Posted inSocial Media
Merge Facebook Pages
Well, all too soon my round-up of the week is here again - and this last week is going out with a bang as I decided to merge Facebook pages…
Head in the Clouds, Speeding up my Blog
So, it’s time to review the week – yet again. At one level it’s been a very productive week, doing the work for my book-keeping clients, but my Internet and Hair Analysis work takes a hit. Never mind, at the moment the book-keeping is the more profitable!
Speeding up my Blog
But I have
made some progress – and the cloud by the side is a clue. Those of you who follow Jan Kearney’s blog will have read about the Cloudinary plugin, where you host your images on the Cloud, to speed up your blog’s image load time. Another cool feature of the plugin is that you can manipulate the images “in situ” and apply “effects”.
Posted inStart Online Business WordPress
WordPress Header Design
Do you like my new WordPress header design? It’s thanks to Angela McCall who is starting her online design business and was kind enough to offer me a free header to showcase her work.
I only met Angela a few weeks ago through blogging, although she actually feels like a friend already (as do many readers of this blog).
WordPress Header Design
So, here is one of Angela’s first designs for her new business and I’m really delighted with it. The original header looked as if it had been “knocked up” in Paint – for the very good reason that it HAD been (by graphically-challenged me). So I jumped at the chance of one of Angela’s professional designs.
Posted inLearn Online Marketing WordPress
Malware and Gremlins
Oh dear. Last week’s post found me frustrated because I had to take a side-ways stop and remove Jetpack, then find a a different way to subscribe to my blog. This I thought I had managed to do, but “things” fell apart and Google decided my PC had been attacked by malware and gremlins.
Posted inBlogging
How Often To Publish My Blog?
Regular readers may have noticed that, after starting off publishing this blog almost every day, I have, of late, reduced the frequency considerably. This isn't just laziness and shortage of…
Posted inBlogging Start Online Business WordPress
Backing Up Your Hosting Account – 3 Lessons
I’ve seen a few recent blog posts about backing up your blog, but I’d just like to take a few minutes to remind people about a further service – backing up your hosting account – that I didn’t spot until I really needed it.
My story was depressing enough, and would have been far worse without this.
Posted inSocial Media
Social Media Marketing Tips
Implementing social media marketing tips has been my project for today.
What a struggle I’ve had. But hopefully some of the lessons I’ve learned will be helpful. If they are – please make my pains worthwhile and Share!
Posted inLearn Online Marketing List Building
Webforms in GetResponse – Two Obscure Lessons Learned The Hard Way
I wanted to use two webforms in GetResponse, and it seemed such a simple thing to do, so why did it take me so long?
Posted inLife!
On Page 1 of Google – Cause or Effect?
A post on one of my health blogs has managed to get on page 1 of Google! Wow! Well, it is to me anyway 🙂
Posted inLearn Online Marketing
Changing Nameservers
Changing Nameservers I talked about changing nameservers in my last post (about using add-on domains to save money on hosting). However, what I didn't elaborate on, was what nameservers are, and…