Recently someone asked me how to choose what image shows up on the blog page. The key is to set your featured image in WordPress for that specific blog post. In this quick tutorial I will show you how to do just that.Bonus: Download a free checklist of the first plugins that I always install on […]
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Recently a client of mine got hacked, the bad kind too. Not only was her site down but it was also completely gone at the cPanel level. This is worst case scenario. Everything was gone. Thankfully, she had two saving graces and her blog was back up within 12 hours. Whew! Her hosting company did daily backups of […]
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Just last week I watched the movie Everest. The movie was intense and also incredibly sad. It was based on a true story and quite a few people died. Yes, that is depressing it was difficult to watch at times but it was also riveting. Something that struck me about the movie was the nomenclature that […]
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What to put on your blog navigation menu can be one of the most challenging issues for a new blogger.Do you put your blog categories on your menu?Do you put the about me on the blog menu?About 60% of the time, people cannot find the information they’re seeking on a website.Approximately 50% of potential sales […]
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Bonus: Download a free checklist of the first plugins that I always install on a new WordPress Blog. When is the last time that you checked in on your blog? Yes, you are logged in daily or weekly but are you paying attention? Are you ignoring the nagging updates? I will be honest, right here and now. […]
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Do you really know what is going on with your blog? The fact of the matter is that sometimes things just go wrong and that is just part of the digital life. But the important thing that every blogger needs to know is if their site is up and running and if not what is wrong. This […]
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Have you been thinking that it just might be time for a blog redesign?I sure have. We are not alone in this idea. Some of the biggest names in blogging have recently done a redesign. It is quite interesting to see where each of them went with their design. Each day I visit the Chrises blogs. […]
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Who doesn’t want to own the coolest website around? You love your small business and therefore you believe that your website should be freakin’ awesome. The truth though, your website is not for you. Just because your favorite color is purple does not mean that your website should have purple font. To be frank, our biggest […]
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When we started our first company we put a lot of time and effort into our logo. Instead we should have been putting that time into our business plan and finding clients. Logos are exciting. They represent something and give us confidence. They can also be quite pricey but they don’t have to be. Don’t get […]
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In this podcast we are going to discuss a quick tip from the previous podcast, a quick SEO tip and then we are going to discuss Stop hating your readers and do these three things. Tip from Podcast 33: 3 Easy SEO Tips for your blog Optimize your social profiles Once you have decided upon what your […]
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In this episode we are going to discuss a quick tip from the previous podcast and then we are going to discuss the a few questions that you should ask a developer before you hire one. Tip from Podcast 31: Do you have this problem? The Problem with Perfection! Here are a few ideas on how […]
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This is part 3 of a blogging series about bad blogging advice. In part 1 I shared 11 pieces of bad blogging advice and dove right into some details about the first bad tip: #1 If you just write it they will read it. #1 is flat out not true. Just because you write blog posts […]
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I crashed my blog! Now before you feel too sorry for me just know that I was doing some serious backend code work. I made a mistake, not just once but three times. I wanted to share what happened so I made a quick podcast about it. This podcast is out of the norm […]
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Sometimes it is a good idea just to put out a list of quick tips. I am re-reading the book by Pro Blogger 31 Days to Build a Better Blog and it is still just as good now as it was in 2012. Click here to view more details One of the first thing that he […]
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There is a great debate in the blogging world and that is “Should I summarize my blog rss feed or should I share the entire post?” First let’s discuss what an rss feed is how it works: RSS; originally RDF Site Summary; often dubbed Really Simple Syndication, uses a family of standard web feed formats […]
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