6 Tips for Tasty Blog Post Headlines: Why Your Title Matters

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How important are your blog post titles and what should a good headline do? In the words of master ad man David Ogilvy, “The purpose of a title is to get readers to read the first line of your content.” That’s good advice, plain and simple, because the words in your headline are the most [...]

Swimming in the Sea of Social: How One Blogger Stopped Wasting So Much Time

Swimming in the sea of Social Media

The big players in social media, let’s call them the sharks, have tens of thousands of followers on multiple platforms. Some of them use broadcast messaging because they don’t have time to interact with the masses. And so it becomes quantity over quality. But here’s an idea: why not be a big fish in a [...]

Posts from Hell

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In so many of my blogging workshops, I talk about hitting that “publish” button after writing a post. How it flies out there into the cloud and people start reading it. RSS subscribers immediately get it dropped into their reader or sent to their inbox. Google can pick up content only a couple hours or [...]

10 Must Have Plugins for WordPress

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I have lists and lists of plugins that I recommend to fill certain needs on WordPress blogs and websites. But these are probably the 10 must-have plugins, or at least something to consider : )

5 Ways to Use Google Analytics to Increase Your WordPress Blog Traffic

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  Google Analytics makes it easy to track your blog traffic. If you haven’t registered yet, just go to this video and follow the steps to install it on your site. It usually takes 24 hours for the data to start rolling in. 5 Google Analytics Tips To Increase Your Blog Traffic Get the big [...]

Google: Behind the Numbers Infographic

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I came across this infographic and just seeing these numbers made me dizzy. So had to share… From: BusinessMBA.org

What are permalinks?

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Learn how to use permalinks to get the most out of your web or blog posts URL, and make the search engines happy. If you would like to watch a full video that reviews all of your settings in WordPress, including General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Privacy and Permalinks, watch this On-Demand Video for only $3.99.

My Presentation at BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 in Los Angeles

Bob Dunn speaker at BlogWorld Expo 2011

I had the honor of speaking at this years Blogworld and New Media Expo 2011 in Los Angeles. You can watch my presentation: Stop Losing Readers and Subscribers: A Walk Through a User-Friendly Blog

Does the address (URL) of your page look like this? http://yourdomain/?page_id=10 – How to change it.

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Learn how to change this using permalinks for the best SEO in your self-hosted WordPress site. [wpvideo 7DmlSo9n w=650]

WordCamp Seattle 2011 Presentation Video – How To Attract More Readers with a User-Friendly WordPress Site

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Check out my video of my presentation at WordCamp Seattle 2011. And here is a link to the slideshow by itself. [wpvideo Vpv0hZlp w=650]