Connecting the Connections: Social Networking for Small Businesses

June 3, 2011
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So you run a small business and are trying to figure the value of social networking. Everyone keeps talking about it, and it’s great to keep in contact with friends the kids, but does it make sense for my business? Well the answer is yes and no. Unlike other marketing and sales activities you easily track results; increase your reach, and most importantly reduce your cost of sales. Social networking can be market visibility that keeps giving back. Imagine you run an ad once in the local paper and parish magazine for your service or … [Read more...]

7 Ways To Build A Business Around WordPress

June 2, 2011
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It’s no secret that WordPress is the fastest growing content management system (CMS) platform on the web. As of this writing, WordPress has a 54% market share of all websites that use a CMS. As users continue to flock to WordPress, we in turn see massive demand for WordPress’ products and services. If you’re a WordPress expert, your products and/or services are part of a rapidly growing market. In fact, over the past few years, we’ve seen the launch and success of businesses that are built entirely around WordPress. In this … [Read more...]

Search Engines Love Blogs; 3 Benefits

May 31, 2011
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Search engines love blogs. They provide original, updated content that contribute to highly ranked sites. But how do merchants optimize blogs for search engines and how do they incorporate the blogs into their ecommerce sites? I'll discuss optimizing blogs for search engine performance in this article. Optimizing a Blog for Search Engines A blog presents a unique search-engine-optimization opportunity for ecommerce merchants in that it's already — out of the box — search engine friendly. Merchants can leverage that fact and further … [Read more...]

WordPress 3.2: What To Expect

May 31, 2011
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For those keeping tabs, WordPress 3.1 made a debut earlier this year in February bringing several new features including internal linking with the post editor, an admin bar, post formats, and a handful of other additions. Just a few months later, WordPress 3.2 is already warming up for a debut at the end of June. This version brings plenty of enhancements to the Dashboard, a distraction-free writer, and ships with a new default “Twenty Eleven” theme. A New Dashboard Long time users may remember the several major Dashboard … [Read more...]

WordPress enables new iPad-optimized layout for its 18 million blogs

May 31, 2011
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WordPress has just announced the introduction of a 'pure HTML5' iPad-optimized theme. It has been automatically activated for all 18 million WordPress.com blogs, and self-hosted WordPress.org users can download and install the plug-in manually. The iPad-optimized layout, which was developed with tablet publishing specialist OnSwipe, supports touch interactions, swiping, rotation and 'many other features of the iPad,' all with the power of HTML5. The theme is highly configurable, too. You can change the font typeface, choose from nine … [Read more...]