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Shorten your urls with WP.me
Blogging News With the recent closing and then reopening of tr.im, url shorteners have been in the news a lot. Matt Mullenweg is keeping them in the news a bit longer with the announcement of WP.Me, WordPress.coms new url shortener and apparently the only two letter .me domain in the world. Matt explains that it is different from services such as TinyURL in a few ways: Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now. These are all exposed in the ...
Continue readingHow to create a Facebook page for your blog
Social Networking Facebook is the most popular social networking website in the world. Millions use it daily and millions more are becoming active members every month. What many of you might not know is that Facebook makes it incredibly easy for bloggers to connect to their readers and lets you update their profiles with your latest posts. There are 2 ways you can do this. You can either connect to your readers by asking them to befriend you via your personal ...
Continue readingAuthority, Sponsored Tweets & Site Update
Blogging I have not posted much in the last week or so but I have been keeping up to date with my RSS feeds so I thought I would do a quick round up of news you might be interested in Authority Rules Brian Clark, of Copyblogger fame, has released a report on online marketing entitled ‘Authority Rules‘. It’s quite a short report but it is packed full of great information. You can download the 18 page e-book for free or, if you prefer, ...
Continue readingWhat do you find most difficult as a blogger?
Blogging Recently I have been checking on some blogging forums and have noticed how varied the difficulties are that bloggers face (particularly new bloggers). Those with technical skills sometimes find it difficult to find inspiration for posts whereas those with experience with writing may struggle to get to grips with running their blog and customising it the way they want. Don’t be alarmed if you are being overwhelmed with the many aspects of ...
Continue readingWordPress.com Gravatar Widget
WordPress Plugins WordPress.com have added a great new widget which lets you easily add an about me box to the side of your WordPress.com blog. The widget is called Gravatar Widget because it displays the users Gravatar image and puts it in the about box. Many themes come with a standard About Me area which can be edited via the sidebar.php template however a widget is much more preferable as it allows you to switch between themes more easily (i.e. without having ...
Continue readingBlog Themes Club Membership Price Drop For 3 days only!
Competitions There are only 3 days left until the launch prices for Blog Themes Club end and prices go back up to our normal rates (which we still believe to be competitive). To celebrate the end of our beta (launch) period we are dropping the price of all our membership packages. This offer is only valid Today, Tomorrow and Friday. On Saturday (August 1st) the cost will return to $49 for a 3 month membership, $79 for a 6 month membership and $99 for a 12 ...
Continue readingMisleading Visitors To Generate Affiliate Sales
Making Money I have read many affiliate marketers say that it doesn’t matter how you convince a web visitor into a buying a product, all that matters is that you generated a sale. I can agree with this on some levels. For example, one of the most common ways of making money through sites like Amazon is to create a store front and give visitors the impression that they are actually buying the product from you and not Amazon. I would consider this a ...
Continue reading31 Great Free E-Books
Blogging In my announcement post for Blogging Tips first e-book yesterday I mentioned briefly that blogging, making money online and marketing are topics that I would like to cover in e-books in the future. I do plan on covering these topics in the future but in the mean time I would first like to write about topics which are not getting as much exposure. Matt from Costumes Plus asked if I recommend some good blogging e-books for people just starting out ...
Continue readingFree ‘Basic HTML’ E-Book For Blogging Tips Readers
Design & Coding I am very pleased to announce the release of Blogging Tips first e-book ‘Basic HTML : An Introduction to HTML for Bloggers‘. This 63 page e-book spans 11 chapters and is available to download for free to anyone who joins our blogging newsletter. An Introduction to HTML for Bloggers Releasing an ebook is something I have thought about doing for a long time. HTML was the language I learned 9 years ago when I first started working on ...
Continue reading3 Things I Purchased This Week To Help Me Blog
Blogging I thought I would share with you all 3 cheap and cheerful items that I purchased this week that will help me with my blogging and help me become a better blogger. Imak Ergo Beads Mouse Cushion I sprained my wrist badly playing basketball when I was about 14 or 15. When I was 19 it flared up again and my wrist gave way lifting weights at the gym. Years later, I hurt it again trying to punch through 2 boards at TaeKwonDo. I’ve got a good ...
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