How to Write Effectively for an eCommerce Site
Pin It Amplify’d from blog.hubspot.com For the majority of eCommerce stores a consistent problem is getting visitors to their website. Blogging helps alleviate this problem while driving qualified traffic to your website. Search engines and human readers alike put priority on fresh content and blogging makes it easier to get your eCommerce shop involved in conversations happening around your industry. Besides blogging’s effectiveness in pulling in potential consumers companies that blog accumulate 55% more traffic than companies that don’t blog. Still,...
read moreProduct Review: Scribefire WordPress Plug-in Now in Beta For Google Chrome
Pin ItThe first beta version of ScribeFire for Chrome is now available for testing. If you are running Google Chrome, you can install it by clicking on the scribefire-0.1.2.0.crx link here. I am working on it right now to post this blog entry as a test of the new plugin in Chrome and it seems to be doing great. The installation took all of 1 minute and setting up your blog for posting was about 5 lines and a password and I was off to the races. Although not nearly as robust as the Firefox version, it is still a good easy way to manage multiple blogs and posting without having to download...
read moreWordPress 2.9 Is Here…But I Will Let You Test It For Me
Pin ItYou can upgrade easily from your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade, or you can download from WordPress.org. And of course, it wouldn’t be a major release without a short video summarizing some of the cool things about the new version: When it comes to WordPress I must admit that I normally am a few releases behind, especially on new verision major jumps. Why? Well some things I just don’t need to be first on. I like beta for testing and then new releases are still for more testing in my opinion. I simply do not want to get the bugs out with the rest of the users so I...
read moreColderICE Blog Tops 10,000 Unique Visitors – YEAH!
Pin It Wow, you guys freakin’ ROCK! Damn, that is absolutely humbling to think that a idea can be implemented and catch an audience. I never would have guessed that a lone idiot like me would say something intelligent enough for anyone to listen, let alone come back again! What started as a WordPress.com blog about my thoughts as a business owner and eBay seller just one year later is really making some noise. We are having a conversation and the results are astonishing. The funny thing is that I had slacked off June/July and wondered if I was going to continue doing the blog. Then I...
read moreTying my online presence together with Storytlr.com
Pin ItBy Cliff Aliperti Set it and forget it, right? That’s the kind of simplicity we all want these days, and Storytlr.com has definitely filled that need for me in pulling together everything I do online. Founded in 2008 Storytlr comes to us from two person team based out of Belgium and the Netherlands. From the Storytlr Presskit: Storytlr is reinventing the personal page by bringing together life-streaming, blogging, and social interactions. It lets you create, aggregate and mashup web content into a highly personalized page. Link it to your own domain, style it, share it....
read moreStop The PRESS and Take WordPress With You on Your BlackBerry…AWESOME!
Pin ItThis one really got me buzzing. I am a "Crackberry" addict and I have not been able to shake the addiction NOR am I trying. I guess the guys at WordPress knows that and made this just for me WordPress for BlackBerry Public Beta is here and I cannot wait to get this on my Curve. Keep in mind that this version is right now in Beta post so it will have bugs and you need to be prepared for that if you use it. This is an Open Source project. Source available at http://blackberry.svn.wordpress.org/ Check out the video below to see it in action or click HERE to...
read moreICE Tip: How To Use The Center HTML Command for WordPress Widgets
Pin ItI do this ALL the time to simply make my widget get that uniform look, so check it out, you might like it… PLEASE Rate My Video with 5-Stars DSR!!! Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend...
read moreWordPress 2.8 Is Ready For Immediate Download
Pin Itthe latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available for download. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. They also fixed over 790 bugs. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. Here’s a quick video overview of everything in the new release: Major New Improvements First and foremost, 2.8 is way faster to use. They have changed the way WordPress does style and scripting. If you were ever frustrated with widgets...
read moreIntro To WordPress.com Blogging: A Beginners Video
Pin It Last week I did a story on WordPress blogging and how easy it is to get started. I told you to ‘>STOP wasting your $$$ on developers (at least till you know what you are doing). I love WordPress platform because of all the cool things you can do with it and too it. Often people ask about the differences between a FREE WordPress.com and a HOSTED WordPress.org site. My theory is this, ask yourself these 3 easy questions… 1) Do really ‘need’ to SELL stuff on my blog? 2) Do I really ‘need’ to monetize my blog with advertising? 3) Have I ever blogged before? If you...
read moreSTOP!!!: Do NOT Waste $$$ For A WordPress Blog “Developer”
Pin ItI just got a solicitation call, which has sparked this post. Truly I was trying NOT to laugh during the pitch, but I failed miserably, LMAO Seems like the latest bunch on of leaches crawling through the pockets of unknowing online retailers, have been the so called “WordPress Site Developers.” These charlatans are selling canned WordPress blog packages for as much at $1800.00!!! OMG, WTF? Well I guess there is a sucker born every minute, but WE are NOT suckers! We read the ColderICE.com blog And as such, we simply are NOT fair game for the snake oil sales of the so-called...
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