Custom WordPress Websites that Rock!
My friend Amy (who writes a most excellent blog at http://www.amycesario.com/ ) asked how to set a Featured Image for her Wordpress Blog Posts. I know Amy is doing a lot of videos these days. Her post may consist entirely of an embedded video with perhaps a few words. Featured Images can be used …
As I said in Part 1, Blogging isn’t Rocket Science. A third grader could blog. Take a step back and you’ll notice that the act of blogging consists of three very specific, very different compartments. For lack of better terms I’ll refer to them as Content Creation, Distribution, and Response. …
Blogging isn't Rocket Science. A third grader could blog. Maybe not well, but they could. Take a step back and you'll notice that the act of blogging consists of three very specific, very different compartments. For lack of better terms I'll refer to them as Content Creation, Distribution, …
There is a saying out there, "Jack of all trades, Master of none". I believe there's truth in that and it speaks directly to the idea of Niche and the idea of marketing to a specific segment of a broader audience. I build Custom Facebook Apps for Business Pages and Advertising Campaigns. I also …
There I was, looking at the upcoming month of April. A few conferences to attend or speak at, a few outside appointments, just an average looking month. Excluding weekends, I quickly counted the number of weekdays. 21. Lucky number 21. Normally I write as often as the whimsy hits me but I …
There’s a big battle going on out there. It’s for your attention. It’s for your engagement. It’s happening everywhere online. It’s happening right here, right now. Ohhh LOOK! A video! I’m writing this post in hopes to capture your attention. Not because I’m some sort of blog coach …
Don’t you just love sensational headlines? Obviously this blog isn’t dead and in fact I don’t think the act of blogging is dead at all. I’ll even make the assertion that with all the micro blogging happening (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Flickr, and on and on…) that true blogging is even …
Surprisingly, it’s not when you see the update button light up. Click on that button, update the plugins and you may find your blog dead. Out of order dead. Can’t even login dead. Fatal Error Dead. Won’t load for you or any visitor DEAD. Yeah, all that just from updating a simple plugin. …
Let’s get real for just a minute. I know people don’t wake up, turn on their computer, and type in the browser window h t t p : / / A r e W e C o n n e c t e d . c o m to see the latest happenings on the site. People arrive here from various referral sources. That could be a Google Search, …
It’s still a work in progress but there are a few quiet changes that have been made to the site. The one you’ll probably notice right off the bat is up on the top right. The top right of any website is generally reserved for the “Call to Action”. In my case that would most likely be an …
Just in case you didn't know, I don't use the traditional wordpress backend to write any of my posts. As a PC user I found Microsoft's LiveWriter a long time ago and have never looked back. Now I also have a sexy silver machine (MacBookPro) that I'm starting to ease into. Looking for the …
If you were to look at a heat map of real estate blogging in the United States, Seattle would be en fuego! It’s RED HOT. Lucky me, I'll be moderating a panel of bonafide blogstars for REBarCamp Seattle this coming week and couldn't be more excited! Why? I get to ask Matt Goyer, Rich …
