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Google Analytics is an incredible free tool that provides content, social, mobile, conversion and advertising analytics. Find out your most viewed posts. Learn who is visiting your site and for how long. There is a ton of information at your fingertips. In the old days you use to have to insert the code on each separate page of your site. But with some themes or a simple plugin, you can easily … [Read more...]
PLEASE NOTE: Since this was posted, unfortunately the Social Media Widget was compromised and was injecting spam into blogs using it. I know longer recommend it. You can see more info about that here. I am a big fan of both the Image Widget and the Social Media Widget. I have recommended them to a lot of clients, and have used them myself. In fact, I have done video posts on … [Read more...]
If you are on Google+, you probably already know about the new community feature. In fact, I wouldn't doubt it if you have already received several invites. So yes, I have started one myself called WPChatter. Why, you may ask? Well, I have been fairly active over on Google+ for sometime and to be honest, I prefer it over Facebook. The new community feature gives me the opportunity to … [Read more...]
In all of my workshops, webinars, or anytime I talk about blogging, I always emphasize the importance of giving your readers the opportunity to share your blog posts easily. And this can be accomplished with a number of plugins via WordPress.org. For this site I use the "Add Twitter, Facebook Like, Google Plus One Social Share Plugin". It allows you to show the most popular platforms for … [Read more...]
NOTE: This post refers to using Feedburner to set this up. As of Oct. 20, 2012, Feedburn will be pulling its API, which likely means the service will cease to exist or won't be worth using. So I recommend Feedblitz. The video will soon be updated to reflect this new information. A lot of themes already come with your feed working. If you click on this symbol , and don't get an error, then you … [Read more...]
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 powerful ones you will write. But just remember: Using keywords in your headline, ones that web … [Read more...]
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