Monthly Archives: December 2009
WordStream Release Free Keyword Niche Finder and Keyword Grouper
Search Engine Optimisation WordStream, the keyword management tool for PPC and SEO marketing, today released two new keyword tools for free. The WordStream script itself is free to try out however both of these new tools can be used online without downloading the script. Free Keyword Niche Finder The first tool is the Keyword Niche Finder. The tool shows you dozens of keywords and phrases for a specified keyword and highlights the search volume for each phrase. If you are ...
Continue readingCullogo – A new place to hold a logo design contest
Design & Coding More and more people are having their website logo designed in a design contest rather than going to a design company directly with a proposal. SitePoint was one of the first marketplaces to offer design contests when they moved their design contest section from their marketplace to 99Designs. Since then many other logo and design contest websites have appeared. The latest logo contest service on the scene is Cullogo. The site is completely ...
Continue readingStep Away From The Computer: A Blogger’s How To, Part 1 of 2
Productivity I can’t take it anymore! If you spend one more day sitting in that same unforgiving chair, in front of that same heartless screen, clicking through that same stream of unhug-able web pages – I am going to find out where you live, break down your door – and have a nice sit down chat with you over coffee and blueberry muffins… so you will remember what human interaction feels like! I know your work is important. I realize ...
Continue readingA 10 Step Guide to Video Blogging
Video Blogging Video Blogging is probably the best way to build a strong presence for yourself online, and fast. I have done plenty of research in preparation for the recent launch of my personal youtube channel, garin.tv, and the following ten tips are most important steps I discovered. These tips include suggestions for getting the best video quality, and also how to started spreading your videos online. These are the tips that have helped me the most on my ...
Continue readingHurricane WordPress Theme
WordPress Themes I am pleased to announce the release of the Hurricane WordPress Theme, one of the 3 themes which I previewed at the weekend. The Hurricane theme was designed by Leland and his team at CustomTheme.com, a WordPress Design company who specialise in making unique WordPress designs for their clients. The theme has a grungy look with the main colours being black and light blue. Click on the image below to see a large screenshot of the theme. ...
Continue readingUsing Twitter’s Recommended Apps to Get Ahead
Blogging Third party Twitter apps often have a destination site of their own–a landing page where you can interact with the app and your account there. As a blogger you can use this to your advantage by seeking placement on these sites of third party Twitter apps. Many of them include a recommendation system, displaying tweets and users relevant to their app. As others on Twitter utilize these apps, they will also be more likely to come across your ...
Continue readingBlogging and Me, or Is It I?
Writing Pronouns take the place of a noun. When we write our blogs we use pronouns all of the time, but do we use them correctly? Example: At seven years old I said, “Me and Mike want ice cream.” And my grandmother said (just like she did every time I made a grammatical error), “Mike and I.” I was taught that saying “Mike and I” was always correct while “Mike and me” was not. This is not always the case however. First person singular ...
Continue readingGetting Around Those Blogging Distractions
Promote your blog The other day just as I sat down to start my morning work, I heard the door to my office nudge open in a way that told me it wasn’t my wife. When I didn’t hear footsteps I knew it could only be a visit from only one of the two other inhabitants of the house. Sure enough it was our puppy who is coming in to see what I was doing because curiosity has a way of getting the best of every Lab that I’ve encountered. Puppies Like Play, Not ...
Continue reading3 More WordPress Themes Coming Soon
WordPress Themes I hoped you all liked the Principle WordPress Theme which we released a few days ago. My friends Rajat and Oliver over at Blog Design Studio did a great job with the theme, both with the design and with the themes admin area. I will be working closely with them over the next few months to bring you all some more great themes. Themes are something that I want to bring you more of; free themes which are easy to use and customise as well as premium ...
Continue readingGoogle Chrome Twitter Extensions: Kutano vs Chromed Bird
Social Media Now that the Google Chrome browser is soon to come out with their long-awaited extensions, it will be much easier to keep up with your Twitter account while using it. Right now there are currently two Twitter extensions that can be used if you’re on the Chrome Developer’s Channel; those two extensions are Kutano and Chromed Bird. I have personally tried both and they’re each great extensions that are easy to use. Chromed Bird ...
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