HostGator is an excellent choice for when you’re starting a blog and need affordable, reliable web hosting services. They have easy-to-use website creation tools and a one-click installation of WordPress and other popular blogging platforms. In addition to all that, the company has live support available via phone and live chat, so help with any … Read more
Last week I showed how you can remove the digg bar from your blog using javascript. Jonathan Bailey also wrote about this subject and he later emailed me about an article John Gruber wrote. As some of you may know, Javscript has some limitations. One of the biggest problems is that users have the option of switching javascript off. Thankfully, John … Read more
Whether you blog about food, fashion, technology, or travel, there’s one thing every blogger has in common: We all want to be taken seriously.
There are a few easy things that bloggers can do to make their sites look more professional and more polished.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to set up a professional email address that’s associated with the name of your blog. Using your Gmail or Yahoo account doesn’t exactly lend credibility.
Disappointed with the reaction you’re getting to your blog? You know your audience. You’re writing solid content. So what’s the problem? It might be your header image. You can have the most amazing content, but without a great image to bring readers in, you might be losing readers before they even set eyes on your … Read more
Whether you’re starting a brand new blog or trying to build your following with an existing one, there is a ton to know about blogging. To have a successful blog, you’ve got to improve your search rankings. But do you know how to do that? Where do you start? If you want to improve your … Read more
Getting started with a brand new WordPress blog might seem like a tough task. What if you don’t have any idea about how to set up a website? Will setting up your site be terribly complicated and take up a lot of your time before you can even start writing your first blog post? Thankfully, … Read more
Learning how to design a blog is one of the best parts of becoming a blogger. Designing your own blog allows you to be creative and give your website some personality. The goal is to design a website that looks beautiful, focuses on your content, and promotes social sharing, yet is functional and high-converting for … Read more
After starting your blog, you may be wondering how to install a WordPress theme. A WordPress theme is the design or look of your website. Installing a theme can help you customize and style your blog to your specific needs. Furthermore, a unique and professional design will make your blog stand out from the crowd of bloggers in … Read more
WordPress and Blogger (also known as BlogSpot) are two of the best and most popular free publishing platforms for new bloggers. However, if you really want to make money blogging, you need a self-hosted WordPress blog – a blog you own and completely control. With so many bloggers eventually migrating from Blogger to WordPress, we decided … Read more
After you’ve set up your blog and installed WordPress, you will need to learn how to login to WordPress for the first time. Your WordPress admin or login information will provide you access to your blogging software, where you will have the opportunity to configure important settings, publish posts, upload plugins and themes, and manage your … Read more
In recent times, businesses have started employing video marketing strategies as a part of their Internet marketing mix. Companies use videos for marketing, promotions and even as know-how kind of content. Here is the best way to Embedding Videos into your website. Over a period of time, all videos available on the Web have been … Read more
Engaging your audience is an ever more challenging prospect for most sites, as competition for their attention grows fiercer every day. When you Add an Author’s Photo in WordPress it gives the author more credibility. One way to strengthen the connection between your site and its readership is to give a face to the authors … Read more
Incredibly useful in the modern world, where your internet audience could span a hundred different countries, Hreflang tags allow your site to direct people to the version of your site with the most appropriate language for their location from google searches. However, they can go further than just language, allowing you to direct to region … Read more
I get asked pretty often if I can put together a tutorial showing Blogger users how to transfer their posts over to WordPress. Well, lookie here, your requests have been answered! This tutorial is for those Blogger users who do not yet have a custom domain set up who wish to move over to a … Read more
Here is an amazing tutorial how on using Google Analytics to track links in WordPress. GA is the complete tool suite that you ever need.
