Don't Hold Your Content Hostage!

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Are you holding your content hostage? Or your readers? I was searching the web this morning for a specific plugin I’d used before but couldn’t remember the name of. I came across a website with a demo of the plugin, but instead of being able to see the demo and page content, I was greeted [...]

How to Grab a cPanel Backup (Video)

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Got a question this week about cPanel backups so I’ve answered it in a short video.  Here’s how to grab a cPanel backup of your hosting account, and why you may want to make this one of your regular routines.

Defined: Pings, Trackbacks, Pingbacks & Backlinks

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Sometimes blogging lingo can be a little confusing.  Take all those “link” related words, for example: trackback, pingback, backlink… do you understand the difference? More importantly, do you know how to… automatically tell search engines and others that there’s new content on your blog? protect your blog from being penalized in the search engines by [...]

I Can *Borrow* a Copy of That, Right?

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The web is full of awesome content, isn’t it? Stunning photographs, super cute illustrations, insightful info graphics… Brilliant blog posts, beautiful prose and poetry, articles that answer our questions and challenge our preconceptions… …and we want to share it all! My Readers Would Love This!  I’ll Just Borrow it… So it’s okay, right?  I can [...]

Cool Tool: Have You Seen Hello Bar Yet?

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Yeah, you have.  It’s sitting at the very top of my website.  See it up there? It’s the light gray bar that slides down and right now is inviting you to learn my Twitter secrets.  Don’t click it yet.  Stay here and read this post, then you can go check out the Twitter link, k?

Unmask Who's Linking to You

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Do you know who’s linked to your website? Are you wondering how your visitors are finding you?  Or if all that work you’ve been doing to build links is paying off? Knowing which site are linking to you and which links are driving traffic is important so you can focus your efforts on the most [...]

5 Easy Ways to Build Links to Your Website

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How many links are there to your website? Every link is another opportunity for clients and connections to find you and your business! So are you looking for ways to get more links to your website? Of course you are! Links also help build your website’s authority, credibility and search engine positions. Here are 5 [...]

Make Your Website Easy to Find

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Do you know the quickest, easiest way to make your website or blog easy for you to advertise and easy for visitors to find when you share it with them? Get your own domain name! Why should you get your own domain? It’s less than $15 a year.  Small investment, big reward. Brand yourself / [...]

6 Ways to Prevent Visitors From Sharing Your Website

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Tired of getting traffic to your website?  Frustrated when you see your URL or name pop up on Facebook or Twitter? Never fear!  I can solve this problem for you! Here’s how to make sure it’s difficult for people to share your website. After all, if they want to share it they should have to [...]

Stop Blending In! Tips to Make Your Blog Stand Out from the Crowd

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Guest Post Alert! I’m excited to host Traci Hayner Vanover, aka The Promo Diva(R), today and know you’ll love this post about how to stand out from the crowd. Blending in should be reserved for eyeshadow and smoothies, not for blogs. There are millions of blogs across the net – in niches ranging from ballroom [...]