WordPress Video Tutorial – Custom Menus, Part II

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In Part I of this series I showed you how you can easily create custom menus for your WordPress website (version 3.0 or greater). You can see that video here. In this followup video I'll expand on that to show you how you can... remove menu items have a link to an external site open in a new window/tab rename menu items without affecting the page titles make a menu item un-clickable in case … [Read more...]

Video Tutorial: Creating Custom Menus in WordPress (3.0 or greater)

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Are you new to WordPress? Or maybe you've just never really got a handle on creating menus with WordPress. Well, ever since the awesome version, 3.0 hit the streets, creating menus in WordPress has been VERY cool and easy. In this screencast tutorial I show you how to create custom menus in WordPress (3.0 or greater). … [Read more...]

WordPress Screencast – How to Add Pages and Menus to Your WordPress Site

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This screencast shows you how you can create pages in a WordPress site. It also shows you how you can create custom menus and add your pages to them, as well as creating dropdown menu items. You're probably going to want to view it in full screen mode so you can actually see what I'm doing. Hope this helps! … [Read more...]

How To Become a Great Writer

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You're great at what you do. You love doing what you do. You're an artist; a craftsman. You offer a product or service that really is awesome! But you tell yourself, "you're not a writer."   Blogging / Content Marketing Everyone is telling you that blogging/content marketing is the greatest thing since sliced bread in order to develop your brand online. Everyone is telling you that you … [Read more...]

Using YouTube for Answers AND Branding!

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I think most people are well aware of how much YouTube has grown as a search engine. It's currently the second most popular search engine being used these days. (you all know who's #1, right?)   This post has two purposes.   1. Find Video Answer's to Practically Any Question It's really no surprise YouTube has become such a well-used search engine. People are wanting to read less … [Read more...]

Google+ For Business by Chris Brogan

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I know a lot of my clients haven't jumped whole-heartedly onto Google+ yet, or a lot of my friends for that matter. It's the new kid on the block and just something else that people will have to learn.   Why Setup Shop on Google+? You may be thinking, "I"ve already got a big network setup on Facebook, or Twitter. Why should I setup a profile on Google+?" Remember when everyone was on AOL? … [Read more...]

5 Easy Ways To Create Better Blog Post Titles

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It's widely accepted that the titles are the first important attractor, determining whether or not someone will actually read your blog post. They are like text versions of thumbnails. If you're looking at a page of thumbnails, you'll click on the most interesting, compelling thumbnail first, to view the full image. The titles of your posts act in the same way. That's why your titles are so … [Read more...]

How To Build Your Social Marketing Muscles!

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You've got a business. You're an expert at what you do. (that's most likely true, especially if you're running your own business.) You know your products and services will help people and you can't wait to get out there and help as many people as you can, and watch your business just thrive!!!   Hmmm, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Marketing, etc., etc., etc., Huh? You've heard … [Read more...]

How to Handle Negative Blog Post Comments… And Use Them To Your Advantage!

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So you've been blogging for a while, giving your readers juicy bits of info and engaging, entertaining prose. Working diligently to build your followers and community on your business site. You're feeling pretty good about all this. You've developed your voice of authority. You're clients come to you to see what you think. It's going great! Hey, this blogging stuff really does … [Read more...]

Staying Active on Social Media, Even When You Don’t Have Anything to Say

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Staying active on your favorite social networks is important for business these days.   People (clients, customers, colleagues, peers) follow you because they find value in what you have to contribute, and (hopefully) they're looking forward to your next tweet, post, comment, etc... But maybe there are days when you really just don't have anything to say.   Not a Problem. The Web's Got … [Read more...]