Blogs versus Minisites - do you make this mistake too?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Just read a good article from one of the people I follow regularly. Actually read it a few days ago then went back again today to make sure it was fresh in my mind.
It is called Revenge of the Minisite from John Taylor and brings up something I was aware of and recommend to client’s [...]
What should you blog about?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Today’s question:
What should the content of a blog be?
Sometimes questions don’t have a correct answer. This is one of them.
The content will depend on the purpose of your blog. The nice thing is that a blog can be about anything you want it to be.
When I ran a blog exchange I saw blogs on all [...]
Host Your Blog - The advantages and disadvantages
Friday, August 8th, 2008There are three main advantages to hosting your own blog.
You own it
Can be optimized better
Can add other items to improve your process
There are also a couple disadvantages.
It does have a monetary cost
Need a bit of technical ability
Now lets get into the details.
You own it
This is probably the biggest advantage. As long as you pay for [...]
Q and A call on Tuesday evening
Monday, July 21st, 2008With everything that has been going on it has been a while since I have done an open call so…
EVENT: WordPress Q and A
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:00pm Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW…
http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=3664803
So you can enter your questions now [...]
Guest blogging for extra traffic
Friday, June 20th, 2008You may have seen that I had a guest posting here earlier this week.
This can be a great way to JV with other people in your niche. Alex Syseof writes on the same topics (WordPress) that I do here. We met in Philadelphia a couple weeks back and found that this would be a great [...]
Blog or website? Website or blog?
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Today’s question:
I have a nonprofit organization that cares for HIV/AIDS orphans. I currently have a website and want to update. Trying to determine if I should go for the Blog or stay with a website. For me the main purpose for changing would be so I can update on a regular basis without depending on [...]
Tweaking your blog
Monday, May 26th, 2008Today’s question:
Let’s say that I blow up my blog…meaning I take all this time tweaking the theme and plugins and then something goes wrong….How do you fix it if you are not techie? I’ve had problems in the past where I would just get this ‘database error in wpcontent line456???? Now I’m afraid to make [...]
Blogs and email marketing
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Today’s question:
From reading your blog and others, I have learned it is important to build an opt-in e-mail list to keep in contact with readers via an e-mail subscription. Can you talk about how to set up your blog to optimally to collect e-mail addresses? Also, once you have promised the reader periodic e-mails (such [...]
Question on using and optimizing Blogger
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Today’s question is:
I know you are a big wordpress fan but I believe you mentioned using blogger on occasion. On what occasion do you use blogger instead of wordpress? Also, are there any tutorials you can recommend on setting up and optimizing blogger?
I never use Blogger for a primary site. I want to own any [...]
Low on questions so….
Friday, May 16th, 2008It must be time to do another question and answer session.
Yep, Monday night - May 19 - at 8pm.
Mark your calendars.
Of course ike always you can ask your questions in advance. Go to the page and fill in your question then stop back on Monday night to hear the answers.
WordPress or blogging questions
Look forward [...]