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Happy Anniversary to Websites for a Song!
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Try to Avoid These Mistakes When Building a New Website….
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Images You Can Use for Free
If you're anything like me, you spend hours scouring the interwebs for free images that you can use in your blog posts or for your client's websites. The New York Public Library just released 200,000 images that you can now use for free! Over 180,000 manuscripts,...
Website Plan, You Need One – Part 1: Layout
Starting a new website? You need a plan, but how do I do this? I've broken this wonderful article* out into a series of posts so you can concentrate of each of the essential areas into how you plan your new website. Part 1: Website Layout and Wireframes Before...
SEO Keyword Research for Beginners
This wonderful article came into my email inbox this morning and I wanted to share it with you. It's a great article that was written about a year ago, but updated recently and will show you the steps to finding keywords for your website. How to Do Keyword...
WordPress Infographics
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This is a subject that plagues many a small business running a WordPress website. Did you know that by just posting one blog a week will increase the SEO on your website by adding 52 new pieces of content to your website? So here's the question... I know I should...
Prestige Conference
Coming to Minneapolis next weekend, The Prestige Conference. This is the conference of the year for WordPress folks in the Twin Cities area. Guest speakers, workshops, the chance to meet and mingle with other WordPress aficionados, and learning from each other....
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Are you an industry or individual that frequently sends out mass emails announcing events in your organization? If you use something like Constant Contact or Vertical Response, that's great, but there is also another option available, especially if you are dealing...
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If you or any of your team are logging in as an admin user you need to stop this! You should replace the ‘admin’ user login with a different name. If a hacker is trying to get in to your system, their very first attempt will be to log in as the ‘admin’ user....
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Here's what I would recommend: If you still use 'admin' as a username on your blog, change it, use a strong password. Implementing these WordPress security tips will help secure your site and save you the stress of having to repair a hacked website. Invest 15...
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