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Why Marketing for Search Engines is So Important
It is true that you can buy traffic to your site through paid search and advertisements, but in the end this will never give you the results you would get with natural traffic through the search engines. First of all, most adds are at the side of the page (on search engines and other websites), always away from the view of the of the people visiting the page. Just think about it yourself, how often do you look at the advertisements on the sidebar of people’s websites? On top of this, the links you receive though most advertisements...
read morePicking the Best WordPress Theme for your Site
With thousands of free themes out there on the WordPress Directory and hundreds of more premium themes out there from third parties, it can be very frustrating deciding what theme is best for your site. Ultimately it comes down to what you want to accomplish with your site and what kind of theme you want. Before we look into specifics, lets see what type of themes are out there. The 3 Most Common Types of WordPress Themes Free themes from WordPress.org – These can prove to be good if you are looking for a simple site. There are a few things...
read moreChoosing a web hosting service for your site
There are many web hosting companies out there. How can you raffle though the mix to find the best one? Many people will tell you to just go with a particular company, but when I went though that process… well, lets just say one time was enough. When I picked out a new hosting service, I made sure they had everything I was looking for. When deciding what web hosting company to go with, the most important thing webmasters should be thinking about is the following: My site needs to be up 100% of the time – While this may be an unrealistic...
read moreThe Most Usefull Worpress Plugins for New Blogs
Over the past several years I have come across many different WordPress plugins, but have only found a handful that are vital for every single site I build. Today, I am providing you with my top list of plugins along with reasons why the plugin is essential for new WordPress blogs. I hope you benefit from these plugins as much as I have! By the end, you should learn how to do such things as putting social buttons at the end of your blog posts as you see in the picture to the right. If you have any questions about any of the plugins or would...
read moreHow to Install a WordPress Blog on your New Website
So you know you want a blog, but you’re not sure how to make one. This, along with a few others, was my main problem when I first wanted to blog. The problem is that there is so much information out there and sometimes its hard to know exactly which way is best. As an experienced web designer myself, I have installed WordPress several times in many different ways. In the end you have two options: install it with a one-click-install application or to manually install it. One-Click-Wordpress-Install Option For many people, a manual install can...
read moreComing up with a Domain Name
Deciding on what your domain name will be for your new site can really be a tricky thing to do, but once you come up with a good domain name you could set yourself up way ahead of the competition. The best domains have the following: It has a memorable name that is easy to remember (no one will remember a site that has dashes or hyphens) They are short (short domain names are less known for being full of spam and are easier to remember) It is not hard to say (the harder it is to say, the harder it is to remember) It is not too hard to spell...
read moreMy Favorite Videos that Teach People how to use WordPress
I have worked with Wodpress for several years now and if there is one thing I can tell you, its that there is a definate learning curve in the process of trying to learn how to use WordPress. Because of this, I have gone out and found a total of 9 videos that have helped me in the past. I hope you enjoy the videos. Let me know what you think in the comments. How to work with Posts How to work with Pages How to work with Widgets How to Insert a Video into WordPress How to Manage your Plugins in WordPress How to Manage your Categories in...
read moreWhat is RSS?
What is RSS? This is a very common question and I thought it might be worth making a page to describe RSS to help those who don’t know much about it. The WordPress Marketing Tips blog has several ways that you can subscribe, but the most common way is through our RSS feed. What is RSS? RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology used to keep track of your favorite websites without the effort of having to visit each one individually. Most people used to bookmark their favorite websites in their browser and manually return to them on a...
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