In: Blogging Help, Preparing Web Videos, WordPress CMS Help

Video & Business Blogging

This is another post in our series on Preparing Web Videos in which we examine the trend, a new WordPress plugin from Kaltura, and cover some thoughts on why people resist the inevitable.  You may wish to compare the Kaltura service with four other onlne video services from an earlier article:   Four New Services [...]

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Twitter

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 [...]

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Copywriting Matters, Twitter, Web Help

How NOT to Write a Business Blog

Are you thinking of your business blog as a Conversation (with a capital “C”) with potential customers? Why not? That’s the strength and advantage you have over your competitors who either don’t have a blog, or have one but don’t converse with it. In this installment of our Copy Writing Matters series, [...]

In: Learning CSS

CSS Concepts & Design Principles in the Zen Garden

by Scott Frangos

Learning about CSS at WebHelperMagazine.com

In this Lesson we’ll look at the CSS structure of an excellent site design in the CSS Zen Garden. You can follow along using the Web Developer Firefox extension which will help us reveal the hidden structure of the design.

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Copywriting Matters

Copywriting 101: How to Get Your Customers to Take Action

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There are a lot of people new to business blogging and web development, who don’t have a professional background in copywriting, or a college education in writing and journalism. Can you name 5-10 types of “leads,” and when to use them? What is the difference between features and benefits? What does the “inverted pyramid” style of writing