CategoryBlogging Tools and Services

How To Stop Your WordPress Blog Getting Penalized For Duplicate Content
This is a guest contribution by Felipe Kurpiel, an internet marketer I came across this topic by accident. One day I was monitoring my analytics data I noticed a big drop on my traffic stats and I didn’t understand why. Actually, I had a hint because I was starting to interlink my ...more
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4 Tools for Creating a Bulletproof Idea Capture System
This is a guest contribution by Charles Cuninghame is a freelance content writer. Have you ever experienced the terrible frustration of remembering you’ve had a great idea for a blog post or e-book you’re writing, but not being able to remember exactly what the actual thought or idea was? ‘ Don’t ...more
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6 Tips for Managing Multi-Author Blogs Without Losing Your Mind
This is a guest contribution from Alexis Grant, an entrepreneurial writer and digital strategist. Managing multi-author blogs can be a lot of work; you’re juggling contributors, an editing funnel, your calendar and maybe even promotion on social channels. But if you put certain systems in place, stay organized and know where ...more
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Optin Skin Plugin Review
In June, Darren shared 3 Ways to Get More Subscribers for Your Blog. In that post, he identified the area under the blog post as being one of the ‘hot zones’ for calls to subscribe. This area is a solid location to place a call to action, but it can ...more
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13 Tools and Services I Use Every Day to Build a Profitable Blogging Business
Yesterday, during our Q&A webinar, we received a lot of questions about the tools and services we recommend for different aspects of blogging. While we touched on a few, there are quite a few more that I wanted to touch on. Not all are strictly ‘blogging tools’ but all are ...more
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How to Use Multivariate Testing to Build the Ultimate Opt-in Form
This guest post is by Adam Connell of Bloggingwizard.com. There’s a testing technique out there that’s not being used to its full potential—or even used at all by most website owners. Today I want to show you how you can use it to create the ultimate high-converting opt-in form. So ...more
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10 Essential WordPress Security Plugins For 2013
This guest post is by Anders Vinther of The WordPress Security Checklist. Now that we have left 2012 behind, we can start planning 2013. And there is no better time to review the security plugins you use on your WordPress site. Last year important new security plugins were released, and ...more
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WordPress Backups: Don’t Make These 9 Mistakes on Your Blog
This guest post is by Anders Vinther of The WordPress Security Checklist. Do you have insurance on your car? And on your house? Of course you do. Do you have insurance on your WordPress site? What? Insurance?! A good backup plan is your insurance policy on your WordPress site! You ...more
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Blogging On the Go: Are Mobile Apps Up To It?
This guest post is by Barry Cooke of QDOS. With the rise of mobile technology and citizen journalism, being able to blog while on the move is increasingly important. Unfortunately, many blogging apps are limited, clunky, and make updating from your mobile smartphone or tablet inefficient. Here we take a ...more
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