10 Must-Have Plugins for Wordpress

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I've installed and configured quite a few wordpress blogs in my time. During this time, I've compiled a core of 10 plugins which I install with every wordpress site I work with - some of which make it easier to track and manage readers, some help me to categorize and ...

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Link Love - July 18th, 2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Skelliewag gives us a Complete Guide to Finding and Using Flickr Images. Bookmark the Creative Commons search page, I have to say that I'm going to be implementing this ASAP - I've used images in this blog, but not nearly to the extent that I wish. Now that I understand ...

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Blogging Terminology

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

As a long-time blogger and blogging assistant, I know the frustration that comes with the 'blogger jargon.' It's rough, especially for businesses just getting their feet wet on the Internet to grasp all the nuances of what goes into blogging. Fortunately, Daniel Scocco over at Daily Blog Tips has posted ...

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A Blog Subscription Rant

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

If your customers are online, then you need a blog - plain and simple. It helps with your SEO, it helps people to know and trust your business, it's an excellent promotional platform, and so much more. Then, why is it so DIFFICULT to make subscription options prominent? I've been actively ...

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Blog Renovations

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Do you Want More Marketing, Less BS? It's been awhile since we've updated this blog on a regular basis, but that's all about to change. We've rebranded the TrinityJacobs 'Behind the Scenes' Blog into "The Marketing VA" -- so, take a minute to update your RSS Feed link by clicking here, ...

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Make Money Business Blogging

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Rita over at the VA Journal points us to Blog Printing, an all-in-one solution to turn your blog into a bound book. This could be especially useful for those who follow Patti Krakoff's Blog to Book series. Has anyone tried this service? From the FAQ: What does the book look like? We offer ...

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Is Blogging Right for your Business?

Friday, May 19th, 2006

When we hear some *new and improved* marketing technique, we all want to jump on the bandwagon. Technorati.com estimates that there is a blog created every second, and ProBlogger.com estimates that many of those blogs die within three months. Why do those blogs die? Maybe the owner didn’t have sufficient ...

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Holiday Auto-Recovery

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Why do holidays always put me behind on my [tag]blogging[/tag]? I should learn, with wordpress's ability to schedule posting to blog ahead of time... Anyway, catching up, there are a few very interesting things in the blogosphere: 1. Everytime Mark Silver writes something, I hear his voice. I don't know why... but ...

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Are you ready to blog? Blogwild! Small Business Book Hits Bookstores Today

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

"[tag]Blogs [/tag] are revolutionizing all kinds of industries but perhaps none more so than [tag] small business marekting [/tag] . [tag] Andy Wibbels [/tag] gives you everything you need at your finger tips to launch ...

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Technorati Tags

Friday, March 10th, 2006

It's easy to overlook the importance of [tag]technorati[/tag] [tag]tags[/tag], especially if you haven't had the time to educate yourself on them. Tagging is a nifty [tag]web2.0[/tag] buzzword(buzz action?) that really means categorizing. You post on a variety of topics in your blog, and you categorize your posts using the categories feature ...

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