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View ArticleGoogle Local Business Center
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View ArticleComparing WordPress to Joomla
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View ArticleWhy use WordPress (self-hosted)?
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View ArticleThe problem with using Feedburner for email marketing
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View ArticleStats for WordPress: Analytics or WP stats?
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View ArticleBack yourself up: The 3 top reasons to back up your WordPress site
Why backup? 1) hosting companies disappear 2) servers crash 3) code gets corrupted Ok, so I convinced you. Now if you’re like most people, you’ve got 2 tasks ahead: To backup your database, use the...
View ArticleFree Facebook tip: shorten your URL
Facebook Pages are an important piece of your overall social media marketing strategy. With a FB page, you can publish your blog content to people who have subscribed to your page by becoming a fan....
View ArticleThe art of SEO: basic concepts for WordPress users
You’ve probably already heard that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a very important part of your total website marketing plan. Here are the basics concepts as an introduction to SEO: 1) SEO is all...
View ArticleGoogle Local Business Center
Here is another way you can increase your visibility on Google – register your business at Google’s Local Business Center. It will put you on Google Maps for your business and help people locate you....
View ArticleDesign Portfolio: Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain
Patt Lind-Kyle has created a book and companion CD set to support people in changing their lives for the better. Her WordPress website incorporates the following features: Blog YouTube Channel Social...
View ArticleComparing WordPress to Joomla
Although most of my experience building websites has been with WordPress, I have also used Joomla and I have a few things to say about my experience with it that convinced me that I strongly prefer...
View ArticleDesign Portfolio: Featured Content Gallery
This screenshot of Patt Lind-Kyle’s home page shows one of my favorite WordPress add-ons: the Featured Content Gallery (FCG). This plugin allows WordPress users/designers to add a rotating image...
View ArticleWhy use WordPress (self-hosted)?
There are many great reasons to use a self-hosted version of WordPress for developing your website and blog. Here are my top 10: Google loves WordPress (and blogs in general) because search engines...
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