In: Online Business, Preparing Web Videos, Social Media-Marketing, Video Marketing

Video Commercials Online - How Much Should They Cost?

Creating professional but affordable online video

This is another article in our Video Marketing series.  Written by video ad professional, Bernie Day, it does a good job of explaining what you should do with a video to get a good result.  Ever see poorly produced videos online?  Yup.  Ever see nice looking videos without a clear, well developed message?  Sure… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing

Find New Readers: 10 Blog Traffic Tips

Here are the top 10 techniques new bloggers can use to find readers. These are tips specifically for new bloggers, those people who have next-to-no audience at the moment and want to get the ball rolling.
Most blog commenting systems allow you to have your name/title linked to your blog when you leave a comment. This is how people find your blog.
It helps if you work on this list from top… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Online Business, WordPress CMS Help

WordPress, Drupal, Joomla Winning the CMS Game?

by Scott Frangos

Have you ever noticed how many Open Source Content Management programs there are out there? CMSMatrix.org that tracks and compare them, currently lists over 750. But of that number, only a handful have risen to the top of the heap, and a new study, The Open Source CMS Market Share report from Water & Stone names WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal as the winners.

The report author, Ric Shreves… Continue reading

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

WordPress as a CMS: Fifth Avenue Advisors

by Scott Frangos

Fifth Avenue Advisors, is a “B2B” (Business to Business) website for a company that helps other business people decide if it’s time to sell their company, and learn what it’s worth. The company wanted the advantages of a good, dynamic CMS — Content Management System — and one that was simple to manage and use. WordPress was chosen for its easy learning curve, powerful… Continue reading

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

WordPress as a CMS: Greek Care Website

In this edition of the continuing series on using WordPress as a Content Management System — CMS — we take a look at GreekCare.org — a non-profit resource site using a handful of key plugins and some custom programming to meet its mission online.

by Scott Frangos

The Greek Care website (GreekCare.org.au) is a service for Melbourne, Australia’s aging… Continue reading

In: Web Help

Top Tips To Inject Personality Into Your Copywriting

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Is your personality in your blog posts? It should be. Most successful bloggers put in more than a small dose of “tude” in their writing. And most could also learn a lot from professional writers, so we’re pleased to present the thoughts of one such professional on how to weave your personality into what you write

In: Social Media-Marketing

Getting a Clue from a Firefox Add-on…

by Scott Frangos

Have you checked the available add-ons for Firefox lately? They’ve reorganized the add-ons site and the new structure itself reflects the trends in social media and internet browsing. There are categories for “Download Management,” “Feeds, News & Blogging,” “Language Support,” and “Social and Communication,” among others. And on the section home page for “Feeds, News, & Blogging,” is a plugin called the “Cluepedia Toolbar.”… Continue reading