This is the million dollar question, isn’t it? Unless you have very deep pockets to advertise, the only way to get a popular blog is to work at it. Write a Quality Blog It starts with creating a blog that’s worthwhile reading and subscribing to. If you’ve got nothing more than plagiarized posts from article […]
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What’s the Best WordPress Theme?
There are thousands of free and premium WordPress themes to choose from but how do you choose the right one for you? First, identify what you want. Let’s say you want: Clean layout Main content with one sidebar on the right Header with a logo Responsive Easy to navigate Social media integration Cross browser compatibility […]
Read MoreFind Your Voice
If you’re a blogger, then you’re a writer and nothing is more important to building your brand than to have a clear voice. What’s a ‘Voice’? Your voice is your unique way to put across your message to the world. Some voices are snarky, some are funny, some are even flirty but every writer has […]
Read MoreWhat To Do If Your WordPress Blog Gets Hacked
All sites, whether they’re WordPress or not, can be hacked. Hackers will do their best to get in any way they can and the damage they do is heartbreaking. You risk losing your search engine optimization you’ve worked months (or years) to develop, your readers could get viruses or your content could redirect to unpleasant […]
Read MoreIs WordPress the Best Platform for a Website?
You’ll hear from some people that WordPress is a conglomeration of a lot of software added by hundreds if not thousands of different software developers and you should use something else. WordPress is the biggest content management system in the world today with over 60% of all sites using it. There’s a reason for that. […]
Read MorePinterest Pinning Strategy
If you’re using Pinterest to promote your blog’s content then I am not speaking to you because you already know how valuable it is for bringing new visitors to your blog FOR FREE! No, I’m speaking to those bloggers who have put Pinterest on the back burner – Stop It! Many of the biggest bloggers […]
Read MoreKeep More of Your Content in Front of Your Readers
We all work hard on our posts and too often visitors will come to our blogs to see our most recent post and then leave, as if there’s nothing left to see. I used to be glad when visitors would visit at all and over time I knew that what I’d written previously was still […]
Read MoreEasyIndex WordPress Index Plugin Updates Automatically
If you’ve ever done a manual index on your blog (as I have) you know how frustrating it is to do a post and then forget to update the index. Okay, maybe I’m the only one who forgets but I suspect I’m not. I’d remember 3 posts later and then make a frantic dash to […]
Read MoreYou Can Create a WordPress Index From Any Grouping
Someone asked us the other day if EasyIndex could be used on blogs that weren’t food and recipes and we enthusiastically said yes. If a blog’s theme allows for any grouping or taxonomy, we can index it. Got categories? We can index those. Got Tags? Yes, those too. Got something different? If your theme allows […]
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