Must-Have Tools of the Blogging Trade Some where along the line we started blogging. To be honest, we have picked up tips and tricks from word of mouth, our mastermind groups, online tutorials, reliable series and a whole lotta “googling.” As a result, we have found the following to be a good overview of blogging resources that have taught us well or have simply made our life/job a whole lot easier. They have truly become our “must-have” tools of the blogging trade. Of course, we could include more resources, but we simply haven’t tried them all. We were tempted to add an “I wanna try” category but we can’t put our stamp on it if we can’t fully vouch for it. Educational/Informative Resources Intentional Blogger: A Guide to Growing Your Blogging Ministry - Ahem. ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income - Love love love. ProBlogger also has 6 More Resources to Make Your Blog Successful. Tell Your Time - Simple. How To Have Your Cake and Eat it Too! EntreLeadership Blogger Behave What the Plus!
How to Find Royalty Free Images for Your WordPress Blog Posts A picture is worth a thousand words. This is why all top bloggers utilize images to grab attention and effectively convey their message. We often get asked the question, how to find good royalty free images? 1. stock.xchng We like stock.xchng because of its large collection of photographs which are neatly categorized and tagged. Most images here are fairly high quality, so you can use them in your website as well as your presentations. Like for example if you search for business, lots of images would show up that you have seen on other websites. 2. Pixabay is popular destination to find royalty free CC-0 licensed images. The website has an advanced search feature which allows you to narrow down your search. 3. A well-known destination for high quality royalty free, CC-0 Licensed, and public domain photos. Unsplash has has a good enough search feature, that can be used to find images matching certain themes like nature, office, work, etc. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
2 Unique Ways to Find Content Topics That Your Readers Will Love You must complete several steps efficiently and effectively in order to ensure that your readers are not only interested, but they also remain engaged and keep coming back for more. This post will focus on the first step - how to decide what topic you want to focus on and write about. Like any process, the first step is one of the most important and can often make or break the success of your efforts. This is especially the case in deciding on the topics you are going to write about on your blog. After all, if you choose a topic that your audience isn’t interested in, it is pretty obvious that they probably aren’t going to read it. Like most brands, we have a content strategy that both resonates with our readers and aligns with our overall marketing goals. Twitter I’m going to start with a platform that most, if not all, bloggers and publishers are using – Twitter. Step 1: Export the Data There are many ways to do this, but we used Simply Measured’s Free Twitter Follower Report. Email
Learn To Code: Teach Yourself HTML & CSS - Nathalie Lussier Is one of your goals to learn to code, or to teach yourself HMTL and CSS programming? If so, you’re in luck because that’s the topic of today’s video and article. Before we dive into the specifics of learning to program for the web, let’s address the most important ingredient for teaching yourself to do anything: your mindset. I love the book by Carol Dweck called Mindset: The New Psychology of Success , where she outlines that there are two types of people in the world. In order to learn to code, whether it’s HTML, CSS, PHP, or any other web language out there, you need to have that growth mindset. Learn To Code – Teach Yourself HTML and CSS Learn To Code By Looking Under The Hood Of Other Websites When I was first starting to code websites back when I was 12 years old, there weren’t a ton of how-to resources like there are today. Luckily, I had a friend of a friend who taught me how to look under the hood of other websites at the code they were using. Are You Learning To Code?
Secondary HTML Content | WordPress Plug-in | 10up by Jake Goldman download requires 3.3+ 54 votes 31,203 downloads updated Jan 3 '12 Add unlimited extra HTML content blocks to pages, posts, and custom post types. Name the new content blocks you want to create anything you like, and assign each block to any of your site’s public post types (posts, pages, etc). Secondary content can be added to your site by using the Secondary HTML Content widget. REQUIRES WordPress 3.3 or newer. Outputting Secondary Blocks in Your Theme Prints out content from the secondary block named “More Info” assigned to page ID 20. Prints out content from the secondary block named “Contact Information” for the current post. Prints out content from the first secondary block assigned to the current post type, for the current post. Editing a page with a secondary content block named "Specifications". Add secondary HTML content to the site using a widget.
Advanced Marketing Institute - Headline Analyzer Enter Your Headline Text Paste your headline in the text area below. The analysis engine will automatically cut your submission at 20 words, so we encourage you to do a word count before submitting! This will ensure the most accurate analysis. What is the Headline Analyzer? This free tool will analyze your headline to determine the Emotional Marketing Value (EMV) score. Your headline will be analyzed and scored based on the total number of EMV words it has in relation to the total number of words it contains. In addition to the EMV score, You will find out which emotion inside your customer's your headline most impacts: Click here for a Q&A on the AMI Emotional Marketing Value (EMV) system>
Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp Highly recommended. Primarily through word-of-mouth alone, Basecamp has become the world’s #1 project management tool. For the last 10 years, companies have been switching to Basecamp because it’s famously easy-to-use, reliable, and It Just Works™. A track record you can trust. We’ve been in business for 15 years, so you can depend on us to be here when you need us. On the Mac, PC, iPhone/iPad, Android and via email. Basecamp’s at home on Safari (Mac, iPhone/iPad), Chrome (Mac, PC, iPhone/iPad, Android), Firefox (Mac, PC), and IE 9+ (PC, Surface). No “IT Guy” required. Basecamp runs in the cloud on our secure servers, so you don’t have to mess with anything technical. Can I see how other people use Basecamp? Absolutely. Free weekly classes + live Q&A. We also offer weekly “Be a Basecamp Pro in 30 minutes” online classes with live Q&A. Who else uses Basecamp? A touch over 15,000,000 people have used Basecamp at work or for their own personal projects. A few quick reads and links.
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