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With all the available choices for publishing online these days, why would you every choose to have a self hosted website that you have to maintain on your own? As a business owner, this is one question you must answer correctly to ensure the long term health of your operations online...
The good ol’ admin account. Every website has one, and WordPress installs it by default. Therefore everyone who wants to hack your site knows exactly what account to try for. But, what if you didn’t use that name? Se...
Putting all your eggs in one basket might fry your business. Pretend for a minute that you have a completely electric car that doesn’t run on any type of combustible fuel. You’ve just arrived home after a long trip and your car batteries are almost entirely drained. It...
Wouldn’t it be cool to own your own link shortening service like bit.ly or tinyURL or a myriad of others nowadays? Think a moment about how the URL shorteners work. Every time you use their service, you’re giving away an opportunity to advertise your own site. Yo...
Building business websites with WordPress just keeps getting easier and easier. What I mean by that is that having an awesome website that looks great and has lots of useful features is available to anyone. I mean anyone...
If a rose by any other name smells as sweet, then why doesn’t everyone grab the .biz or .info domain names? After all, its the content that matters, not the name…..right? Uh, sort of. People like familiar paths. Anyone remember a book called “the road less traveled”? Its le...
Oliver Wellington from nRelate recently contacted us about a new WordPress plugin that nRelate is developing to help bloggers add value to their existing content and potentially make some money in the process...
You’re at the big conference in Las Vegas. The hotel wants your first born to access the Internet and you want to use your laptop to make an update to your business website. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could connect your laptop to the Internet using your iPhone? We...
Open Source Marketer recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview Eric Nash, Director of Online Marketing for Stamps.com...
I recently gave a presentation on SEO at the Dallas Infomart for the Dallas SEO/SEM Meetup group. The point of the discussion was to highlight how blogs can be used to acquire search engine listings to attract organic search traffic to your business website...
Tonight we have the special priveledge of being able to talk with Eric Nash, Director of Online Marketing for Stamps.com and you’re invited to join the conversation. Register now to get the call-in details. Eric and I met at the eCommerce Merchants Dallas after party at eBay On Location, Dallas. ...
It was the best 45 minutes of my life. I just didn’t know it. “Here’s a box for your things. HR will mail you some paperwork in a few days and security will escort you out of the building.” Uh, what just happened? Was I fired? Not exactly. Did I d...
It’s all about the story. And Yes, you only remember the good ones. They stick in your brain and refuse to let go. They tug at your heart, your mind, your soul. Hell, even a hooker has a good story to tell. Your business MUST have a story. A story tells everyone who you really are. ...
During last night’s Open Source Marketer Wednesday Member’s Webinar we talked about how you can use the Odiogo Listen Button to create a Text Content Factory that adds text-to-speech audio player to your blog. Odiogo provides a free services that turns your text blog posts into spoken audio. We...
Blunt Trauma or Blunt Force Trauma : a type of physical trauma caused to a body part, either by impact, injury or physical attack. Do you ever get the feeling after seeing an advertisement that you just got smacked in the head with a big stick...
