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What is a Plugin?

by Sam McArthur on March 9, 2010

in Blogging, Blogs

If you use WordPress or another content management system for your website, such as Joomla, you may have come across ‘plugins’. Basically, a plugin is software which gives additional functionality to the website and many plugins are free.
For example, when you have a site built in WordPress (the self hosted version, not the free hosted [...]

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Do You Have to be a Good Writer to be a Good Blogger?

by Sam McArthur on February 23, 2010

in Blogging, Blogs

When I talk to people about blogging and starting a blog, a lot of people are reluctant as they worry about what to write about, the time to do it plus they don’t think their writing style is good enough.
The first two concerns can be tackled by preparing a list of things to write about [...]

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More WordPress Tips

by Sam McArthur on February 9, 2010

in Blogging, Blogs

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about getting started with WordPress.com. As a follow on, I thought I’d write a bit about what you should include in your blog plus categorising posts and tagging them.
If your blog is an addition to your main business site (rather than a standalone blog), then make [...]

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Getting Started with WordPress.com

by Sam McArthur on January 26, 2010

in Blogging, Blogs

Many of you probably know that WordPress is a very popular blogging provider. There are 2 versions of WordPress, which I’ve covered in a previous post, and today I want to talk about getting started with the free, hosted version – WordPress.com
Setting up a blog with WordPress.com is quite easy, but getting used to the [...]

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Using Widgets on Your Blog

by Sam McArthur on November 3, 2009

in Blogging, Blogs

To beginners, blogging can be quite daunting. Not only do you need to keep thinking of regular great content to keep your readers interest, but you need to understand how the interface works too and some blogging platforms are easier than others to use. However, they all have one thing in common: widgets.
Once you’ve decided [...]

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So many ways to communicate ….

by LouiseBJ on October 29, 2009

in Article Marketing, Blogging

…. But do we have anything worth saying?
Isn’t it amazing how many different ways we have to communicate with one another?  The letter; telephone; mobile phone; text; fax; newspaper; emails; websites; blogs; twitter; audio; radio; television; video – just some that come to mind.
I’ve always been an avid reader.  As a child I wasn’t allowed [...]

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