It’s out and so far during testing I’m impressed. However I will be testing it some more before recommending to all my clients. A quick video below shows you some of the new features.
It’s out and so far during testing I’m impressed. However I will be testing it some more before recommending to all my clients. A quick video below shows you some of the new features.
WordPress 2.6 is due shortly. I doubt that it will be released on time, though that never really bothers me as I would rather it works than be rushed out prematurely just to hit an artificial deadline. For those who are signed up to my Monthly Maintenance Package, they will get upgraded by me as… Continue Reading
As an internet professional I read, and watch, a lot of information online about websites and how to improve them. Here are five quick tips I learned this week about improving the conversion of your website, blog, ecommerce site, newsletter or squeeze page: 1. Use the word “your”. Treating visitors as if they’re people (even… Continue Reading
Another question I get frequently is how to add Google Analytics to a WordPress blog. The good news is that it’s incredibly easy. 1. Download the Google Analytics plugin. 2. Upload the plugin via FTP and activate it in you WordPress Dashboard plugins menu. 3. Go to Google Analytics and sign up/in. Add your new… Continue Reading
The “now what?” moment has hit many of my clients, and I don’t like to leave them hanging. They may just want an install or upgrade but usually I end up straying into more technical aspects and even, dare I say it, blog consulting! Blog Settings First things first, change your password. You get given… Continue Reading
Yaro Starak will very soon re-open his doors to Blog Mastermind, in my opinion the best blog coaching and mentoring program out there. I’ve personally been through the course so have first hand experience of how good it is. His Blog Profits Blueprint FREE eBook is a must read for bloggers. Below he discusses how… Continue Reading
Another of the great questions I got in response to my newsletter is regarding how to add an email subscription box to your website or blog. So I’m going to look at two methods, Feedburner and AWeber. Feedburner Feedburner is a service where it makes it easy for people to subscribe to your feed, and… Continue Reading
I had an excellent response from my newsletter request for questions (to sign up just use the form on the right or below), some of which I’ve responded to personally and some that I thought more could benefit. Two very smart people asked me the same question, essentially what are quick and easy ways to… Continue Reading
Quick WordPress SEO notes: Basics – One topic per post, be specific. “What is…”, Top ten posts, best of posts, “How to…” and so on. – Text in posts should contain keywords, but not keyword stuffing. Bold and italics help a little. Must be natural for the reader! – Write unique content that’s useful! WordPress… Continue Reading
Just a quick note, if you use Firefox, there is a new release of a content suggestion plugin for the Write screen in WordPress (and Typepad and Blogger). Note that this is a plugin for Firefox and NOT a WordPress plugin, but does add functionality to WordPress. More info can be found at Zemanta. It’s… Continue Reading