Building Your Blog: Concepts and Strategies

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Writing your first blog post can be intimidating – and it’s not just the technical aspects of it that are scary. Many writers worry that they won’t be able to connect with their audience, or they don’t really know what to write about. In this article, we discuss blogging and explore strategies for building your blog.

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Is Blogging Better For Business Than Social Media?

Is Blogging Better For Business Than Social Media?

We know how easy and fun it is to engage with your readers, customers, or friends on various social media channels. But what’s happening on your blog?

It’s all too often that we see business people making frequent updates on their social media accounts while posts on their blog have sat lingering for two or three years. In this article, we’re going to give you a handful of reasons why your blog needs more attention. (You don’t want to miss these. Your business may depend on it.)

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How to Navigate WordPress

WordPress makes creating and managing websites easy, whether it’s a simple personal site or a giant commercial site with dozens of pages. But for a complete beginner, all the new menus and lingo may seem like a foreign language. Rest assured, it’s not as difficult as it appears.

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How Often Should You Do a Complete Backup of Your WordPress Site

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As a business owner, you never want to be in a situation where you lose data because you haven’t run a backup, or you didn’t run a backup at the right time.

Yet, it happens fairly often. Many people assume that because they run regular backups their site will always be safe – but what if you’re not running them often enough?

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How to Create Your WordPress Website on Your Phone


How to Create Your WordPress Website on Your Phone

People do everything on their phones these days, from checking emails to shopping to setting appointments. But building a new website? You can’t do that, right?

Wrong! With the WordPress app, you can quickly and easily create an exciting, unique site – right from the palm of your hand. Web design couldn’t possibly be easier.  

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ATTENTION ALL WEBSITE OWNERS: iDNS Letter and Other Domain Scams

ATTENTION ALL WEBSITE OWNERS: iDNS Letter and Other Domain Scams

Almost since the day the very first person connected a computer to the internet, it seems that there have been people trying to scam others out of their hard-earned money. Recently, two such scams crossed our desks and we feel we must pass these on to you as they are specifically targeting website owners who operate businesses and also owners of personal blogs.

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How to Use Emojis That Will Get You Seen

How to Use Emojis That Will Get You Seen

Emojis aren’t just for text messages anymore. 🙂

These days you’re likely going to see emoji icons popping up in email subject headings, blog posts, and even in printed media.

You like lobsters? Check out how the lobster emoji has risen in popularity over the past few years. You gotta love these little crustaceans.

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How Apple’s Simple Marketing is Successful


How Apple’s Simple Marketing is Successful

It’s hard to believe, but Apple was once the underdog. Back in the day, they lived in the shadow of Microsoft, struggling to make a name for themselves.

Luckily, Steve Jobs was a master of marketing. With his skill, the company was able to move up from the bottom of the pile to become the hundred-billion-dollar giant they are today. Now, marketing managers from industries across the board study Apple to figure out what makes them so successful.

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Nerd Out Your Project And Avoid Headaches With Version Control

Nerd Out Your Project And Avoid Headaches With Version Control

Has this ever happened to you? You’ve been up all night working on a document and suddenly the computer crashes. Was your hard work saved? Did you have a backup?

I’m sure everyone has had this experience at some point. I used to save multiple versions of the same file over and over again every time I had made a significant change. This technique worked but I would often have tens or twenties of versions of files by the end, and it would be difficult to know what was in each version or why it was saved.

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