing to Learn In Joanna’s words: “The floor is pretty much open, but here are some more questions that might get your creative juices going: How do you write to learn? What have your learned from writing? How have you adapted your writing in order to learn more, better, faster? What do you want to change in order to learn through writing in the future?” Rules Write a new blog post on topic. The post must contain a link back to the announcement post. To submit… -
Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
14 Oct 2009 | 7:30 amBlog Action Day is about bloggers trying to raise awareness by everyone blogging about the same theme for a given day. It’s one massive group writing project and this year’s theme is Climate Change. Theme Climate Change Official quote: “Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices.”… -
Minimalist Sailing Group Writing Project
9 Oct 2009 | 5:00 amTillerman wants to hear about how you would drill down sailing to its bare essentials. Theme Minimalist Sailing In Tillerman’s words: “What are the fundamentals of sailing that we enjoy? Such simple things.. wind, water… and some machine that propels us using those elements. Why make it more complicated and fussy than it needs to be? Let’s get back to basics. Less is more.” Rules Write a new post on topic. Link to the announcement post on the Proper Course blog. To submit your entry, email tillermeister [at] gmail [dot] com with your permalink url and post title. -
What I Learned From Limits Group Writing Project
8 Oct 2009 | 5:00 amThe latest Middle Zone Musings group writing project is about the limits we’ve all experienced to frustration at one time or another. Theme Limits In Robert’s words: “You really want to get where you’re going, or accomplish that thing you’ve set your heart (or possibly even your future financial fortune) on, or whatever it is you’re aiming for – and then some danged fool has gone and shackled you with some kind of limitation or two! Augh! Drat! Grrr!” The Usual WILF Rules Write a new post on topic or submit one from your blog archives. Link to the announcement post on…
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About.com Web Logs
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Monitor Your Keyword Mentions on Twitter with TweetBeep
19 Nov 2009 | 11:15 pmThere is a handy tool that you can use to keep track of mentions of any keywords you choose online called Google Alerts. Many people and businesses use Google Alerts for online reputation management. In other words, they want to know what people are saying online about them, their businesses, their products, or any other keywords they choose. With the easy to use TweetBeep Twitter app, you can monitor mentions of your chosen keywords on Twitter, too. It just takes a few seconds to set up alerts for your selected keywords using TweetBeep. You can choose to receive hourly or daily emails that… -
Organize Your Twitter Activities with TweetDeck
19 Nov 2009 | 4:09 amThere are so many free Twitter apps out there, that it can be hard to decide which ones to test first. If you have more than a few hundred Twitter followers, and you haven't tried TweetDeck yet, then this is a Twitter app you need to check out. TweetDeck lets you organize and manage your followers into groups, making it easy to keep track of conversations. If you find yourself missing important tweets in your cluttered Twitter stream, then TweetDeck can help. You can read my review of TweetDeck here, and be sure to click the Write a Review button at the end of my review to add your own. You… -
51 Blogger Jobs Listed in the About.com Web Logs Forum
15 Nov 2009 | 6:08 am51 blogger jobs have been listed in the About.com Web Logs forum in the Blogging Jobs folder. If you need some extra money for the holidays, a paid blogging job might be perfect for you right now! Speaking of the holidays, have you decided what presents to get the bloggers in your life this year? Take a look at my list of gifts for bloggers. If you want to spend a bit less, take a look at my list of inexpensive gifts for bloggers. 51 Blogger Jobs Listed in the About.com Web Logs Forum originally appeared on About.com Web Logs on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at 14:08:00.Permalink | Comment |… -
How to Make Money Selling Merchandise Through Your Blog
12 Nov 2009 | 11:59 pmDid you know that there are Web sites that allow you to upload your own designs and print those designs on T-shirts, mugs, bags, and more, which you can sell through your blog? You can even set up your own online store in a matter of minutes. Not only that -- you also can use designs offered by the merchandise site or uploaded by other users and sell items with those designs printed on them through your blog. The Web site handles orders, payments, shipping, returns, production and customer service. Items are printed on demand (when a customer places an order), so you don't have to worry about… -
Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2009
11 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pmTechnorati released its annual blogger survey results recently. The 2009 State of the Blogosphere report is available on Technorati's site (follow the preceding link to view it). This year's study provides some interesting insight into the goals and habits of nearly 3,000 bloggers as well as statistics from Technorati's index and Lijit. Perhaps most interesting in the report is the breakdown of bloggers into four primary categories: hobbyists, part-timers, self-employeds and professionals. Each group has different goals for their blogs and invests different amounts of time on their blogs.
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Blog For Profit
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7 Top Content Tips for Bloggers – Part 6: Management
19 Nov 2009 | 7:32 amContributed by: Roger C. Parker Blog marketing success involves blog content management. Management implies that you not only plan your blog posts, but that you manage—or protect—them so that they will be available for later use. Blog content management becomes necessary when you view yourself as a proactive—as opposed to reactive—blogger. Proactive versus reactive bloggers Most bloggers are reactive. Most of a reactive blogger’s posts are in response to topics currently in the news, or currently being addressed by popular and influential bloggers in their field. Accordingly, their… -
Headway Themes 1.5 is live and ready for download
14 Nov 2009 | 7:08 amContributed by Clay Griffiths, developer of Headway Themes. Well, it has been a long time, but Headway 1.5 is finally ready for the public! Thank you, beta testers :-). You can log into the members’ area and download version 1.5 where you previously downloaded 1.0.1. If you’re installing or upgrading 1.5, read the instructions. Yes, I’m even talking to you technologically advanced folks. Click here for instructions on upgrading from 1.0.1 to 1.5 Click here if you’re installing 1.5 for the first time Changelog Additions: NEW LEAF: Photo Gallery Completely new interface. -
3 Simple Words That Are Destroying Your Blog
12 Nov 2009 | 7:58 amDid you know that your blog is slowly being eaten away by words? Seriously! You may not realize it yet, but your blog could be so much better if you only knew the definition of these three words. Did you want me to tell you what they are? Productivity You’re probably thinking that productivity is a good thing. Well, yes and no. You see, many bloggers aren’t using this word properly. The word productivity means the state of being productive. That is, you have to actually produce something to be productive. Do you have Google Wave? So what? I wrote five posts across four separate… -
How a Kitchen Timer Helps My Blog
11 Nov 2009 | 7:00 amThanks to a tweet from one of my tweeps on Twitter, I recently discovered the Pomodoro Technique, a unique system of time management. Pomodoro means tomato in Italian, and the technique is named for the tomato kitchen timer that the creator of this system used when first implementing his system. The premise behind the Pomodoro technique is that you set your timer for 25 or 30 minutes and seriously focus on one task for that time. At the end of the 25 minutes you get a 3 to 5 minute break to do whatever you want. Tweet on Twitter, check Facebook, grab coffee, read blogs…and then set the… -
There is no such thing as a shortcut to a successful blog
10 Nov 2009 | 11:39 amOver the last week or so I have had the unpleasant experience of watching as a so called “marketing firm” uses some rather awful “SEO tricks.” Why have I been watching this? Mainly because they have sold their bag of snake oil to one of our blogsite design clients. Let me first qualify why I am writing this post. I am not at all bitter at this firm. Their own stupid ass practices will net them just what they deserve. The sick feeling I feel in my stomach, while I get the feeds in my RSS reader are for our former client. What sickens me the most is the fact they were…
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10 new WordPress plugins you might want to test
4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 amWith the StudioPress WordPress themes you can really take your blog to a higher level!The wonderful community of WordPress developers constantly provides us with interesting new themes and plugins. I have scanned the most recent WordPress plugin releases and came up with a list of 10 plugins definitely worth taking a look at. Keep in might that these are new releases and so, their stability and status should be considered as BETA. You might want to test them on a backup server before going live. The descriptions listed here are those submitted by the plugins’ authors and do not… -
Corporate Blogging Guide (7): Blog Performance Tracking Tools
3 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pmLooking for really affordable premium WordPress themes?A blog’s success is measured through both its number of active readers or of RSS subscribers and its performance in traffic: number of page views, of unique visitors, popularity, page rank and many others. There are a few methods to obtain the needed statistics to track and measure such indicators. 1. Access and traffic statistics Google, the most powerful and popular search engine in the world, provides bloggers with traffic statistics though its free Google Analytics service. By choosing a free Google Analytics account, you can… -
Halloween Special: Don’t be afraid to blog!
31 Oct 2009 | 7:03 amLooking for really affordable premium WordPress themes?Happy Halloween folks! As you might have noticed, Blogsessive has changed its “clothes” on this special occasion. Don’t worry, the nerd will be back tomorrow, when Dracula “leaves the building”. Now, since this is a special occasion, the topic for today’s article has been inspired by a comment I received on part 6 of the Corporate Blogging Guide: I think we all start our blogs worried people might not like us and when they do, we don’t want to change for fear of losing readers. I’ll take experiments… -
Corporate Blogging Guide (6): Blogging Tips to Get You Started
30 Oct 2009 | 7:32 amDo you need quality design resources? Graphic River has them. Tons! And cheap...Regardless of the blog type you choose, be it personal or corporate, the following pieces of advice are meant to guide your steps in your future blogging activity. These are the most important blog tips you’ll need to follow when starting a new blogging adventure! 1. Look for ideas at any time and in any place A conversation in the subway, a debate or piece of news heard on the car radio, anything can turn into a new topic for your blog. Keep your mind open and tune your hearing, combine them with good… -
Corporate Blogging Guide (5): Blog Editors & Editorial Policy
28 Oct 2009 | 1:37 pmDo you need quality design resources? Graphic River has them. Tons! And cheap...Depending on the type of corporate blog you’re targeting, you can then put together an editorial team. To make sure you correctly appoint those in charge of content generation and blog management, you need to consider the following criteria: 1. Criteria to help build the editorial team The future bloggers needs to be/have: Experts in the filed they are going to cover; A good communicator, able to manage potential communication crises arising from dialogues and feedback generated by the blog; Concise, clear…
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jParse: A jQuery XML Parser Plugin
20 Nov 2009 | 3:48 amjParse is a jQuery plugin that can asynchronously fetch an XML file (AJAX, in other words) and parse it for display. It works in all modern browsers, plus Internet Explorer 6+, and the file is only 1.8KB in size. It’s basic usage looks something like this, where #item-cont is the element that the XML content will be displayed in: $('#item-cont').jParse({ ajaxOpts: {url: 'digg-feed.xml'}, count: '#item-count' }); The script’s biggest limitation is that you can’t request an XML file from another domain, because of JavaScript’s Cross-Site Scripting taboo. You could, if… -
Preventing the Caching of Dynamic Functions in WP Super Cache
19 Nov 2009 | 3:40 amWP Super Cache is commonly used to speed up WordPress blogs and reduce server load. In essence, it stores static HTML copies of pages on your blog so they will load faster the next time they are accessed. It works fairly well, but with one caveat that may be frustrating at times: The pages don’t change until the cache expires (every 30-60 minutes or so) and the static page is updated. That makes it hard to do some things where you need to process information unique to each user, such as checking HTTP referrer headers and serving ads to visitors coming from search engines. Fortunately,… -
How to Secure Your WordPress Installation
18 Nov 2009 | 3:12 amDigging into WordPress has recently published a new article on securing WordPress. It covers setting up optimal database privileges, adjustments you can make to your wp-config.php file, changing the table prefix, changing the default admin username, and a couple other things. Of course, when it comes to the security of your WordPress site, these techniques are merely the beginning. As you continue in your WordPress travels, you will discover many, many more ways to increase the security of your site. By implementing the methods presented in this article during the setup process, you will be… -
CSS white-space Property
17 Nov 2009 | 3:34 amHere’s an interesting and little-mentioned CSS property: white-space. With it you can prevent an element’s contents from line wrapping, create pre text, even pre text that wraps when necessary. The syntax is like this: #mydiv { white-space: nowrap; } The above example is fairly self-exaplanatory; it prevents the text inside the #mydiv div from wrapping. If #mydiv had a fixed width, the text would spill out of the container. However, there are practical uses for this behavior. Have you ever wanted to have an inline element (perhaps a span containing the category a blog post is… -
WordPress Theme of the Month: Glassical
16 Nov 2009 | 3:51 amThis month’s featured WordPress theme is Glassical, once again brought to you by Smashing Magazine. Glassical is a nice clean theme with a good attention to detail. It’s light and modern, and it has support for threaded comments and other neat WordPress features. The typography is nice, and I particularly like the slick, glassy search bar. The metadata section on post pages is interesting. I like the tags’ styling, though I’m not too crazy about expending so much room for showing which categories are applied to a post. (Ideally a post should only be assigned to one…
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Blogging Without A Blog
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What Does Your Blog Say About You
17 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pmDot over at Deeper Issues and I must be blogging sisters as we both enjoy looking at, experimenting with and/or changing our themes. In the beginning days of blogging, I changed the theme to this blog quite regularly, but now use my test site to play with new themes so I don’t confuse all of you by making too many changes here. On my next project, which is STILL under construction, I’m not only getting posts written for the unveiling, but am redesigning the theme. I’ve changed colors, added widgets, created and recreated the header a half dozen times, and played with so many… -
Blog Yourself To A Smaller World
14 Nov 2009 | 12:59 pmAnyone who has been blogging for any length of time soon finds out blogging can become addictive. So addictive, it can begin to rule our life. Some bloggers stop socializing with their real life friends. Others spend so much time in front of their computer, their health begins to suffer. Weight gain can result, as well as other unhealthy habits. With all of the benefits blogging has, it’s sad to think the down side can be so huge. Today’s Lesson Blogging has a way of slowly drawing us in. In the beginning it’s very subtle. We may find we’re spending more time on our… -
Let Your Blog Work For You – 25 Ways
10 Nov 2009 | 5:54 pmThe topic of how to make money with a blog gets beat to death. You’ve read it. I’ve read it. We’ve all read it. Truth be told, not all that many bloggers are making money WITH their blogs. What’s happening instead is people are making money BECAUSE they have a blog. Today’s Lesson Placing ads on a blog may generate a small income, however, those who claim to have become “six figure bloggers” by doing this, appear to be the exception, not the norm. Their success comes from having HUGH amounts of traffic landing on their blog(s) and clicking on their… -
If He Can, She Can
7 Nov 2009 | 3:02 amI’ve been wanting to use this photo for a long time. After rereading the comments on the “Large Gender Gap Evident In Blogosphere” post, today is the perfect day. Many who commented on the gender gap post were surprised the ratio of male to female bloggers was so large (66.7% males vs 33.3% females). Some doubt the accuracy of the numbers as the survey was done by Technorati, a site that appears to be dominated by males. But, that’s not the topic for today’s post. Today we’re talking about female bloggers. Today’s Lesson When I started blogging in… -
Large Gender Gap Evident In Blogosphere
3 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pmBloggers come from all walks of life. In fact, many people enjoy blogging as it is nondiscriminatory. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman, rich or poor, old or young, educated or not; the door to blogging is open. However, it appears more men walk through the door to blogging than women. Today’s Lesson Technorati recently released their “State of the Blogosphere 2009″ findings. From a questionnaire to which 2900 bloggers responded, Technorati compiled an extremely comprehensive report which includes (but in not limited to) the following information with…
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The Business Blogging Guide
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BBB is now MBG
14 Nov 2009 | 12:55 pmThe Business Blogging Guide is now the Mommy Bloggers Guide. I am now teaching moms how to blog and make money with their blog. Because of this new direction I decided to change the new of the blog and come up with a whole new blog and format. You will be forwarded to the new site within 5 seconds. -
How to Use Backlinks to Grow your Blog
5 Sep 2009 | 12:11 amWhat do you know about link building process? Why bother with link building? What link building services can do for a website? The answers are quite simple. Link building is a process of creating inbound links to either a blog or webpage. In fact, it is one of the most effective and important... -
Search Engine Marketing Tricks
29 Jul 2009 | 5:39 pmIf you are a business owner you need your company's website or blog to rank on top of all major SERPs (search engine results pages) for the major search terms important to your business. To achieve this goal it is important that you understand various search engine optimization tricks that can... -
Unselfish Self Promotion
25 May 2009 | 9:34 pmAs a blogger or even business person you need to promote yourself. Many people think it is embarrassing to promote themselves but if you want to make a living as a blogger or business person you must promote yourself. No one else is going to do it for you. There is, however, a way to do it. By... -
Make Money Writing Mom Blogging Articles
21 May 2009 | 10:23 pmDo you have a blog and would you like to earn $25 for each article you write from a Mom's perspective? The Mom Bloggers Club is looking for Moms who would like to write for their weekly newsletter. Mom blogging is very popular now and many stay at home moms are making a living setting up blogs to...
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My Build A Better Blog presentation at London Bloggers Meetup video
16 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pmAndy Bargery, the organizer of London Bloggers Meetup, liked my blog and asked if I could present the 58 Ways To Build A Better Blog article at one of the events. So on November 3rd I did the presentation at the London Bloggers Meetup. It was my first ever presentation outside the university doors. To try and not bore people too much, I shortened the article, made it even more to the point than it was and added a joke or two. Marko Saric at London Bloggers Meetup Thanks a lot to Filip Matous of StandStrong.TV as he filmed it all, edited it and uploaded it so I can share the end result with… -
How to boost your blog traffic using trackbacks
10 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pmHowToMakeMyBlog reader Daan had the following comment to my recent post about how I built my blog traffic. 50 visitors from a trackback is a great number, in most cases it is higher than what you would get from blog commenting, so I asked Daan if he could write a guest post about his experience with building traffic via trackbacks. How to boost your blog traffic using trackbacks By Daan A blog without readers (and comments) is a dead blog. One (quite easy, but lucrative) way to promote your blog is using trackbacks. Trackback is Wordpress-lingo meaning: Trackback: helps you notify another… -
6 ways to create link magnets with every blog post
3 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pmThere is nothing easier than having a blog these days. Everyone and their dog is blogging. But that doesn’t mean that every blog is worth reading. As a matter of fact, most blogs suck and they suck for a reason. Most blogs are “me too!” blogs. By reading this blog you already proved that you don’t belong to the “me too!” crowd. Creating link-worthy blog content Creating link-worthy content should be your main concern because everything else will follow. Referring traffic, traffic from organic search and, in the end, direct traffic directly depend on how… -
My review of WordPress 2 iPhone App for mobile blogging
29 Oct 2009 | 5:02 pmWordPress 2 iPhone app has just been released. I had a quick look and I like it. It is a perfect iPhone application for mobile blogging. It is very simple to log in to your WordPress blogs (both .com and .org). Blog URL, username and password are all the things you need. WordPress iPhone app now features a very easy to use navigation on the bottom of the screen with “Comments”, “Posts” and “Pages” . This navigation allows you to easily switch between these areas. WordPress 2 iPhone comments area Comments area lets you review comments, approve, unapprove,… -
Link internally to increase blog page views, improve usability and Google rankings
25 Oct 2009 | 5:02 pmLinking to your internal blog posts is one of the most important aspects of building a successful blog. TechThinker commented on my blog traffic post: I love the way you interlink all your blog posts. Your posts always remind me of the importance of doing Internal links. Why are blog internal links important? First of all it is a great service for your readers to introduce them to an article that has more detailed information about a topic you mention. It increases your page views, improves the user-experience of your visitors and introduces them to some of your older blog posts. Blog…
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I Am In Backup Hell
6 Nov 2009 | 3:08 pmI’ve had a motherload of technical issues over the course of a whole week. Many of which have resulted in failed hardware or Microsoft technology hickups. No one is never happy when unrelated, problematic events occur one right after the other and one never gets the right amount of sleep until the dragon has been slayed and blood is spilled. One aspect of of Microsoft that seems to be a cloud of WTF is distributed file system. Why in the world would Microsoft not upgrade you from the previous FRS to DFS when you’ve clearly selected DFS in the Windows R2 upgrade. No clue. Just the… -
Why I Removed TweetBoard and Used Twitter Widgets Instead
26 Oct 2009 | 10:53 pmThe Tweetboard idea from 140ware was an interesting way to display your tweets on your website. For a while I’ve used it on The Network Technician but I felt like it was lagging somewhere. Tweetboard had a nice pull out interface from a tab that displayed on the left side of the screen but it didn’t do it in a smooth way. Once the whole tweetboard was open in had an ugly color that didn’t blend nicely with my site. I had no clue if that was customizable. Also it just displayed all my tweets. Of course you had to log in with your account to make Twitter updates but I had a… -
Time for Windows 7
13 Oct 2009 | 10:31 pmI’ve decided to give Windows 7 a try. After my horrific experience with Vista I went to Ubuntu but at work we are a Windows environment. Many of our useful features do not work at all in a Linux environment. Instead of keeping Ubuntu as my dedicated OS I will be moving it to a VM environment. Let’s see how this works out for me! Share and Enjoy: -
How to Remove “Powered By Machform” From Email and Contact Form
23 Sep 2009 | 7:38 amThe Machform contact form from Appnitro is one of the best forms for Wordpress, in my opinion. It’s relatively inexpensive and for the features, flexibility, and ease of use it’s certainly worth paying for. One of the reasons why I purchased the Machform from Appnitro is for it’s anti-spam capabilities and features that the contact form submitter sees. Unfortunately, for a purchased plugin to Wordpress, they add their own link love to the footer of your contact form and to any response emails sent to anyone submitting a contact form. It’s unacceptable if you want to… -
There Should Be A Club..
18 Sep 2009 | 7:30 amKanye West has created a storm with his stupid act at the MTV VMA’s. I tried looking for the video on YouTube but it’s just plastered with idiotic people video blogging about what happened. The real video is very hard to find on YouTube but at least MTV has it up on their site. MTV Shows That specific moment caused a frenzy all over the web such as Kanye Interrupting President Obama. That last part when Obama says, “That’s not true.”, is pretty funny! But Obama agrees with everyone else that Kanye West is just a jackass. Obama is just a regular person and I agree…
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Why You Need A Mastermind Group
20 Nov 2009 | 5:43 amYesterday, I was over in Celebration, FL for a meeting of the minds. It was a mastermind meeting. Several people in internet business gathered in a board room and talked shop for several hours. The way it worked was this: First, presentations. Nothing formal, but if any of the group members wanted to present some useful information, that would happen. Hot seats. Each of us would take our turn on the hot seat. We could talk about our businesses and our challenges, and get help from the rest of the group. It is incredibly powerful. In 2009, one of the biggest contributing factors to my business… -
Are Bloggers Just Crappy Business People?
17 Nov 2009 | 9:42 amThe question had to be asked. In fact, a few of us were even discussing this very question when I was in Vegas for BlogWorld Expo. Most bloggers wonder how to make money with a blog. The default answer seems to be to write a lot, build traffic, then sell ads. That blogger thinks he’s building his “business” by writing even more. Problem is, it oftens leads to this…. So, the plan is that you’ll start a blog, write a lot, write some more, get famous and then sell a few ads on the blog. Attract sponsors and cash in, right? With so much competing noise out there, this kind of… -
Return From Pukecon
16 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pmSometimes things just don’t go according to plan. As my subscribers know, I flew to Las Vegas last week for Pubcon, a leading conference for the search marketing and SEO industry. I had high hopes and was expecting a good time. Day 1 went well. Picked up some good tips, took some notes and met up with a few people. That night, I decided to get some work done rather than attend the Pubcon party because they were doing it at a night club. I don’t care how cool people think they are at parties at a night club, I find it counter-intuitive for a conference built around networking. It is so… -
The Secret To A Huge Mailing List – EXPOSED
16 Nov 2009 | 4:36 amThis is the secret to list building that they don’t want you to know. Find or create something which people in your market will find valuable or helpful, Give it to them in exchange for their email address. Do this a lot. Now you know. If you tell anybody else this secret, be sure to whisper. P.S. Oh, just one more thing. It also helps to have a mailing list solution worthy of building a big list with. and for that, I recommend Aweber. That one isn’t any secret because most people worth their salt like Aweber, too. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Why Bloggers… -
Tweet or Die, Big Corp
9 Nov 2009 | 6:10 amBack in 2008, I was walking inside the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas. I was heading over to a party thrown by B5 Media inside one of the many restaurants inside Luxor. I couldn’t find it. I was straight-up lost. Just to vent, I took out my phone and tweeted about it. Within a couple of minutes, I got a Twitter reply from the Luxor telling me where to find the restaurant. I was so damn impressed, I tweeted about it. They replied: I am heading back to Vegas yet again (I seem to go there a few times per year for various conferences). I had reservations at Bally’s. Well, in following the #pubcon…
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Ooops, we’re down
19 Nov 2009 | 2:23 amUpdate: we’re back and everything should work again. Thanks for your patience! We’re sorry for this, but Twingly.com is down. Also data customers using Livefeed our Analytics are effected. The Blogstream Widget could have some problems but should work as it should for most of our partners and is loading for everyone, but new bloglinks might not get into it in some cases. Our great dev-team is working hard to get it up again. We’ll keep you updated here and on Twitter. The Twingly Live stream could also be a good thing to follow. -
The Swedish EU Presidency goes Twingly
18 Nov 2009 | 7:52 amThis is a guest post from the editorial team of the Swedish EU Presidency: The editorial team for se2009.eu – the Swedish EU Presidency website – has been working since 1 June this year to bring the latest EU news to our readers. Now we are taking one step further by linking the Presidency website to the blogosphere with the help of Twingly Blogstream. We believe that by doing this we can attract more visitors and new, enthusiastic readers. And we hope that you who are bloggers will discover se2009.eu and enjoy the opportunity to comment on what we write about. Time is flying by,… -
Introducing Permalinks & Email notifications
18 Nov 2009 | 6:39 amOne of the problems with the social aspects of Channels so far has been that no one knows if someone answered their comment and that it’s been more or less impossible to find the story again. Until now. Today we’re rolling out some sweet permalinks and email notifications that’ll keep you noticed and active in the discussions, which we hope will make Channels more social and a place where discussions are flowing like never before. Wanna try it? Here’s a nice little discussion you can join, simply click on this permalink… -
Twingly Hold’em
17 Nov 2009 | 11:30 pmOnce again, we are proud to welcome a new member to our fastgrowing Twingly-family. This time it’s Sweden’s most popular website for pokerplayers, Poker.se, that’s starting to use Twingly Blogstream. We are looking forward to some interesting comments from the blogosphere – there’s without a doubt a lot to be said about the topic of gambling. And, of course we have to leave you with a little teaser. We are working with another pretty exciting launch, so stay tuned… -
Twingly Live is Live!
10 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pmThe realtime web is very useful when it comes to following and commenting on realtime IRL events like concerts, conferences, tv broadcasts or similar. We also believe this will be one of the main usages of Twingly Channels in the future. So, we developed a neat little backchannel solution called Twingly Live until Channels is ready for that kind of usage. And it’s awesome. Twingly Live is a realtime Twitter stream for a certain keyword. There’s no delay between Twitter and Twingly Live, so when you’re posting something at Twitter it will show instantly in Twingly Live.
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WordPress App Store is live – Not the official one though!
16 Nov 2009 | 2:50 amWordPress is the best blogging platform and there is no doubt about that, other than that it is also becoming the first choice CMS (content management system) for corporates too. One of the major reason for the same is that WordPress is pretty simple and even though it has got less inbuilt features, there are thousands of plugins that are available for free and extend the it to match the existing CMS. It’s simplicity attracts thousands of developers and is one of the fastest growing CMS at the moment. Because of this simplicity offered by WordPress, there are many developers who create… -
Managing your images in WordPress
13 Nov 2009 | 2:07 am“A picture is worth a thousand words”. This phrase emerged in the USA in the early part of the 20th century. Its introduction is widely attributed to Frederick R. Barnard, who published a piece commending the effectiveness of graphics in advertising with the title “One look is worth a thousand words”, in Printer’s Ink, December 1921. It refers to the idea that complex stories can be described with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. Today in our dynamic world this is more important than ever before. Today… -
Blogging the road to business success – Interview with Steve Kaufmann
6 Nov 2009 | 9:57 amMaintaining a marketing blog is a smart, cheap and one of the best ways to promote your business that can have a longer lifetime and give you greater exposure to your customers and potential customers than traditional media like newspapers. By running a marketing blog you can create greater exposure for your company’s products and services using the advantages of the world wide web to maintain the awareness and visibility about what you do, to publish a steady stream of news about your business development and develop relationship and trust with your clients. Steve Kaufmann is a Canadian… -
Boost Your Blog’s Speed!
2 Nov 2009 | 10:17 amSo you want to create a high-traffic site? It’s so cool to have all those plugins too. But will WordPress be sufficient for your high-traffic site? Will it survive tons of heavy traffic every day? Well the answer can be yes as long as you take care of few things. Here are some tips on how to speed up your WordPress site. Before you go ahead with this blog post, you should go ahead and read the following post as well – Unclutter your blog. Stay up to date with the latest WordPress version and plugins Staying up to date with the latest version of WordPress is really a must do. Make sure… -
Your blog design as your first impression in the virtual world
26 Oct 2009 | 7:22 amDoes your blog design really matters after all or is it just a luxury toy for the ultra-rich bloggers? Well, it plays approximately the same role in representing your blog to the world as looks do for women. A pretty woman will definitely be “right” at the moment she appears in front of the people. Later on, she may turn out to be stupid, boring, or even malicious, but she has won the first battle anyway. The same goes for your blog. You may have the best of the content however if you don’t have a good blog design, you’ll still lose a lot of readers just because the…
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Mike's Life - Life Can Get Better!
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Mike's Life POW - 20th November 2009
20 Nov 2009 | 6:44 amHere we go for my favorite posts of this week: 7 Reasons why you should quit blogging By Robert Bravery on Integral Web Solutions Very funny post from Robert, well the last part is anyway! With Chrome OS, Google intends to destroy the desktop and Microsoft By Ben Parr on Mashable Typically in depth post from Ben, which really explains what the long-rumored OS from Google is actually going to be like. Who makes more money – authors, bloggers or internet marketers? By Yaro Starak on Entrepreneurs Journey It’s a question I’ve often asked myself, and I came to the same… -
Sorry guys, but those are NOT membership sites
19 Nov 2009 | 4:28 amThe latest membership site launched a couple of weeks ago in a blaze of hype. Limited numbers, doors dramatically reopening for a day to let those desperate stragglers in, lots of talk about the “last chance this year” and so on. This particular one was for three months at $297 and was typical of several such launches this year. But these aren’t membership sites! They’re training courses. Sure they contain lots of information, no doubt very useful and beautifully presented, but at the end of the day they are information products just like the ones we have been selling for years, only… -
Why you need to make me cry
18 Nov 2009 | 4:02 am“A good writer can either make people laugh, or make them cry. A great writer can do both, in the same piece.” Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I talked about why we HAVE to become better writers on our blogs in my last post. And since then I’ve spent a few days analyzing some amazing blog writing in order to discover the secret formula and share it with you. Of course, there isn’t one….. Great posts come in all shapes and sizes, in every style and format. The best I can do is to select some elements that may be used to create great writing, and I’ll write about… -
Why you have to become a better writer
15 Nov 2009 | 3:25 amI had the pleasure of interviewing Penelope Trunk last night for the forthcoming book Beyond Blogging. She’s interesting, helpful and full of insight, and she made a major contribution to the book, and you should go and join the email list for the book when you’ve read this. But there was one thing she said that left me lying awake last night and that kept running through my brain: “Look at all the top blogs out there, the so called A-Listers. One thing they all have in common is the quality of the writing. Even the technical ones have extraordinary, fantastic writers.” Of course,… -
Book Review - How to be rich and happy
14 Nov 2009 | 8:36 amI recently read (and actioned!) the John P. Strelecky / Tim Brownson book, How to be rich and happy. I loved it, and so will you! Here’s my video review: Review - How to be rich and happy from Mike CJ on Vimeo. Find out more about the book here. Disclosure: I will earn a commission if you buy the book through one of these links. As always that has made no difference to my review. Other Mike’s Life reviews: 1/ Google Chrome 2/ Feedmail Pro 3/ Richard Branson’s Business stripped bare
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Twitter Goes LIVE! And Why It’s a Big Deal
The little app that could has finally grown up. No matter what you may think of Twitter there's no denying it is a phenomena. Twitter is on Letterman, celebrities are using it and even Microsoft got into a bidding war with Google over it. Everybody wants a piece of Twitter ... -
Stop H1N1 Swine Flu In It’s Tracks
A Public Service Announcement: One of the ways you can stop the spread of H1N1 influenza, seasonal flu and other diseases is to wash your hands often with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizers. This video demonstrates the proper way to wash your hands, along with helpful tips and hints ... -
Happy Halloween 2009 Blokesters!
I hope you enjoy this evening as adorable little goblins with smiling faces come a-knockin' on your door for sweets and treats. Make sure your child is street-safe and with the flu season upon us don't forget to be sanitary and keep your hands clean. Tell your kids to not eat ... -
7 Steps to Writing Better Blog Posts
If you aspire to have one of the top blogs in your niche then you need to pay attention to your blog posts. Watch this video and discover 7 blogging tips that are simple to implement. It does a decent job of summarizing what I have been saying all these ... -
What Should A Blogging Bloke Write About .. Eh?
Since my last blog post I've been feeling a little better and I'm mulling over what BLOGBloke should be writing about. You might have noticed that I broadened the niche of this blog from "blog tips" to include social media tips and news. Although I would argue the niche is ...
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U.S. Caselaw in Google Scholar
17 Nov 2009 | 11:03 amLast night, an important new feature launched on Google Scholar: more than 80 years of US federal caselaw (including tax and bankruptcy courts) and over 50 years of state caselaw is now fully searchable online, for free at Google Scholar. This project is the culmination of much work, led by a remarkable engineer at Google named Anurag Acharya. Shortly after I arrived at Google, I heard about a small group of people working to make legal information available through Google. Given my background, I was particularly interested to see if there was a role for me - and thanks to Google's culture of… -
Daemon Sequel Freedom(tm) available for pre-order
10 Nov 2009 | 4:39 pmCould not be more excited about this news: Freedom(tm), Daniel Suarez's sequel to Daemon is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Let the count-down begin: the book is available in just over 8 weeks! In case anyone doesn't remember me raving about Daemon, here's my original review, and January's follow-up post discussing the soon-to-be re-released Daemon in hard-back. Paramount has Daemon in pre-production, where the screen-writer who wrote WarGames is co-writing the screenplay. -
University of Richmond Law School
10 Nov 2009 | 9:00 amImage via Wikipedia Though I don't practice law, I'm a proud graduate of the University of Richmond Law School - it was an extraordinary three years of my life. It was there that I really learned how to think critically, learned how to argue (much to my wife's chagrin), and learned how to be an entrepreneur. Yeah, you read that right. Law school is hardly where one thinks about being (let alone becoming) an entrepreneur. Yet along with a group of fellow students, I founded a law journal that was the first in the world to publish online - with the Dean's active support and the encouragement of… -
Twitter list word cloud
5 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pmI've been enjoying Twitter Lists in the last week... for those that don't know, Lists gives others the ability to "curate" Twitter IDs into groups. You can see which lists I've been added to by clicking here. It struck me that this is the first time I've had such a view into how others categorize me. I took the words others used to describe me, and then went to Wordle to generate a word cloud based on those words. (I'll bet someone builds a service to generate these word clouds automatically within a week.) Gets it about right, actually. -
What Would Augsburg Do?
5 Nov 2009 | 5:47 amA couple weeks ago I attended the fall board meeting for Augsburg Fortress. Augsburg is a publisher affiliated with the ELCA, which is the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. My connection to Augsburg is a result of a speech I gave to a group of leaders in the ELCA several years ago, and has been a remarkable experience for the last two years. It’s remarkable for several reasons: it’s my first experience sitting on a board, so that alone makes it a worthwhile effort. But what makes it so rewarding – and so challenging – is the difficulty of being part of a traditional…
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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Open Office
18 Nov 2009 | 7:38 pmEverybody's talking about the office suite for the next decade. Microsoft Office 2010 is in beta. Google is waging a vaporware offensive, trying to convince people that it is about to engage in some much needed alchemy with Google Docs. Meanwhile, Open Office just plugs along. Being just as free as Google Docs, and, at least, just about as good as the ever-bloating Microsoft Office suite. I'm all about free, and I live in the cloud. There are free and cloudy apps for just about everything. But the choices for word processing applications are slim, which is… -
Compute Easily and Cheaply With Cloudy, Free Software Alternatives
17 Nov 2009 | 10:22 pmMy computer was getting a little long in the tooth, so when Windows 7 was released, I decided to buy a new one. I also decided, following my earlier move to Google Apps, to create my application toolbox with as many cloud applications and free software alternatives as reasonably possible. Here's what I did, for those who want to simplify their computer toolbox and put some extra money in their pockets. The Computer I bought an HP Pavilion Elite e9280t. I've had good luck with HP computers, both laptops and desktops, so I decided to stay with what was working. Plus, it… -
The Face(book) is Familiar
17 Nov 2009 | 6:06 pmI've spent lots of blog space and podcast time pooping all over Facebook. Saying how it is for kids, that it's AOL 2.0, that it's the internet kiddie pool. I was right, and I was wrong. Mostly wrong. Facebook is all of those things, of course, but perhaps in an evolutionary- and not a pejorative- way. More than anything else, Facebook is like Brawndo: it's got what people crave. Over time I have mostly capitulated to Facebook, simply because it's the only path to a lot of people I want to interact with. I create almost all of my content out here on the big,… -
Delaney's Swim Meet
14 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pmDelaney has been a competitive swimmer for most of her 8 years. Currently, she swims for Rice Aquatics. She had a swim meet today at the University of Houston. She swam the individual medley, the freestyle and the backstroke, and did great. Here are her IM and freestyle swims. Delaney's Swim Meet from Kent Newsome on Vimeo She ran out of gas a little at the end of the IM, but she still had a great time. She swam a beautiful freestyle. -
Google: Partially Cloudy by Design
11 Nov 2009 | 7:03 pmLarry Dignan at ZDNet says that Google's cloud storage price-break is a big missed opportunity, because Google "can't figure out a lightweight desktop client that would back up your entire computer." I suspect that Google could- and probably secretly has- done that. But by making the storage Gmail and Picasa only, Google stands to steal market share from its competitors. Market share that lands on Gmail and Picasa pages where ads can be displayed. No one makes money hosting files in the cloud for free or close-to-free. But force more of the herd to the application…
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Homes For Sale
14 Nov 2009 | 1:02 pmWith the housing market down, buyers and sellers are looking for cheaper alternatives for listing and finding homes on the market. The internet is home to many options, and is a great way to begin your home search or test a For Sale By Owner without a real estate agent. Even real estate agents are looking to the internet as additional marketing for their current listings.Click Here to learn how to list your home on one of these popular real estate sites, Zillow.com. -
5-A-Day for Your Toddler
23 Jul 2009 | 8:31 amI am constantly searching for new ways to get my toddler to eat healthy food. We have all heard that making their food fun is important. If it doesn’t look exciting, chances are it won’t be exciting to your toddler. This week, as I was browsing through the fruit at Costco, I found the ultimate fun fruit – champagne grapes. These little grapes are so sweet and easy to eat. At less than $4.00 for a huge container, they are also a steal of a bargain. Worried about these little sweeties going bad before they disappear? This week was a great week for bargains in my household. Living in a… -
Vote for Addyson
13 Apr 2009 | 6:12 pmI recently had the opportunity to work with James and Michelle Hill, a husband and wife photography team here in Atlanta. James and Michelle use their talents and experience in photography, film and modeling to help capture the perfect portraits for you.James Adam Hill Photography teamed up with Elite Model Management and KooKoo Bear Kids, an online store featuring furniture, bedding, décor and clothing for babies and children, to search for the next KooKoo Bear Kid. I took my daughter Addyson for her first official photo shoot. We love KooKoo Bear Kids and were excited to work with James… -
The Cost of Child Care
8 Apr 2009 | 8:09 pmToday I have been doing some research on the cost of child care in the United States. Many families assume that it is financially impossible for mom to stay at home with their children. Just by doing some basic calculations and subtracting monthly expenses from your partner’s salary actually gives you quite an inaccurate view of your situation. When you carefully evaluate your finances by creating a budget and calculating all expenses associated with child care, you may realize that the impossible is actually possible.The actual cost of child care is not an easy thing to find. It will… -
Once In a Lifetime
6 Apr 2009 | 7:19 pmUpon learning of my pregnancy I was instantly transformed from a working girl to working girl contemplating being a stay at home mom. For me, this didn’t take much thought. I always knew that raising my own children was very important to me, and my husband and I were determined to find a way to do it. Let me begin by saying that it has been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. There have been struggles; these struggles being no harder than anything I ever came upon in my career, just different. At this point there is no one that can convince me there is anything better than being…
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Disqus Comments: New Translations Available
16 Nov 2009 | 9:47 amOur awesome community of translators has helped update several languages within Disqus: Polish Spanish French Arabic Dutch Latvian To change the language on your site visit here and look under the general tab. If you do not see your language on the drop-down menu, it could still be needing translation or simply need to be added. Feel free to apply to our translate application to make any updates or additions. Again, huge shout out to our translators! You rock! -Giannii -
Disqus Comments: Translated in over 40 languages
2 Nov 2009 | 10:49 amEach and every language on Disqus Comments has been generously translated by our lovely commenter community. Today we’ve added a new tool to make it easier when updating and adding new languages to Disqus. You can find the application here: http://disqus.com/translate You may apply to review a current translation or add new language, simply pick the language and hit the apply button. Currently we need some help with a couple translations: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), German, and a couple others. If you happen to know a friend fluent in any of these languages with a generous personality,… -
Disqus Comments: Improved Importing and Widgets
30 Oct 2009 | 12:05 pmWe’ve made a couple improvements over in the tools section, the first being Improved Importing. In the past some publishers experienced trouble when importing large files and that isn’t a problem anymore. Our imports are now handled completely by our servers making things much more reliable and speedy. We also fixed the Widgets (which can be found just above imports in the picture under code) to match the preset avatars and pull their available gravatars for commenter’s. -Giannii -
Disqus Comments: Moderating comments from your Post
19 Oct 2009 | 3:50 pmOn your posts you can read, reply, and moderate all of your comments. This is a short guide explaining each part of that moderation process. Each of the numbered items below are numerically depicted in the picture above. The commenters email address. The commenters IP address Edit any undesirable content instantly. Removes comments from your post. Mark comments as spam and remove it from your post. Block users globally from your site. You will be presented with two options, and I recommend doing both for malicious commenters. Email Address IP Address You can return to the full Disqus moderate… -
Disqus Comments: Closing comments on Wordpress and some bug fixes
9 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pmToday we’ve released a couple updates and bug fixes for our Wordpress Plugin. You can download the updated plugin here. Added support for closing comments on post/pages from within the Wordpress Admin. Fixed the RSS Feed problem that caused validation issues with some feeds. Fixed a minor bug with exporting comments from certain Wordpress configurations. Fixed a rare bug with logging into Disqus through our plugin. Fixed the displaying of certain track backs. -Giannii
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Ruhani Rabin - Tech, Life and Interestingness
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Lazy Blogger’s guide to Super Charge WordPress with 100+ Plugins
30 Oct 2009 | 12:42 pmAsk yourself a question, “Are you a Lazy Blogger?”. Even if you are not, these plugins will bring you to next evolution for your WordPress blog which will change the way you do blogging.“Why do you need these plugins?”. Because, WordPress is the best and the most expandable blogging platform in the world, the plugin architecture simply gives you the power to add engaging features, improve communication and build a strong relation between you and your blog readers. Savvy? No?Blogging is about writing great content and if your spend all your sweet time modifying your… -
Best Windows Freeware – Servers
27 Oct 2009 | 12:13 pmThis is part 13 of 14 in the series Best Windows FreewareServers Apache Tomcat – Apache Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (jsp) technologies. Apache Web Server – Web Server, the best one around. Apache2Triad – Installs a developer preconfigured environment with Apache, PHP, mySQL with control panel/PHPMyAdmin, xMail, ftp, and a Apache Web based Control Panel, etc. Power packed with new cool things like Python/Pearl mods, ASP support, SSL and so much more. Highly recommended. EasyPHP… -
Best Windows Freeware – System and Desktop Utilities
27 Oct 2009 | 12:12 pmThis is part 12 of 14 in the series Best Windows FreewareSystem and Desktop Utilities nLite – Build your own custom Windows disk. Comodo – Firewall, Anti-virus, anti-spam, malware utilities. Ewido – Blocks spyware/adware and trojans. Eyeline – Professional Video Surveillance Software with multiple camera support. Filseclab – Internet personal firewall GPG4Win – File, email encryption and other encryption utilites, like a file shredder. Hitman Lite – Hitman Pro is a freeware tool that combines a number of powerful anti-spyware programs in one… -
Best Windows Freeware – Portable Applications Suite
27 Oct 2009 | 12:09 pmThis is part 11 of 14 in the series Best Windows FreewarePortable Applications Suites PortableApps – Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer via USB Flash device, iPod, or portable hard disk, and it works like a start menu. Includes Firefox, Open Office, VideoLan, to name a few.Lupo PenSuite – Lupo PenSuite mashes up a familiar looking menu with a huge offering of applications. Taking a note from the LiberKey school of portable suite production, Lupo PenSuite throws… -
Best Windows Freeware – Programming
27 Oct 2009 | 12:07 pmThis is part 10 of 14 in the series Best Windows FreewareProgramming Frhed – Hex editor. ActiveGrid Studio – ActiveGrid Studio enables developers to rapidly build enterprise-level Web 2.0 applications with a minimum of training, time, and effort. Supports Java, PHP, Python. Database supports is the best I’ve seen in an open IDE. Has built in Python and Java environments plus a built in running Apache web server. Highly recommended. Aptana – Development environment geared towards web development, Ajax style! Autocomplete and assistance for HTML, CSS, Java Script.
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The Friday Shirk Report - November 20, 2009 | Volume 32
20 Nov 2009 | 5:58 amWelcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find 20 images, 10 articles and 5 videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL whilst clicking a link with your mouse 20 IMAGES - Best. Analogy. EVER - The Grizzly Chair was Cool [...] -
So You Think You Can Shred?
19 Nov 2009 | 5:58 amSo you can beat Through the Fire and Flames in Guitar Hero on expert and you think you can shred? You think that being able to press five buttons in rapid succession is impressive? Aleksandr Hrustevich laughs at you and your plastic Les Paul guitar. He sees your five buttons and raises you many, many [...] -
Hump Day Headlines - November 18, 2009
18 Nov 2009 | 5:58 amEvery Wednesday you will find links and top-line summaries to current events around the globe. Pirates Free Spanish Ship, Seize Chemical Tanker [Reuters] - The release of the Alakrana, seized along with its 36 crew in the Indian Ocean on October 2nd, came soon after news that pirates had captured another ship, a Virgin Islands-owned chemical tanker [...] -
The NBA’s Top 10 Plays of the First 20 Days
17 Nov 2009 | 5:58 amExactly three weeks into the 2009-2010 campaign and the Brooklyn New Jersey Nets have yet to win a game, the Atlanta Hawks sit atop the Eastern Conference, and rookie phenom Brandon Jennings set multiple records with his recent 55-point outburst, including: - Most points by a rookie since Earl “The Pearl” dropped 56 in an [...] -
The $10 Million Aquarius Penthouse Feels Like a Nightclub
16 Nov 2009 | 5:58 amI came across this listing yesterday and my immediate thought was, luxury after-hours. The interior design just screams nightclub to me. Love it or hate it, you’re going to have an opinion. The design and accents are quite dramatic and the colour-palette is dark and cool. The Aquarious is a 38-storey condominium, located on Vancouver, [...]
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The 42nd Estate
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Spotlight: The Lost Jacket
11 Nov 2009 | 11:02 amStuart Foster from The Lost Jacket approached us to simplify his existing site and transform its look from a blog into an agency site. We were very happy to do so as we’re big fans of the content on The Lost Jacket. Stuart had a great vision for the site, which we took and expanded upon to create a clean, simplified layout that promotes the services of The Lost Jacket while also giving his content a clean and easy to read feel. A New Homepage Layout The first thing we did was to restructure The Lost Jacket’s homepage. Stuart wanted a slider effect so we integrated a jquery slider… -
Emergent Group at Boston Young Entrepreneurs
30 Oct 2009 | 9:40 amWe’re big fans of the City of Boston run group Boston Young Entreprenuers, having received excellent advice and met tons of awesome people via BYE. The featured company for November’s meeting has been announced and it’s Emergent Energy Group. Emergent is all about finding the best alternative energy sources for landowners, developers, businesses, municipalities and academic institutions. They began as a wind power consulting firm and have since expanded to solar energy and other sustainable resources. Emergent was recently named one of the Top 25 Young Entreprenuers of 2009… -
Five Free Tools to Check if Your Site is Up
26 Oct 2009 | 5:32 amSo, you’ve designed and developed a great site that visitors find extremely useful and that search engines love to crawl. You no have no worries, right? Wrong! A great site that is search engine friendly and more importantly useful to your visitors serves no purpose if the server struggles and doesn’t keep the site up consistently and reliably. Monitoring your sites for uptime is a crucial aspect of running a successful web-site. If you’re not already keeping track of your site’s uptime, here’s five free tools to check if your site is up and running. Down for… -
SEO Presentation from City of Boston Marketing Workshops
24 Oct 2009 | 5:45 amSo far, the Marketing workshops organized by the BRA and the City of Boston have been a great success. The crowd yesterday was awesome, involved and asked lots of questions. If you were at either of the events this week and have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below or send us an e-mail. Below are the slides from my SEO presentation at the Marketing workshops organized by the City of Boston. I’m planning on recording audio to go along with the slides this weekend and will update this post when it’s up. There’s two options below for viewing the… -
Justin Wright Survives Self-Employement
22 Oct 2009 | 2:15 pmMember of The 42nd Estate, Justin Wright, today celebrates one year of self-employement. Head over to his blog and join in the celebration. He uses the occasion to drop ten self employment lessons he’s learned over the past twelve months that’ll come in handy whether you’re just starting out on your own or have been at it for a while. Here’s two of my favorite lessons from Justin: 5. Money Isn’t Everything However, working for myself quickly made me realize how unimportant money is. Yes we need it to survive, but that’s it. Other than food/water, clothes, and a…
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Blogging Blues – Having Trouble Building Your Own Engaged Audience?
19 Nov 2009 | 8:46 pmI’ve read a couple of comments about me recently that have caught my eye. Each discusses how quickly I was able to grow my blog and my audience. Examples include: “I have never seen anyone launch and grow a quality site so quickly.” Grow Map “[...] she is grabbing the attention of[...] -
Squeeze Page 101: Are You Squeezing Your Email List?
19 Nov 2009 | 10:23 amYou may have noticed a new list generation trend in the Internet marketing world called the Squeeze Page. Major gurus have used these for quite some time, but they appear to be breaking out big time right now – even onto the blogging and WordPress scene! So, what the heck is[...] -
Am I Really a Shameless Self-Promoter?
18 Nov 2009 | 4:26 pmMoi? Humm… Well, seems one of my blog posts (Shameless Self-Promotion) caught the attention of a fellow blogger (and super nice guy), Bradley Harmon. Now, I’ve been mentioned here and there in random blog posts before, but Brad took his mention of me to a WHOLE new level. He refers[...] -
The Greatest SEO Myths of Our Century Exposed – Part 1
17 Nov 2009 | 2:11 pmOk, SEO didn’t exist way back when. It’s a modern day concept that only exists due to the existence of computers. But, it is widely misunderstood, even though it’s very much a part of this century. SEO is definitely one of my favorite topics to discuss. Actually, discussing it makes up[...] -
How to Get Other Blogs to Link to Your Blog
16 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pmPlease help me welcome my guest blogger this week, Paula. Want to be a FresheVenture.com guest blogger? Apply here! Most of us agree that one of the keys to becoming a successful blogger is getting good targeted traffic. You can have a beautiful looking blog with high quality well written[...]
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Micheal Savoie Welcomes You
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Twitter Updates for 2009-11-19
19 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmMicheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-17: Micheal's Blog Twitte… http://bit.ly/3T6Z6p # My Sun adds social network tools to boost engagement http://bit.ly/12LNxE # Preview the secret behind the secret: http://su.pr/A3bFna # RT @PeterParks: if your my competiton this is the last time I teach u underground traffic strategies 4 free http://su.pr/2bClix # Sandi Parker at SParkerthinkbig.com- Blog Spot: Sandi Parker's … http://bit.ly/1XSWfb # #PIAW Published: Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18 http://ping.fm/6EgWn #… -
Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18
18 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmMicheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-17: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-16: Micheal's Blog Twitte… http://bit.ly/4oDRKl # Contributors needed for the http://su.pr/1Dti9S Greedy Giveaway – Build Your Own Opt-in List! # Preview the secret behind the secret: http://su.pr/A3bFna # When are masterminds dangerous? http://FARmethod.com When you have a nearsighted one! # Bigger than last year… ==> http://su.pr/5WswX2 The Biggest Firesale # Product In A Weekend – Twitter Updates for 2009-11-16 http://aweber.com/b/10pIc # Starting Internet… -
Twitter Updates for 2009-11-17
17 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmMicheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-16: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-15: Micheal's Blog Twitter… http://bit.ly/a3UTL # Preview the secret behind the secret: http://su.pr/A3bFna # Part 1/3: How You Can Build Your Asset & Be Safe From Recession … http://bit.ly/4bAXDW # #PIAW Published: Twitter Updates for 2009-11-16 http://ping.fm/HUqFg # @FeliciaSlattery if you are up and available for the Blog Talk Radio Show, just let me know. It goes on at 11AM Eastern! in reply to FeliciaSlattery # Good night all! Must grab a little sleep… just… -
Twitter Updates for 2009-11-16
16 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmMicheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-15: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-14: Micheal's Blog Twitte… http://bit.ly/4xouis # Preview the secret behind the secret: http://su.pr/A3bFna # Easy Desktop Traffic has a payment plan! http://su.pr/9qAIsP You can explode your traffic with this software! # Product In A Weekend – Twitter Updates for 2009-11-13 http://aweber.com/b/1Z54s # Within 10 min u'll realize u can have a competitive edge & advantage in ur marketplace! http://su.pr/1Pn7sA # Goodnight everyone. I hope your dreams are as sweet as… -
Twitter Updates for 2009-11-15
15 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmMicheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-14: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-13: Micheal's Blog Twitte… http://bit.ly/2GYVdv # Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-14: Micheal's Blog Twitter Updates for 2009-11-13: Micheal's Blog Twitte… http://bit.ly/405vKg # Preview the secret behind the secret: http://su.pr/A3bFna # #PIAW Published: Twitter Updates for 2009-11-14 http://ping.fm/jNb4N # #PIAW Published: Twitter Updates for 2009-11-14 http://ping.fm/zcUtU # Google Wave – Google Friends Connect – Big Value Depot 5 Free ……
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Web Secret #76: Powermat
18 Nov 2009 | 5:57 amAt the end of a long day of blogging and other geekery, it's time to charge my iPhone. I head over to the kitchen, my family's version of NASA mission control. I am not alone. Other 21st century paraphernalia is already plugged into the Matrix, including:a Blackberry Curvea Nintendo DS a Motorola Rivaland two ancient LG phones of dubious provenance.There are power cords and chargers everywhere.I have a dream, a dream of a wireless world where I can just drop my iPhone onto a table, and it will charge itself... Wake up babe! My dream is a reality. All I have to do is shell out some cash and… -
Web Secret #75: Ning
11 Nov 2009 | 6:06 amWhat is Ning?No, it's not a 14th century Chinese dynasty, or a tai chi move, or a take out dish featuring tofu and bok choy.Ning is a FREE online platform (aka website) that enables people to create their own social networks.So what? Well if you have very specific interests and want to connect with a very specific group of people, you might want to create your own very specific social network. If Facebook is a Ford factory, Ning is a custom car kit.Still don't get it? Well I didn't until I was invited to join the Online Therapy Institute Social Network (OTI)created on the Ning platform. When… -
Web Secret #74: StopBADware
4 Nov 2009 | 5:07 am"Bad, bad, bad, bad software, you make me feel so mad..." With a nod to the 1985 Gloria Estefan hit - there is nothing that makes me angrier than downloading a program and being subjected to "BADware". What is BADware?BADware is software that fundamentally disregards a user’s choice regarding how his or her computer will be used. Common examples of badware include free screensavers that surreptitiously generate advertisements, malicious web browser toolbars that take your browser to different pages than the ones you expect, or keylogger programs that can transmit your personal data to… -
Web Secret #73: Social Media Is Not a Fad
28 Oct 2009 | 5:48 amI am always trying to succinctly explain to Baby Boomer non believers why social media is relevant to them. And then I Stumbled Upon Erik Qualman's brilliantly executed video "Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think" which deftly answers the question "Is Social Media a Fad or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?" using statistics.I have pared down Qualman's 37 stats to just 10 of the most compelling:1. Years to Reach 50 millions Users:Radio (38 Years)TV (13 Years), Internet (4 Years) iPod (3 Years)Facebook added 100 million users in less than 9 monthsiPhone… -
Web Secret #72: Backblaze
21 Oct 2009 | 5:24 amAnytime a website can simultaneously entertain me, provide a useful service, and save me money, I am compelled to pay attention.Recently, I randomly landed on Backblaze.com, one of dozens of sites that offers online data backup. When Backblaze opens, the first thing that happens is that you are treated to a lifelike 5 second video of a young woman dousing a laptop with gasoline and then setting fire to it. That was so rewarding, I had to watch it a couple times before further exploring the site.Essentially, Backblaze offers:Online unlimited backup for only $5/month per computer for 50 years…
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How much money do you make online?
20 Nov 2009 | 6:29 amThis is a little survey post! Since majority of my readers are those who are already making money online (or those who want to do so) from blogging or otherwise I thought of asking you this question. In fact this helps me to assess myself as to where I stand as an MMO blogger and helps all my wonderful readers out here as well. There are two parts to this survey and I request you to participate in both polls listed below. The first part is about how much you make and the second part is about the methods or instruments that you use to make that kind of online income. Poll 1: How much money do… -
When to Turn off comments on your WordPress Blog and How?
16 Nov 2009 | 7:50 amTurning off comments on your blog is not something that you do very often. However, there are situations where comments are taken out completely or disabled per post or even turned off after a certain period. This post describes the situations when you take out comments and how to turn it off. In a blog, the comments are turned off or avoided in the following scenarios. #1 Autopilot affiliate sales blogs Blogs that are meant to create autopilot income will typically have a handful of posts that are a bunch of landing pages themselves whose duty is to help convert the traffic. In such blogs… -
Bye bye Twitter!
13 Nov 2009 | 9:02 amIt has been exactly one year since I started using twitter. I must say that I did sign up with twitter purely on an experimental basis to see if it can result in any significant traffic or conversion. However, the following twitter related numbers during the past one year somehow prompted me to rethink about my decision. No. of tweets: 1159 or roughly 3 tweets per day No. of followers: 339 (Thank you all, but it’s still a mystery for me as I see 5-10 followers getting added everyday. Where are they all going?) No. of people that I follow: 172 90 (Reduced by 50% today, congratulations to you… -
Amazing Google Tools that you probably didn’t use yet
10 Nov 2009 | 10:13 amFor the layman, Google is only a Search Engine who also have a Web browser and a free email service (and of course it’s the Youtube and Picasa company). For bloggers and online entrepreneurs, it is an organization to help earn money online and market their products via tools such as AdSense and AdWords. And for the geeks it’s all about Android, Google code, Gears etc. However, Google is much more than that and it’s getting bigger and bigger day by day. Check out the following free applications and tools which is only a small subset of what Google Labs has today (Sorry for the… -
Factors that determine your Blogging Success
6 Nov 2009 | 9:50 amThis might sound like grandma topic because you have heard it time and again from various sources. However, I am going compile the ingredients to your blogging success once more here – this time as a bullet list because that’s what I do whenever I am ill (been on leave for the whole week and hence not much online activities) I am grouping the key success factors under four categories – viz blogger, blog and reader related parameters plus external entities. I request you to add other factors as one or two word comments (for a change) here: Blogger related #1 Passion #2 Creativity…
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New “labs” feature for webmasters rescue – Google Webmaster tools
25 Oct 2009 | 5:03 amGoogle Webmaster tools has introduced new labs feature – Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time. With the introduction of labs in Google webmaster tools, they have brought up 2 useful things: 1. Fetch as Googlebot 2. Malware details Fetch as Googlebot:The Fetch As Googlebot tool lets you see a page as Googlebot sees it. This is particularly interesting tool. We can analyze poor performance in search engines and we can take certain steps to improve.The cause for the poor performance… -
Promote Your Business/Blog/Service on Orkut: FREE!
2 Oct 2009 | 2:32 pmAfter status update, suggested friends, chat, SMS, widgets etc features, here comes one more important and most awaited feature orkut ‘promote’: a free tool to help you spread the news to all your orkut friends…and beyond! Now marketers, bloggers can invest their time in tweaking the ad copy to impress Orkut users, to drive traffic, leads and sales. When you first create a promotion, only your friends will be able to see it. Once they click on “promote it!”, their friends can see it.. and so on. To see the number of clicks, views, Promotions, Trashes, goto… -
AdSense for Mobile Content — for New high-end devices!
1 Oct 2009 | 11:09 amAccording to Google AdSense program policies publishers are allowed to place only one ad unit on any mobile webpage. Google added a new feature, according to which, you can choose to show adsense ads only to high-end devices(like iPhone)or to “All phones”. By default ads are set to show only on iPhone and other high-end devices. If you like to show ads for all devices, then you have to choose “All phones” option from the drop down menu. As always, we can show: “Text Only Ads”, “Image Only Ads”, or “Text and Image Ads(default)”. -
First Look at ProBlogger.com[munity]
1 Oct 2009 | 6:56 amIts been so long, Darren acquired ProBlogger.com and we have been expecting some thing very useful from him. Finally he has decided to start with a paid forum. I am sure, he will have plans to expand it, in the future. Many people may think that paid forum is not the way to go, considering some other good quality forums already available for free. But Darren, is paying for the moderation and he also want to make sure that, the forum is difficult place for spammers! If spammers want to create multiple accounts, then they obviously need to invest 1.95$ each month, per account So far my… -
Interview with Chris Brogan
28 Sep 2009 | 3:13 amChrish Brogan’s blog is ranked by Technorati as one of the top 100 blogs in the world. Advertising Age’s Power 150 ranks him in the top 15. He has been blogging since 1998. He is also co-founder of PodCamp and part of many other online projects. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies. Chris is co-author of the book Trust Agents, with Julien Smith, which was recently released. If you run a company/organization, then…
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Ze Frank: What’s so funny about the Web?
16 Nov 2009 | 5:15 pmI recently became a fan of TED Talk Videos and I am glad I was introduced to it very aptly by this video of ZeFrank by Arun Basil. For the unaware, TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. In this video, Ze Frank delivers a humours and smooth talk on the web. For more Videos of TED, Visit TED.com Ze Frank: What’s so funny about the Web? Anand Subramanian, co-founder of ayruz web holdings is an Internet… -
How To Tell If a Website Is Down?
14 Nov 2009 | 5:14 pmFriend: Hey dude , I see the red sign which means you are busy, but can you help? Friend: BUZZ!! You: Yea mate, tell me. (frustrated with the sudden interruption) Friend: Check up this site hxxp://abc.com , does it load for you? You: Yea, it loads…. Friend: Thanks a ton man! You: yea sure ….. (painfully figuring out where you were with your work…..) If this has not happened to you, you do not have much techie friends on your chat list. The more you have, the more you are familiar with the situation. A website not loading can mean a lot of problems both on the server side and… -
Convert Web Applications into Desktop Applications
9 Nov 2009 | 9:41 amMozilla Prism is an easy and perhaps the easiest way to convert a web application into a desktop appliation. If you are a regular user, you will have a few web appliations open on your browser all the time. I, for instance, I have our custom project management tool, Google Calendar, Google Reader and my email open in tabs pretty much all the time. Mozilla Prism lets you convert a website into a standalone application easily. By easily, I mean in a single click! See the following video and you will see. Click here to start using the Prism. Convert Web Applications into Desktop Applications… -
Applications of Social Media
5 Nov 2009 | 2:02 amIf you are still skeptic of Social Media, you need to do something about it! I am sold on the idea that Social Media is mainstream and there are probably a hundred reasons why I think so starting from Micheal Jackson and backwards. This video from YouTube tells you more about why Social Media is important. Social Media ia used by many in many different ways. Some use it for promoting their products, others use it to listen to their customers while others give away tips on using their products on the social media platforms. Here are a few ways I think you can use Social Media. 1. Listen… -
5 SEO Friendly WordPress Themes
2 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pmI wonder why it never struck me to complie a list of SEO friendly wordpress themes on my blog as I am constantly searching for them myself! I usually have a select of 10-20 themes which I use on most of my niche websites mostly because I have heavily modified them myself or find them to be perfectly coded for Search Engines. This is my list of 10 Search engine friendly wordpress themes. 1. Green Park 2 - 2. PlainTxt - 3. A Dream to Host - 4. Dateless Sniper 1.0 5. Free web 2.0 Theme 5 SEO Friendly WordPress Themes Anand Subramanian, co-founder of ayruz web holdings is an Internet Marketing…
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Affiliate Blog Online
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The Biggest Mistake We Made Blogging
16 Nov 2009 | 6:03 amWe have previously mentioned that we have over 20 blogs and some make money for us and others don’t. Actually to be fair they all make money but some only make a few dollars a month whilst others make thousands. So it stands to reason that over time we have learned a thing or two about [...] -
We’ve Been Featured on Famous Bloggers Club
13 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pmWe were asked just recently to write up an interview for Famous Bloggers Club and today it finally went live. You can read the interview here: http://blog.newmediabloggers.com/affiliate-blog-online/ Famous Bloggers Club was an idea put together by Hesham from Zebida.com to highlight bloggers from around the internet in the make money online, SEO, blogging and social networking [...] -
How We Tripled Our Blog Traffic
10 Nov 2009 | 6:46 amSome of you may not be aware that this isn’t our only blog. We actually have over 20 blogs and websites…way too many really. To make money online you don’t really need to work that hard and in fact if you are you really are spreading yourself too thin. We were doing just that for quite some time and [...] -
How to Keep Blogging While You Travel
8 Nov 2009 | 6:04 amAny excuse to travel… Both Wanda and I love to travel so whenever we see a blog or internet marketing related conference anywhere in the world, we are invariably on the phone to each other deciding on whether we should attend or not. For us, it is more about the travel than the conference…the event is [...] -
30 Great Twitter Tutorials and Useful Tips from Around the Web
6 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pmTwitter has definitely become the place to be for anyone wanting to create a presence on the web. So with this in mind, we have put together 30 links to great Twitter tutorials, useful tips, hints and tools from around the web. There are so many sites now that provide excellent information and advice for using Twitter effectively [...]
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Maxxelli Blog
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Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone
19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pmRating Year of Establishment September, 1984 Land Area 20 km2 Location Dalian, Liaoning GDP RMB 70.3 billion (US$9.3 billion), 24.9% up FDI N.A. Utilized FDI US$1.1 billion, 50.2% up Major Investors Intel, West Pacific, Toshiba, Canon, NIDEC, E-Roma, Angang, Pfizer, Sanyo, Haier, Mitsubishi, Panasonic Major Industries Encouraged Petrochemicals, electronics and communications equipment, electrical machinery, metallic products Source: Administration Committee of Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone Introduction Located to the north-east of an area that was once Dalian’s… -
Ajisen Ramen in Wuhan
19 Nov 2009 | 2:15 amCreated in 1968, the Japanese hand-pulled noodle restaurant named Ajisen Ramen is very popular in China. Since Ajisen Ramen opened its first store in Shanghai in 1998, 380 branches opened in mainland China, and 9 of them are located in the Hubei province. Ajisen Ramen restaurants are also to be found everywhere in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Dishes You can eat many kinds of rice dishes, noodles, ice cream, sushi and appetizers of which the prices range from 5RMB to 36RMB. The most popular dish is the Ajisen hand-pulled noodle; you can choose spicy one (19yuan) or regular one… -
Chengdu Sports Aid: An exclusive interview with Mark Soper
19 Nov 2009 | 1:03 amWaking up at 7am to meet at the Bookworm at 8am for a trip to XiaoYudong is not something everyone would do on a Sunday but no one is more passionate about this than a volunteer. The volunteer group was made up of local university students, expat volunteers and members of Humana People to People. Among them was Mark Soper, he organized the trip to XiaoYudong, a small village tucked away under spectacular snow-topped mountains. We were greeted by enthusiastic children who were delighted to sing and play with us. Q: Can you tell me a bit more about Chengdu Sports Aid (CSA)? A: CSA was created… -
Ecoles Internationales à Wuhan: Wuhan Yangtze International School
18 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pmHerb Miller le directeur de Wuhan Yangtze International School a accepté de répondre à nos questions pour présenter son établissemment. Maxxelli-blog:Nom, sexe, métier Herb M: Herb Mittler / Homme/ Directeur des Admissions/Dévelopment Wuhan Yangtze International School Maxxelli-blog:Que faisiez vous avant? Herb M:Avant de travailler dans cette école , je travaillais avec une organisation non gouvernementale d’assistance des écoliers chinois. Maxxelli-blog: Quant est ce que votre école a été créée? Herb Miller: WYIS est opérationel à Wuhan depuis 2003. Maxxelli-blog:… -
Mussel festival at the Cafe Brussels, Wuhan
18 Nov 2009 | 1:31 amMussel festival / Foire aux moules When : 20-21-22-November-2009 What: Eat as much mussels your heart’s desire / Moules a volonté For 1 person Formula 1: 128 RMB Mussels as much you can eat Formula 2: 188 RMB Mussels + 2 Morel’s White or 2 pint draught beer For 2 persons Formula 3: 368 RMB Mussels + 1 bottle house wine Formula 4: 468 RMB Mussels + 1 bottle French wine [Chardonnay] Formula 5: 868 RMB Mussels + 1 Bottle Champagne [Moët & Chandon] !!! MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BEFORE 18/11/2009 !!! !!! RESERVATION RECOMANDEE AVANT 18/11/2009 !!! Address: Cafe Brussels Shengli Jie 183…
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Giveaway Alert: Starrs Giveaway
9 Nov 2009 | 12:49 pmIt’s been awhile since I posted about Giveaways so here ya go: Starrs Giveaway This giveaway is huge. It’s packed with all types of gifts in any marketing category you can imagine. -
Russell Brunson’s 12 Month Internet Millionaire Pre-Launch Promos
7 Nov 2009 | 7:00 amRussell Brunson has an incredible deal right now as part of his 12 Month Internet Millionaire 2.0 program that is scheduled to launch next Wednesday, November 11th. This package of freebies is really incredible. First off, you’ll get instant access to a 90-minute Behind Closed Doors video of Russell discussing how he catapulted his income from 6 to 8 figures, increased the value offered to customers and the seven strategies he uses to blow the competition out of the water. You will also be able to instantly download a free copy of the IM Myth Report: The 7 Steps to IM-Proof Your… -
Excellent Domain Registration Service
5 Nov 2009 | 6:57 amI own upwards of 30 domains. I have switched domain registrars several times over the years, but have finally settled on 1&1 Domain Name Registration. I’m not going to make this a long post, but I just wanted to share this great service with you. Since I already have a hosting account, I don’t host with 1&1, but their domain registration service is fast, inexpensive and they offer free private registration. This is relatively rare for a domain registrar. Generally registrars take advantage of any extra fees they can charge. It is also extremely easy to complete a DNS… -
Trust your Money with Netspend
2 Nov 2009 | 9:29 amI have written about Netspend before but after trusting them with my money for almost two years now I want to give you an update. I still love this service. This won’t be a long article, but I’m going to outline my five favorite things about using Netspend. Number Five: Referrals Each time you refer a new user to Netspend, you get $5 in your account and so do they. It’s not much, but a fun little promotional touch – especially for those who still don’t quite trust their money on the internet. Number Four: Choice of Fee Plans No, you don’t have to pay money… -
Wasps create Caterpillar Zombies
13 Oct 2009 | 6:45 amI’ve been hanging out with my favorite 13-year-old this weekend and it seems that much of our conversation has centered around zombies. We recently saw Zombieland (awesome!) and tonight we watched Day of the Dead (awesome -r!). Then he told me that his friend told him about zombie caterpillars that were being created by wasps. We were both skeptical, but Google quickly gave us this: Pretty creepy, huh? I know it really has nothing to do with internet marketing, but I thought that perhaps I could put a spin on it to make it fit. Then I decided that it didn’t matter if the video was…
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BlogrPro
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A Free Market for Freelancers and Employer
15 Nov 2009 | 11:02 amAre you a freelancer or an employer who wants to enjoy the power of freelancing through Internet? We always have a choice in the vast Internet and here I am presenting you a free market for freelancers and employer which proves something very good for both the freelancers and the employers. TaskCity with the caption of “Outsourcing Redefined” actually sounds pretty good when we saw its design at first. Some of the features of TaskCity are: Design A simple but elegant design with plenty of options for both the freelancer experts and the employers. Registration process is as simple as it is… -
Subscribing to / Unsubscribing from Newsletters? Then you are in Danger!
14 Nov 2009 | 10:30 amDo you get newsletters in your email inbox? Or do you subscribe often to newsletters? Then you should be careful from now. Do you know how much problem will you get into when subscribing/unsubscribing to/from a newsletter without knowing anything about it really? Here I am presenting you the dangers behind any newsletter subscription or unsubscription. Problems from Newsletter Subscription After subscribing to a newsletter, certain things may happen in background without your knowledge. They are : Most common thing is that the person/website who offers newsletter subscription will sell your… -
Winners of Custom theme for your WordPress blog worth $111 Contest
11 Nov 2009 | 9:48 amWell, sorry for the late announcement about the Winners of Custom theme for your WordPress blog worth $111 Contest. The contest really went good with lot of participants and some buzz in the blogosphere. We got a large number of participants with multiple entries through their blog posts. Winners Winners were selected through Random.org site and here is the winners list. Winner – Kar have won the massive $111 worth prize. Runners up – Arun Basil Lal and Indo Contest have won 250 x 50 pixel sized advertisement spot in this blog. I congratulate all those winners for being a lucky… -
How to create a Comment Subscription Manager in your WordPress blog?
6 Nov 2009 | 3:32 amDo you love this blog’s comment subscription manager? My blogger friend Klaus love it and asked me about the steps to create as like as for his WordPress blog too. Here is the detailed procedure on creating a Comment Subscription Manager in your WordPress blog. Requirements You need A WordPress blog Subscribe To Comments plugin for WordPress. How to Install and activate the Subscribe To Comments plugin in your WordPress blog. Go to Settings -> Subscribe To Comments in your WordPress Dashboard. Set the value for “From” name for notifications column. Example:… -
What’s new in BlogrPro?
3 Nov 2009 | 1:34 amWell. I am glad to see you back after a 10 days break. During these 10 days, I got some great response for this blog and that shows in our Page Rank too. Yes! BlogrPro got a PR 3 from PR 0 which is one of the good news to share with you. But I am really surprised as my twitter profile got a PR 4. Alexa rank of this blog too goes well and there are some more achievements which I will share with you when appropriate time comes. I am going to announce the contest winner in this week and I wish all the participants for a good luck. Meanwhile, I really have disappointed you all by not releasing…
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JaypeeOnline // Blogging News & Reviews
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Blog Updates 11.09
20 Nov 2009 | 12:01 pmDid my last blog update post about a couple months back and I’ve done some changes to the blog so I decided to do another blog update post. These blog update posts have become a “regular” habit of mine here on JaypeeOnline and I consider it as some kind of “checkpoint” to help me remember the plugins I installed/uninstalled on the period of time. Its also a way for me to inform my readers of the changes I’ve made to the blog especially the changes I’ve made front-end wise, changes in the blog theme, design, layout, etc. The changes I’ve listed… -
WordPress Wins 2009 Overall Best Open Source CMS Award
19 Nov 2009 | 11:48 amI was first introduced to WordPress about 5-6 years and it was love at first sight. From the time I started using it, I’ve never looked back or thought about shifting to another blogging platform/software. WordPress has gone a long way since then and I’ve witness it grow and mature from a blogging software into a full-featured CMS. Being an avid WordPress user and advocate, I was happy when I found out that WordPress was recently awarded the 2009 Overall Best Open Source CMS Award by the Open Source CMS Awards. Matt Mullenweg himself was very excited about the award. I was very… -
Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009 Winners
16 Nov 2009 | 11:09 pmMid last month, I blogged about the Digital Filipino Web Awards call for nominations, which is an annual event sponsored by the Digital Filipino Club and headed by Ms. Janette Toral. The winners for this year’s Digital Filipino Web Awards were recognized last November 13th during the Digital Filipino E-Commerce Summit at the Hotel Intercontinental’s Grand Ballroom in Makati City. Here’s the complete list of winners with their respective categories: Apparel / Fashion Category – UkayManila.com Art Category – Pinoybiswalstyle Association / Organization Category… -
Weekend Roundup #61
16 Nov 2009 | 8:43 pmHi folks! Hope you all had a great weekend and are having a good week so far. My apologies for yet another late edition of the Weekend Roundup. The past weekend was quite busy with church-related programs and meetings. It was also marked by a special boxing event featuring the highly anticipated fight of the year between WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Thank goodness for free live stream links, I was able to watch it for free at home without having to pay $60 for HBO’s PPV. I was very nervous at the start of the match and I was expecting… -
WP Theme Review: One Room
13 Nov 2009 | 4:33 pmTime for another WordPress theme review. There are so many free WordPress themes released these days that its hard to keep track of all of them. The theme I’m reviewing today was release early this year. Its a 3 column, widget-ready theme called One Room created by Jeremie Tisseau of Web kreation. Here’s a short intro from the theme author: I am very pleased to release my new Wordpress theme, “OneRoom“, a three columns theme with fixed width and widget-ready. I wanted to design a new theme months ago but actually never had time to work on it. And then, I was moving to Thailand…
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JD Affiliate Marketing Ezine
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350 Social Media Tactics Gift but…
16 Nov 2009 | 1:12 pmHi readers, Well, my blog is a little quiet today…So I have a FREE amazing gift for u today…All you have to do is post a comment below. It can be anything from a question about Affiliate marketing,traffic,twitter… or just “What a great gift Jorge” comment… What about your gift right? Well, I will share with you 350 Powerful Social Media Tactics that You Can Implement To Your Business Right Now For More Traffic, Leads & Sales… Sounds good? You bet… Here is a screent shoot: Simply leave a comment on this blog post and I’ll email you this… -
I have to apologize
15 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pmG nite readers, I just finished a short video apologizing for the problems caused by one of my sites…(If you want to know which site you have to watch the video) I looked very tired and angry on the video (I was!!)… I had to clean file by file to delete that evil redirect script … and it took me hours to finished the process….thank god I have different hosts for each my sites so, one damage only… Talk soon, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post -
Urgent: Upgrade your wordpress blog to 2.8.6
14 Nov 2009 | 11:55 amHi readers, Just a quick but very important message today!! …A security hole is making your blog vulnerable to hacker attacks…They can add a script to your site. So, You can end up infecting people with viruses and stuff…. To fix this situation just upgrade your Wordpress to 2.8.6 immediately. Talk soon, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post -
A Day In The Life Of An Affiliate Marketer
8 Nov 2009 | 10:46 amG’day readers…I’m having a great sunday…how about yours? Being in the Affiliate marketing business is not that hard now with the internet at your disposable. It is much easier now compared to the days when people have to make use of the telephones and other mediums of information just to get the latest updates on the way their program is coming along. So with technology at hand, and assuming that the affiliate is working from home, a day in his or her life would sound something like this… Upon waking up and after having breakfast, the computer is turned on to check… -
FTC Disclosure: Are you a blog owner?
1 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pmHi readers, I just added the required FTC Disclosure to my blog…you can read it here Remember that your blog must have a disclosure before December 2009…So, the question is … have you added your own disclosure to your blog? Here is a blog with a lot of information about this subject…click here Talk soon, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post
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Anton Amoto
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DXN PH 10th Anniversary
10 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pmI’m also a proud member of DXN Philippines. I have joined in April 08, 2008 and it’s a really good start in exploring to a Multi-level marketing. DXN business has a stable company and guided with a solid marketing plan to strengthen it’s business success. I had never been to any MLM business but DXN because it’s already been proven to millions of people worldwide. DXN has likewise a comprehensive, compliable, measurable and achievable plan to have all the four virtues of life: health, wealth, happiness, and contentment. To my beloved readers who don’t have any idea on what DXN is… -
Retweet this! A How To Tricks on Installing a TweetMeme Button to your Blog
1 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pmI have installed the TweetMeme button for my blog recently. This Wordpress Plugin will let your visitors to easily re-tweet your web pages, blog, and article pages. In this post, I’ll show you how to install a re-tweet button in just few minutes. Begin visiting the plugin selection here. There you can find selection for Web Button, Email, RSS Button, and Wordpress Plugin button. Click on Plugin, then you will be redirected to Plugins page where it will give you choices of what platform you are using. In my case, of course I used Wordpress. You can now download from the Wordpress Plugin… -
Who Says You Can’t Make Money Online?
24 Oct 2009 | 6:14 pmOne of the most common questions that people ask me about is How Do I Make Money Online? Then I answered, just simply visit my site and select a post to read of your choice. That’s it, you did know now how do I make money online. However, I’m pretty sure that my answer was not enough especially to all internet beginners who want to know deeply about doing business online. So here we go, I would like to give you a brief summary of how do I get started to earn some cash online. Plan Your Business. In any aspect of our lives everything should be planned so that we should all know where we… -
How to Make Money Online with Affiliate Programs
20 Oct 2009 | 5:35 amMaking money with affiliate programs isn’t rocket science. You don’t need a marketing degree or a college degree to do it. In fact, affiliate programs are an excellent way to make money online and it can be easy to do if you go in knowing some key points. First, to make money with an affiliate program, you need to understand how they work. An affiliate program works by signing up people to represent certain products or services and then paying those people a commission to sell the company’s product or service. This is a great way for companies to expand their sales force and… -
Make Money Blogging Using These Nine Powerful Strategies
20 Oct 2009 | 4:18 amThe question “How to make money blogging” sits high on every blogger’s mind. In fact I received many questions on “How to make money blogging” when I conducted my first webcast to answer my subscribers’ most pressing questions on Blogs and Rss. You can make money Blogging in a number of ways, and in this article I share with you up to nine strategies in which you can make money blogging. 1. Make Money Blogging by Selling Advertising Space Before the advent of Blogs, we have e-zines and selling advertising space on ezines was a popular way to earn extra…
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Blogger Templates by Deluxe Templates
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Colored Noise
19 Nov 2009 | 12:52 pmColored Noise is another cool Blogger template which I converted from wordpress by 9thsphere.com. Nice template for personal blogs.Features: 2 columns, left sidebar, colors, blue, vectors, top menu, search box. -
Drawing Time
18 Nov 2009 | 7:10 amDrawing Time it's a neat colorful Blogger template, designed in Wordpress by Wpthemesfree.com and converted in Blogger by me.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, vectors, grunge, green, blue, artworks. -
Little United Nations
15 Nov 2009 | 4:18 amLittle United Nations is a artistic Blogger template, with different skin colors, black, white and yellow. Designed by Ezwpthemes.com and converted by me :).Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, vectors, kids, top menu, search box and RSS button. -
Life Collage
13 Nov 2009 | 7:05 amLife Collage is another simple Blogger template. I like simple and fast loading templates. I based on themehybrid.com, to create this template.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, simple, minimal, grunge, top menu, personal, green, cool header image. -
Green Fresh Art
10 Nov 2009 | 11:08 amGreen Fresh Art its a cute Blogger template to embellish your blog and give it a summer look. Wordpress by nattywp.com, Blogger by me.Features: 2 columns, left sidebar, simple, round corners, green, cool header.
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Nuwomb Creative
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Photography Business Card Series – The Letterpress Edition
13 Nov 2009 | 8:19 amLetterpress style business cards have such a high quality perception and I’m instantly drawn to them. They appeal to a different type of market entirely, if you compare them to a company like Moo Cards for your business cards. In part of my Photography Business Card Series, I want to provide you with some inspiration that you may draw upon when considering your own business cards. Perhaps you’re looking to create some cards as you start up your photography business, or you need spice your brand up with a more current design and style – breathing life into your photo… -
Photography Business Card Series: 23 Photography Business Cards You Should Check Out
5 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pmWhether you run a photography business or a simple photoblog website, it’s important to have a card to give out to people. We’ve all had People often stop to talk us while out shooting, or people atleast show interest in what you’re out doing. This is when it helps to have something on you to pass on to them. In a sense, it’s saying that you are there for a reason and you’re not trying to cause trouble. I often dream of getting into abandoned buildings and if someone, say a security guard, were to find you doing your work, they might be more understanding if you… -
Put Your Wallet Away – Free Photography For Your Blog
29 Oct 2009 | 4:54 pmOne of the simplest ways to improve your blog is with the the use of photography. Adding relevant images to the content can seriously interest readers. I’ve used a free photo of a wallet from Bigstockphoto to grab attention. The wallet is a concept in the sense that it can be put away because I’ll show you where to go if you want to find free images to use in blog posts. Flickr Search Everyone, well hopefully everyone, knows about Flickr and using images with the Creative Commons Licensing. Using the advanced search option, you can specifically ask to only be shown… -
How Well are You Connected to Photography?
28 Oct 2009 | 7:37 pmMost of the time we discuss making a connection with our subjects or clients. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently about the term connection. Making a connection with subjects and clients is truly important for our photography, but what else connects you to photography? Owning a camera, digital or film, connects you to photography in one small but important way. It’s just a small part to in the grand scheme of the photography industry. Moreover, the greater the connection, the greater the influence on your images. It all catches up and allows you to grow. It’s… -
Hot Wordpress Themes Released Recently For Photography
22 Oct 2009 | 11:20 pmIf you’re a photographer, or involved in any type of creative field, you need to be online. You need to be building your online presence. You may run into people in the future that might not even do business with you if you do not have a web presence. Lucky for you, and me, there have been some fucking amazing wordpress themes to have come out in the last few months. These themes are pretty new, fresh and will seriously show off you photography portfolio, illustrations, logo/design work, or even just a personal photoblog. If you’re building a photography business, I’d…
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Who Else Wants Access To The Largest Database Of CommentLuv Enabled Blogs On The Internet
20 Nov 2009 | 5:45 amDiscover how to tap into the ultimate list of CommentLuv Enable Blogs and start building deep links to your website through blog commenting.Related posts:Blog Commenting For Traffic GenerationStop... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Create A New Audio Product Every Single Month In Just A Few Clicks!
18 Nov 2009 | 3:28 amHave you ever wanted to create high quality audio products? Now you can make audio products with leading marketers that you can sell and keep all the money!Related posts:7 Reasons Why Affiliate... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Welcome To FMS SEO, Testimonials, Top Commentators, and…
17 Nov 2009 | 3:45 amWe've moved! Welcome to FMS SEO The Derby SEO Company.Related posts:Blog Commenting For Traffic GenerationDo You Want To Know My Secret Voodoo Blogging MethodsPolite SEO For Link Building [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
5 Reasons To Subscribe To Our RSS Feed
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How To Make Remembering Your Passwords As Easy As Remembering Your Name
7 Nov 2009 | 3:40 pmTired of writing passwords on post-it notes? Want to login automatically to your favourite sites? Roboform form filler and password manager is the tool for you.Related posts:More Important Than... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Wired Weekend #4: The Best Blogging Tips From Around the Web
20 Nov 2009 | 8:19 amThe weekend is here yet again, and school is out for a whole week in my area thanks to this wonderful upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. That leaves me with a much clearer head to prepare for an amazing week of work, partying, and making lists of blogging tips. We are already at our fourth installment of this series (watch for our 5th week anniversary next week) and we, as always, have some amazing blogging stuff for you guys. It’s also important to note that not only is the content here for you, but it’s from you. We pick content from our readers every week and place them into these… -
Knowing When to Hire a Professional
18 Nov 2009 | 9:05 pmThere comes a time when you are up against an insurmountable task or deadline and there is nothing you can do but face defeat. At least that’s what it seems like when you don’t know what or who to turn to for help. Finding the right help and understanding when its time to use the resources you have available are important. There is has never been more free content and excellent tips online to teach you exactly when and how to accomplish your task at hand. Maybe you have a school project, deadline at work or more relevant a new blog you have to have ready. What do you do… -
How to Calmly and Efficiently Write a Post at the Last Minute
17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmEvery once in a while, things come up that totally mess up our schedule. Most of the time as a starting out blogger, or just a blogger with lazy tendencies, there is no backup. The situation I am talking about of course is rushing in posts at the last-minute. As you know first hand, keeping up with your post schedule isn’t easy. If you’re a serious blogger, you probably have had a time on your blog where you actually missed a day of writing due to an unforeseen emergency, or something else. We all have. We had plenty of missed days when we started this blog as well, so it’s not like… -
Google Magic and Dating Megan Fox
17 Nov 2009 | 9:15 amGoogle is the web’s most powerful player and the person at the party everyone wants to become friends with. If the web was a high school prom, Google would be the girl everyone tried to dance with. Too many people don’t understand enough about Google to ever really have a chance of success with it, just like the popular girl at the dance. You see Google is very elusive. Entire blogs, forums, and websites are dedicated to understanding how Google works and more importantly how to be successful using it. There are more rumors about Google then about Barack Obama’s… -
Breakdown of the 28 WordPress Plugins That Have Contributed to the Growth of our Blog
15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmIf you use Wordpress, there’s no doubt that you know of all the free plugins and modifications available for it. Without all of these plugins, a lot of the features found on many blogs today wouldn’t exist. In this article, I want to share with you guys the 28 plugins we currently have installed here and how they have contributed to the growth of our blog. It’s a long list, so get prepared for a little reading! Lucky for you guys, I took the time to sort this whole list out pretty neatly. Share Posts We can’t be the only ones promoting our posts, see what options we…
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Are You Jumping on the WordPress Mage Bandwagon?
19 Nov 2009 | 8:01 amWow there is a brand new method of publishing new WordPress Blogs and even what they refer to as “Pimping” your older installs of WP Blogs that seems unbelievable! Here are some of the premises as I interpret the hype: One button publishing. Do your keyword research. Get a string of from hundreds to thousands of keywords in a few seconds, and then you push one button to publish each of those keywords as an individual Blog post article in mere seconds or a few minutes. Thousands of keyword rich articles that you can back date as many years as you wish and they all look… -
Free Contest – Win Prizes – No Purchase Necessary
8 Nov 2009 | 4:41 amHello everyone. Welcome to the first contest that I have ever run here on Linkmoney.org. This is very easy. There is no purchase necessary to win one of the prizes. I was going to run this contest to the end of the year but that would be in the Holiday season and too much to deal with. So we will run this contest for 30 days from today, December 8th. The goal here is to increase traffic which should help improve the Alexa score on Linkmoney. The other thing is that I lost all of my several years worth of RSS and Email subscribers when feedburner was sold to Google, so I would love to have a… -
I Want to Increase My Alexa Ranking
30 Oct 2009 | 11:01 amAlexa is owned by Amazon and they use a rating system that estimates all website traffic. When a site is brand spanking new it starts out with an Alexa rank of several million. In this ranking system the smaller the number that your website receives is better. Your site will not start to show up in the Alexa charts until your site is in the top 100,000. To tell the truth I never worried much about it and I never have worried much about the Google Page Rank score either. In GPR your site is rated as a number from 0 to 9, or possibly 10 not sure about that. Now lately I have had two… -
Is Google Sniper The Real Deal?
25 Oct 2009 | 4:55 amI asked myself the obvious, “Is Google Sniper the real deal”? If you are in the Internet Marketing business and trying to find the best ways to make some money online then you have no doubt tried many different systems. Some work really well, some are just plain old duds. So with full disclosure: There are affiliate advertisements for this product on this website. But in this case I am going to give you my own impressions and opinion of this product, Google Sniper. I am not being paid by George Brown or any other person or company to tell you this. I will however earn a commission… -
Do You Flog for Links?
5 Oct 2009 | 12:14 pmHere’s the way I see it. We all Blog, right? Well do you Flog for links? You’ve heard it all before, write good content and other authority sites will link to you. Bull shit! In your dreams they will. The following procedures are of course nothing that I would do but you might like to know about the possibility of Flogging. Some Bloggers set up multiple Blogs in every niche market that they intend to Blog in. Then after you have written several good posts on your primary niche marketing Blog, you can then start posting articles in the secondary Blogs, or as I like to call them Flogs, and…
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Slave of the mind
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Senseless arbitrariness
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The counsel of death
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Illusions we hold dear
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Self mastery: the feared path
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Windstream to Acquire NuVox
3 Nov 2009 | 11:06 amWell another merger in telecom and it is actually the company I work for we will see how it goes. Everyone knows that with mergers and acquisitions comes layoffs. Due to overlapping departments and having to streamline to be cost effective. So as scary it may be during this time there is always opportunities in a ever changing business market. I used to be horrified when things like this happened but when you have been working in the telecom business for 10 + years job insecurity becomes a reality. As I will wait out this merger to see if I will have a job or not. And not know the details… -
TRX Suspension Professional Trainer-$110.00
1 Nov 2009 | 10:19 amTake your training to the next level. With the TRX Suspension Trainer Professional, you’ll maximize your training time and achieve the results you want–no matter where you are. TRX Pro Kit includes the TRX Suspension Trainer, All Body Xpress DVD, Waterproof fold-out Training Guide and the TRX Storage bag. (more…) After messing around online searching for resistance training I found the above link for resistance training which seems to be pretty cool when it comes to getting in shape online. It kind of compares to the P90X program. What is really cool about this program it… -
Recession Buster-Recession Proof Your Business and Income
26 Oct 2009 | 7:19 pmSo I have decided to start a new series which will be starting this week. I am calling this “The Recession Buster” I want to help out the small businesses or the average person who has been laid of or unemployed. Even though it seems like we are crawling slowly but surely out of this recession. Let’s face it our economy is in the dumps. One thing I have been doing over the past couple of months, (The Reason you haven’t heard much out of me) was to try and get someone to try several of my recession busting methods and try to make them work. Well it seems like it did. -
Your Words Are Your Own Product?
17 Oct 2009 | 7:56 pmIf you’ve never come up with any ebooks or digital products on your own but you’ve been writing articles and posting in forums, then you’re in for a big surprise. You won’t believe that you already have your own digital product in hand. You’d probably think that your own product has to be an ebook, a piece of software or some sort. That is normal. Though you can’t actually hold a digital product, the image of a book that appears on a website seems appealing and real enough to imagine that it’s a tangible, physical product – when an ebook is… -
Joint Venture Marketing For Newbies
16 Oct 2009 | 8:18 pmWhen most people think of Joint Venture Marketing, what comes to mind is usually basic information that’s not particularly interesting or beneficial. But there’s a lot more to Joint Venture Marketing than just the basics. What Is A Joint Venture? A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more businesses work on a project for a set period of time. Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a product together, or some can be short-term, like bartering (trading) products and services. Joint venture ideas are virtually endless. The best time to learn about Joint Venture…
