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12 Powerful Blog Editors to Use Besides Windows Live Writer
Blogging Many bloggers prefer using desktop blog editors because they’re more convenient, often offer more features (than their blogging client), and can even be used offline. Just about everyone has heard of Windows Live Writer and many swear by it, so much that they haven’t given any other blog editors a chance. There are really some great Windows Live Writer alternatives out there and you’ll be surprised at how advanced those other ...
Continue readingFootfeed – One Site for All Your Check-ins
Reviews, Social Media If you’re like me, you probably have at least 2-3 geolocation service apps, like Brightkite, Foursquare or Gowalla, on your smartphone. It can be quite time consuming when it comes to using all of them when out and about. My husband always laughs at me because I have to take 5-6 minutes just to check-in at each one. Like Checkin Mania, a site I covered earlier this year, Footfeed is another site that aims to make your life easier when it ...
Continue readingCascaad – Tailored Social Streams that Match Your Interest
Reviews, Social Media “Cascaad is an interest-centered social hub and networking service that helps you discover and join relevant conversations on the topics that you care about.” With the service you can filter your Twitter stream based on what you like and dislike. New content will then be recommended to you based on your interests. Conversations are also organized into “topic pages” which make them easier to follow. Between the website and ...
Continue readingEnjoy Your Music Everywhere You Go with Rdio
Social Media Rdio is an amazing music application that I’ve had the pleasure of trying out for their 3-day free trial period. I learned via their Twitter account that you will have the option to extend your trial to 10 days once the 3 days is up — nice to know. Although this is not a free application, when you think about the benefits of using it you may just feel that it is worth the monthly fee. This app not only lets you listen to your music from ...
Continue readingUsing Icons to Brand
Promote your blog, WordPress Plugins One very useful plug in for branding is called Blog Icons. I have had this installed on all of my blogs as well as client blogs every time I set up a new wordpress blog. There are many useful features in this plug in that I think you will benefit from. From RoyalTutorial Images Take a look at the left hand side of this open tab. Do you see that little red box that shows “BT” for Blogging Tips? That is a favicon and if you don’t ...
Continue readingIs Your Site Mobile Friendly? Does it Matter?
Design & Coding Making your site mobile/iPhone friendly is relatively simple to do. If you’re a WordPress blogger, all you have to do is install WP Touch (previously discussed here) and adjust the options to suit your liking. But if you are among the bloggers that haven’t created a mobile-friendly version of your site, you are not alone. The vast majority of sites on the Web do not have mobile-friendly versions, especially small-to-midsized sites, ...
Continue reading6 Free Browser Alternatives for the iPhone and iPod Touch [Part 2]
Social Media As you’ll see from the first half of this list yesterday, I took to the time to mention each feature along with my likes and dislikes for each iPhone/iPod Touch Browser. So, needless to say the list is pretty extensive, which is why I decided to break it up into 2 parts (which both are still pretty long). Hopefully, this info will come in handy for some! This is Part 2 of “6 Free Browser Alternatives for the iPhone and iPod ...
Continue reading6 Free Browser Alternatives for the iPhone and iPod Touch [Part 1]
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Social Media I don’t have an iPhone but I do have an iPod Touch that I use just as much as my laptop, sometimes more. I’m not a huge fan of the default Safari mobile browser and I know many others who aren’t as well. There are numerous browsers in the Apple app store to use as alternatives, most of which will cost you at least $.99. If you’re like me, you probably don’t want to spend money testing out all the browsers in order ...
Continue readingHootSuite on the iPhone
Social Media Twitter and the iPhone have always been a natural combination. Twitter’s mobile-friendly 140 character limit, robust API and mobile-centric features have, overall, meshed well Apples flagship cellphone. The presence of Twitter on the iPhone was strong enough for Time Magazine to name Tweetie 2 the number one iPhone app of 2009, ahead of both Yelp and SlingPlayer. Despite this, crossovers between desktop applications and iPhone ones have ...
Continue reading6 Things Bloggers Should Bring to Conferences
Blogging, Promote your blog This past weekend I was at WordCamp Dallas, where I was given the opportunity to both speak to and interact with a group of over 300 fellow WordPress users, bloggers and soon-to-be bloggers. It was a great event that was a unique combination of wonderful sponsors, great planning, spectacular speakers and great attendees. But if you are a blogger that is new to conferences, whether they are blogger-specific, technical or otherwise, there is a lot ...
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