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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…
When I (Louise) first started blogging back in 2007, it was with great enthusiasm but very little forward planning. I blogged about whatever popped into my head that day and only published posts once a week or so. By the time Sam and I got together and started blogging for Savvy Marketers in 2008, we…
If you’re a bit like us and blog regularly, then you’ll have learnt that there’s certain etiquette when it comes to building your blog and looking after your community, a bit like good manners in the social networks. We’ve both learnt over the years how to respond to those who take the time to comment…
A couple of weeks ago I went to subscribe to a few blogs of some local businesses. I subscribe to a lot of mainstream blogs, but also like to read what other smaller businesses are saying. For the large part, I could subscribe quite easily, but a few of these blogs were difficult to subscribe…
Louise and I were asked this question prior to one of our Q&A Hour sessions a couple of months ago, and thought it would be worth sharing the answer, particularly as it’s not as technical as you may think. The lady who asked was worried that she would lose previous posts if she changed her…
