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Bonehead Marketing 101
You probably don’t want to be a bonehead marketer. So let me tell you exactly how I was one recently, to help you avoid the condition. It started when I was asked to give a presentation on integrating Twitter into WordPress for the Dallas Fort Worth WordPress Meetup Group. Public speaking is something I like to practice whenever possible and I knew exactly what materials I wanted to talk about.... More...
Networking At The DFW Wordpress Meetup
Are you using Meetup.com to network offline with your online contacts? Well, let me tell you first hand, you should be. I attended a meeting for the DFW WordPress Meetup Group this past Saturday and I had a wonderful time, made some great contacts, and learned some things I can implement right away to add revenue to my business. If you haven’t been to a meet up, then I highly suggest you visit... More...
Stopping WordPress Spam Comments
Is comment spam taking up your time and bringing down your server? Even if you don’t get enough spam to take down your server, I bet it’s still pretty annoying. Almost all WordPress bloggers run into this problem at some point, but most don’t know that there is an extremely simple WordPress plugin solution that will solve 99.9% of their automated spam comment headaches. The plugin... More...
Interview With A Love Kung Fu Artist
Can being a Love Kung Fu artist help you increase your customer base and make you more efficient too? Well, I can guarantee anything, but it has certainly worked for Mark Berry of LoveKungFu.com. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark and he told me about several creative ideas he’s used to build up his online life coaching business. Using word of mouth advertising, teleconferencing... More...
Two Tools For Optimizing Your Blog
After researching, writing, gathering links, and cropping images, optimizing a blog is usually the last thing a blogger thinks about. But the truth is, all that hard work could be going to waste if your blog isn’t being seen and the appropriate action isn’t being taken. Slow blog load times can discourage visitors from digging to deeply into your content. If a page doesn’t load fast... More...
Don’t Be Shy. Ask For The Sale.
Where to place your email sign up form and RSS subscription badge is an interesting topic to me. I see a lot of variations and each solution seems to have it’s own set of mertis. Regardless of style and arrangement, the one most important piece of advice I could ever give a new blogger is to put their email and RSS subscription boxes above the fold, preferably at the top of their blog. If you... More...
How To Fight Content Theft
Recently I came across yet another spam blog trackback in my moderated blog comments. I’ve tried to ignore these as they’ve continued to increase. But enough is enough and now I’m looking at ways to simplify the abuse reporting process. There are two simple steps you can take to hit a splogger where it hurts. You can report them to their web hosting provider, and you can report them... More...
Creative Ways To Make Regular Posts
Starting today I’m going to be posting to my blog on a regular basis. I know what your thinking, “Show me the money.” Well, I certainly intend to do just that. As part of an effort to post to my blog every day I’m starting a series called, Microtweens. Microtweens will be short blog posts that link to one new daily resource that I find on the web. I’ll include a short... More...
Blogging Tips From WordCamp Dallas 2008
Here are a few notes from John Pozadzides at OneMansBlog.com. He’s giving the presentation on 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog at WordCamp Dallas 2008. I’m not going to list all 45 tips in this update, but here are a few interesting ones for you. Use English Names for Images Descriptive and accurate titles are essential Use title elements on every hypertext link Pick the right theme (SEO... More...
Blogging Gear from WordCamp Dallas 2008
Here is a short list of items that I took to WordCamp Dallas 2008 to document the event and post updates to the web. Of course, the list doesn’t include cables and adapters, but for the most part every thing I carried fit into a single school size backpack, including the 160 GB external mobile hard drive I carry for video editing. Here’s the list: iPhone for taking pictures, emailing,... More...
WordsPress Review From WordCamp Dallas 2008
Here are some of the new announcements from the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event here in Frisco Texas. Not only is WordPress.org getting a refresh, but WordPress 2.5 was also released today. Media Management: Media upload is totally redesigned with the ability to upload multiple items at one time. Image Handling: You can tag your images on your desktop and then upload them to WordPress and it will pull out... More...
Let’s Meet Up At WordCamp Dallas This Weekend!
You may have heard about the South By SouthWest event down in Austin Texas. It was a week long event that has historically been a music related event, but has added topics around blogging and media. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend, but I heard a lot of popular blogging names were there. It would have been a great chance to mix it up with other motivated people because getting to know people... More...
Obama and Hillary Use Twitter For Social Networking
Today I got an email update from Twitter and some of the featured links they provided highlighted Twitter profiles for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The 2008 presidential contest has been probably the most interactive political event in history with videos being posted on YouTube, debates being held on CNN/YouTube, bloggers speaking out, and new forms of social media growing like crazy. So it only... More...
Running A Contest To Attract Positive Attention
Without question, word of mouth advertising is absolutely and indisputably the best form of advertising that has ever existed. This has been the case, good or bad, for a very long time. No one can deny that word of mouth advertising is, in it’s most basic form, free and highly effective. In most cases the people who hear the advertising message are usually listening to someone they trust when... More...
