WordPress 3.3 – Click the Button and Upgrade Now!

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Logged on to ImagePerceptions.com this morning and was greeted with the announcement of the release of WordPress 3.3 (named, Sonny - in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt). As always, the message suggested I click to update now. And, as I always do, I clicked to do the automatic update. (I love how easy WordPress makes my life!) I had heard rumors of some of the upcoming … [Read more...]

WordPress Screencast – Adding YouTube Video to a Page or Blog Post

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This short screen cast shows you how easy it is to add a video from YouTube to your WordPress blog post or page. This method would also apply to Vimeo or any other service that provides the embed code. … [Read more...]

WordPress Screencast – Adding a Photo to a Page or Blog Post

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I know this seems pretty simple, but this is probably one of the most frequently asked questions I get from new WordPress users. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions. … [Read more...]

Why You Should Use WordPress as a Powerful Business Tool

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This is a followup video version of a recent post, Top Five Reasons Why Knowing WordPress Can Make You Better at Tennis. As a professional you've learned how to use software products like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Adobe products like Photoshop. I strongly suggest you add one more product to your Professional Toolkit: WordPress. WordPress is website creation software that is easy … [Read more...]

Top Five Reasons Why Knowing WordPress Can Make You Better at Tennis

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WordPress, once considered good blogging software has now developed into being my favorite and, in my opinion, the best way to set up a complete website. Okay, if you're Wells Fargo or Google your needs might exceed what this tool can offer. But for the rest of us it's a dynamite solution. The direction of business is becoming more and more about being able to get your message out there, … [Read more...]

Successful Blogging for Your Business

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Why Blog for Business Along with social networking, blogging has become one of the strongest moves you can make in helping your business continue to grow and gain audience. There are several reasons for this. Content You have your business website online. Maybe it's got five to ten pages that sufficiently describes your business/products/services. Let's say you add two to three blog posts … [Read more...]

New Custom Menus in WP 3.0 With Genesis 1.2

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WordPress 3.0 has been released today. One of most talked about new features available in 3.0 is the custom menus option, which does exactly what the name implies... allows you to create custom menus. Pages, categories, home button, in any order that you choose. Genesis 1.2 from StudioPress has been updated and is ready for WordPress 3.0. Nathan Rice has put together a nice video to show how … [Read more...]

Keeping Your Content Attractive

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When your web designer/developer set up your site, they took the time to really develop a nice look and feel for your site (if you hired a good web designer!) If you're now maintaining your own blog or CMS (content management system like Joomla or WordPress) website then you need to keep in mind that it's your responsibility to maintain that look and feel of the website. Especially if you're … [Read more...]

Editing Your Own Website’s Content

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Having the ability to update and refresh your website's content regularly can help your business in a couple ways. 1.) It provides new information for your visitors, which can make the site more interesting to them and cause return visits to see what's new. 2.) Google takes note of how often your site's is showing new content. That shows it's an active site, not just a site that someone put up, … [Read more...]