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07 Jul Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

A Comprehensive List of Blogging Resources

A Comprehensive List of Blogging Resources

I came across this quite comprehensive list of blogging resources this morning whilst checking out the “buzz” on StumbleUpon. It covers pretty much everything from platforms and hosting through to writing resources, communities and the all important monetization and marketing. Rather than try to summarise it I recommend you go check out the “Blogging Toolbox” ...

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12 Jun Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | 1 comment

7 Essential WordPress Maintenance Tips

7 Essential WordPress Maintenance Tips

We all love WordPress because it is quick, easy and there are a whopping number of plugins, themes and the like out there to help us do pretty much anything we want to do with our site.  However; the more mod-happy we get the more likely we are to install something and inadvertently break something ...

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28 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

Related Posts Plugin Update Released

Related Posts Plugin Update Released

Aizatto’s Related Post plugin has just been updated to version 0.5 with some cleaned up code, bug fixes and a list of new features. The plugin is an adaptation from the Wasabi related posts plugin.

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28 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

7 Tactics for Increasing Blog Reader Stickiness

7 Tactics for Increasing Blog Reader Stickiness

I came across a gem of a post that outlines 7 tactics to use on your blog to help keep your users coming back, reading your articles, commenting and subscribing to your feeds.

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28 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Industry News | Comments

Hot Trends Launched by Google

Hot Trends Launched by Google

Hot Trends is a new feature out of Google Labs that shows the top 100 topics that people are searching for in great numbers. The list is updated in almost real time so you can keep right on the pulse.

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What is Link Baiting and How does it differ from Link Building

What is Link Baiting and How does it differ from Link Building

Link baiting is a term that is becoming more prevalent in web marketing talks these days, however the concept behind the phrase is one that many are yet to understand.

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17 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

Evolving from Search Marketing to Social Marketing

Evolving from Search Marketing to Social Marketing

Much the same as web developers made (and are making) the move from web development into Search Engine Optimisation and then onto sponsored search management – these days an increasing amount of marketers are making the move into social media marketing.

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17 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

The future of Web 2.0 discussed from two viewpoints

The future of Web 2.0 discussed from two viewpoints

I came across an interesting article today that discusses the future of web 2.0 based on two very different views expressed by Forrester Research and The Leading Edge Forum respectively.

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17 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Industry News | Comments

Valleywag’s Hottest Web2.0 Startups Chart

Valleywag’s Hottest Web2.0 Startups Chart

Valleywag has compiled a pie chart of the Hottest Startup companies of today. The chart is compiled based on data gathered from threads running on LinkedIn and VentureBeat and tends to be aimed simply at people’s opinions rather than actual traffic, membership stats or revenue, etc. Still from a social point of view it is ...

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03 May Posted by Joshua Hay in Uncategorized | Comments

How to post video clips to your blog the easy way

How to post video clips to your blog the easy way

Being quite new to blogging I’ve just this evening decided to have a go at posting my first YouTube clip to my blog. As you can see in I was successful. However I had multiple failed attempts at using the links on YouTube to post the clip. When I went hunting for an answer I ...

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