In: Blogging Help, WordPress CMS Help

WordPress 2.6 User Tips

Nine ways to use the new WordPress 2.6 for greater productivity and successful content creation…

by Scott Frangos

A new floating post box that grabs media you want to blog about, post versioning, avatar options and more… Is it time to upgrade, BlogMasters?  Sure — WP 2.6 offers some great new features for work teams. WordPress 2.6 was released yesterday, so let’s take a look at a some ways… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, FireFox Tricks, Social Media-Marketing

SEO Matters: Discovering Backlinks that Matter

This is the first in a new series on SEO Matters, where we’ll look at the basics, with some intermediate and advanced level tips to help your Blogs and Websites rank better in search results. Since Backlinks are very important, we’ll watch a short, informative video about the concept, then learn a FireFox trick

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Social Media-Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

SEO Tips and Tricks - The Importance of a Sitemap and Submitting it to Search Engines

By Sanjay Nair

Let’s start with a small exercise. Pick up any random term and search for it on the internet. Now when the search results come up, visit the top 10 websites on the page and see if you can find something in common. Most people will look for similarity in design and colors or images. Try and look beyond the obvious if you can. It isn’t that… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Online Business

Analytics for BlogMasters

by Scott Frangos

Do you use Google Analytics? You should. Not only is it free, but it is comprehensive and seeks to make sense out of the raw stats most hosting control panels provide. It’s one thing to learn how many visitors you’ve had, and quite another to learn the “bounce rate” (what percentage of visitors leave after visiting only the page they landed on first)… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Social Media-Marketing, Video Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

Social Media: Make your Videos Collaborative using Kaltura

Creating professional but affordable online video

This is the third article in a series on preparing videos for use on the web. Mobile and regular web browsers are increasingly expecting to find video on your blogs and websites. Video marketing, done professionally, can really help you market your business online. Is all of this free? What… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing, Video Marketing

Four New Services for Online Videos

Creating professional but affordable online video

This is the first article in a series on preparing videos for use on the web. Mobile and regular web browsers are increasingly expecting to find video on your blogs and websites. Video marketing, done professionally, can really help you market your business online. Is all of this free? What… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

Is Your Website Mobile Ready?

by Scott Frangos

Recent research shows that just Apple’s iphone, alone, is up to 1.8% of the US browser market. Small potatoes? For the moment… but internet browsing with mobile phones is growing — Goldman Sachs predicted in 2007 that 14 million iPhones will be sold in 2008. That could be low — newer predictions see 10 million sold by September of this year, well before the Chrismas rush. Research also shows that more mobile phone users are browsing the internet each month, that they watch videos (like those on uTube), and that those viewers tend… Continue reading