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If you use WordPress or another similar content management system such as Joomla, you may have across the term ‘plugin’ or already use a few plugins on your site. This video explains exactly what a plugin is and what it can do for your site, as well as demonstrate how easy it is to install…
A blog is so important to the online success of all small businesses that it can truly be called the real heart. It’s more important than Facebook, than Twitter, LinkedIn, and more important even than a static, stand-alone website. Have we convinced you yet that your blog is important? OK, here’s why it is: It…
There’s no simple answer to this question, however, it’s probably one of the questions we’re asked the most when discussing blogging with people we meet. In fact, one lady we spoke to recently, who has never blogged before, was told she should blog every day! Now that’s a very good way of putting people off…
Last week, we published a post from Robin Houghton of Eggbox Marketing about commenting on blogs. As a reader of a lot of blogs, I also find that I don’t spend enough time commenting on them, even though some of them are great posts. It’s not that I don’t read the comments on blog posts…
Guest post from Robin Houghton of Eggbox Marketing Actually this post is a sidebar to the blogging book I’m working on at the moment. I’ve calculated that in the last month I’ve written the equivalent of 60 or more blog posts. Which is one reason why Eggblogg has suffered a bit. Anyway, no excuses. I…
Having been using WordPress for a few years now, I’ve tried out various plugins to enhance the site (if you’re not sure what a plugin is, you can read this post which explains it for you). Some have been better than others (one even led to my Forty First website being hacked!), but there are…
Strangely, this is something we haven’t really covered in depth on Savvy Marketers but it’s a question we get asked quite frequently, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on the subject. There are 5 mainstream blogging platforms, which include: WordPress (there are 2 versions, a self-hosted and a free, hosted) Typepad (also has 2…
