WordPress

Welcome! Below you’ll find my thoughts on WordPress and info on handy dandy WordPress Plugins . This is a self updating list, so be sure to visit it again or sign up for my rss feed.

• Secrets, Sisterhood and Blogging Selfishly Again February 17, 2012

  My Dirty Little Secret Would you believe it if I told you I have 9 websites. Yes, nine. It was 11, then I added a new one 2 days ago and took down 3 today. Those were three of my eight niche marketing sites. No personal branding at all. There are...

• Your WordPress Blog...Living in a danger zone. January 24, 2012

  Importance of Backing Up Your WordPress Site A few months back I installed Website Defender which basically scans your site and tells you what changes to make to strengthen your security. I did this. Not sure what I did wrong but totally screwed up my...

• WordPress Image Sliders And Galleries That Kick Ass December 30, 2011

  Four things I doubt you know about me: I love me some plugins; I've got 52 installed on this blog at the moment I spent 12 years of my life working with photographers My Fotolia.com subscription ended yesterday :( Goodbye awesome visuals. I'v...

• Your Blog On WordPress, Working It Like A Pro December 17, 2011

  So You're Wondering..."Should I make the move to WordPress?" I've seen this Q a lot lately, so I'm here to share why I feel a blogger interested in generating money from their blog should make that move. I recently shared why moving to self hosted Wor...

• Things To Do After Installing WordPress (for beginners) December 13, 2011

  WordPress: Getting Started Yep this post may seem pretty basic, but quite a few of the steps listed are sometimes missed, so I wanted to share the steps I usually conduct once I have a new site setup for a client. The Sample Defaults Delete them suc...

• Sick of manually interlinking? December 6, 2011

  Promoting Your Other Posts So y'all know the importance of a "Recent Posts" widget and having a plugin like "LinkWithin" or "Recent Post Thumbnails" installed, right? If not, the short of it is, having these elements available gives your readers in...

• Does Your WordPress Blog Design Kick Ass? November 22, 2011

  Blog Makeover that Screams You! For those of you now joining our program, the contest is over and if you didn't enter, then you've missed your chance at a Free Custom Designed WordPress Theme that will just scream individuality by being professional o...

• Organize Your Blog for Better Business Part 2 November 19, 2011

  Organized Navigation Have you read Part One to this post? Please do. It's important that you grab paper and pen before moving into anything Technical. Let's get Technical WordPress Users So I was pretty bad about categories back in the beginning. I ...

• Move to WordPress Your Own Darn Self! November 16, 2011

  How you can move from Blogger to WordPress Yourself, on the Cheap Yes, I know. But V, don't you offer this service? Yes I do. Fact is, moving from Blogger to WordPress is wicked time consuming. Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind doing it for m...

• Going from Blog to Biz and Giving Out Freebies November 7, 2011

  Giving it Away, an Investment in Your Business Believe it or not, the first thing you do when you launch a new service or product is, you give it away. For free. Yep. Promotional giveaways are nothing new in business. Or in blogging. In business...

• Why not turn your blog into a business? November 6, 2011

  We bloggers have something businesses don't... Natural Marketing Power. Or at least I think so. Here are my thoughts on this. I'd love to hear your feedback in the comments section. Have you noticed how many bloggers are making money? Maybe n...

• WordPress: Don't Fear The Learning Curve October 24, 2011

  The Blogger (Blogspot) to WordPress Learning Curve The first time my blog went down, I headed over to the BlogFrog community to see what other bloggers were using. Though the majority suggest WordPress.org self-hosting, I headed over to WordPress.com ...

• WordPress (Self Hosted), The Best Move I Ever Made October 22, 2011

  Fourteen months ago, when my blog barely had 2 dozen posts, I decided to leave Blogger (BlogSpot). I barely had readers, I had no type of alexa ranking or page ranking to speak of and at the time I wasn't interested in the blog making me money. &nbs...

• Shortcodes Out-of-Whack? September 23, 2011

  Wordpress Shortcodes Just a quick tip for my fellow wordpress bloggers. If your shortcodes aren't loading and all you see when you publish is the actual code and not the element the shortcode should produce - for example, a slider - run through your p...

• The Skinny on Wordpress Plugins For Wordpress.org Newbies June 30, 2011

  Man, The Skinny Scoop is always cooking up something new! If you haven't heard of the Skinny Scoop yet, you are totally missing out! They offer a way to make decision making fun! Learn from fellow female bloggers what's a keeper, what's a bummer and h...

• SEO Made Easy May 14, 2011

  Why do we put effort into Search Engine Optimization? If you're looking to have your articles found in a Google, Bing or Yahoo search, your articles need to be SEO friendly. When a user heads over to a search engine and types in keywords that relate t...

• Blogger to Wordpress Move Guide February 6, 2011

  The Blogger to Wordpress (self hosted) move is a bloody scary leap. When I began considering moving my blog, I did what we all do, I Googled it. I also checked the Blog Frog Communities. Nothing worked for me though. Nothing quite fit. As promised m...