Archive for August, 2009

The Advantage of Self-Hosting Your Blog

There have been some interesting questions going around a board recently about the advantages of self-hosting a business blog as part of regular website vs using the free WordPress.com blogging service.

I would love to add my two-cents to this discussion, so here goes:

hostessPros of Self Hosting: Continue reading “The Advantage of Self-Hosting Your Blog” »

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Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)GO BEYOND THE BLOG

Smashing WordPress shows you how to utilize the power of the WordPress platform, and provides a creative spark to help yo... Read More >

A Step by Step Wordpress Tutorial For BeginnersA Step by Step Wordpress Tutorial For BeginnersA Step by Step Wordpress Tutorial for Beginners is written for people who want to create a blog with as little technical mumbo jumbo as possible. This... Read More >
I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in HollywoodI'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood

Tom Bergeron, host of "Dancing with the Stars and "America′s Funniest Home Videos," has always been ambitious, driven, and charming, but as a you... Read More >

Blog Marketing Tips, Tools & Tactics

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New Mini-Course ‘Blog Marketing Tips, Tools & Tactics’ has just been released!

As you know, the business of blogs has grown and evolved significantly over the last 24 months. A quote from the WordPress.com site puts it best… “Blogging is growing both in the US and especially internationally.

Tens of thousands of new WordPress blogs are created every day – by regular bloggers, companies, large media publishers, and many others. Continue reading “Blog Marketing Tips, Tools & Tactics” »

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ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure IncomeProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure IncomeProblogger.net is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on enhancing their blog's presence. Whether you're just starting out or have ... Read More >
Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your BusinessPublish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

While personal blogs take up much of the blogosphere, blogs are quickly gaining popularity in business as an inexpensive and amazingly effective ma... Read More >

The Huffington Post Complete Guide to BloggingThe Huffington Post Complete Guide to BloggingThe creators of the popular news weblog The Huffington Post show would-be bloggers how to get noticed in the clutter of the web.
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WordPress from your iPhone

wordpress-iphoneIntroducing the only iPhone app that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher), users of all experience levels can get going in seconds.

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The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone 3.0 SDK (2nd Edition)The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone 3.0 SDK (2nd Edition)

 “This book would be a bargain at ten times its price! If you are writing iPhone software, it will save you weeks of develop... Read More >

WordPress Plugin Development (Beginner's Guide)WordPress Plugin Development (Beginner's Guide)

Build powerful, interactive plug-ins for your blog and to share online Everything you need to create and distribute your own plug-ins following W... Read More >

Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or CocoaBuilding iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa

What people are saying about Building iPhone Apps w/ HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

"The future of mobile development is clearly web technologies lik... Read More >

Introducing the New Twin Cities WordPress Forum

UPDATE: Unfortunately due to lack of activity, I have taken the Twin Cities WordPress Forum down.  Thank you for your interest – I will be more than happy to answer any of your WordPress questions if you leave a comment or contact me. ~Lisa Drew, Lyrical Biz

Continue reading “Introducing the New Twin Cities WordPress Forum” »

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page  &  Blog, 6th EditionThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page & Blog, 6th EditionSpin your own web! Free CD-ROM included.

More people are overcoming their digital fears and producing Internet content rather than just absorb... Read More >

Blog Schmog: The Truth About What Blogs Can (and Can't) Do for Your BusinessBlog Schmog: The Truth About What Blogs Can (and Can't) Do for Your Business

Blog Schmog takes a look at the blogging phenomenon and its impact on politics, writing, marketing, public relations, publishing, journalism, and a... Read More >

Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top BloggersBlogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top BloggersAmong more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out as influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers, who write about ... Read More >

Blogging Services

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With our new blogging package, we will take care of that for you! Just send us an email with your blog post and we will take care of the rest. We can even schedule your blog posts to post Continue reading “Blogging Services” »

Categories: blog

How to write a blog post

Lynn-TerryHow to write a great blog post is a question I hear from clients all the time. And I always meant to write a blog post on it or create a downloadable cheat sheet on it.   So what happens? I received a link today in my email to a blog post by Lynn Terry on how to write a great blog post. And her advice is dead on. I couldn’t have written a better post on the subject myself.

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The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs 2007The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs 2007A collection of fifty-three selected blog posts showcasing the quality and diversity of science writing on blogs in 2007. You can see the background story on how the book came about here and order the first (2006) volume here.
Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Blogs, Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction, and More . . .The success of Julie & Julia highlights the newest trend in food writing: blogging. Noted journalist and food-writing instructor Dianne Jacob has revi... Read More >
The Blog Digest 2007: Twelve Months of the Best Writing from the WebThe Blog Digest 2007: Twelve Months of the Best Writing from the WebBloggersfor the uninitiatedare amateur online journalists who post real-time reports of major (and not-so-major) stories on their websites. Famous blo... Read More >
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Blog Terminology Part II

faqA while back I wrote a post on Blog Terminogy where I covered a couple of terms that you run across with WordPress – Pingbacks, RSS and Categories/Tags.

Today I will be covering Permalinks and Authors & Users Continue reading “Blog Terminology Part II” »

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