Tag: blog

Blogs posts come in all shapes and sizes.  Some people like Seth Godin can get over writing short posts with one great thought.  Others like CopyBlogger write long, involved posts that give lots of specific tips.  Here is an example of repurposing an email as a blog post.  This was actual client advice to someone who was writing blog posts that were not very reader … [read more]

This is a post from my blog to book project “Lurkers Anonymous” Feel like you have nothing to offer?  Think again.  Specialty blogs are hot.  People like them.  And when your core audiences discovers yours, if you are putting in the work and producing something honest, chances are they will read it.  So how do you get started finding a specialty? Start with three questions: … [read more]

Since starting this blog I’ve seen more spam comments than a Monty Python sketch. I don’t know if it is the topics of my posts (How to Delete Meta Links on Your Side Bar and How to Add a Photo in Word Press seem to be two of the most popular spam destinations) or if it is just good SEO work but I am blocking … [read more]

No Comments? Leaders in online spaces want to provide members with information that is compelling, useful, and generates a response.  Typically though, we post blogs or forums, wait for an answer, and no one responds.  Then we keep posting, not knowing if anyone is even reading, and get frustrated with the lack of engagement in our groups.  How can we get people talking?  Here are … [read more]

This is a quick follow up to our post Delete Meta Links in Your Blog Side Bar. In that article we told you to use the Word Press editor to search for a file called “sidebar.php” and then delete a string of code. There are some blog templates that do not have the string of code in the sidebar.php file, and require a little variation on this technique. [read more]

This post will teach you a very basic function: how to add a picture to a blog post. While some find this a simple task, many clients have trouble with this when they start blogging. The following sections will tell you all you need to know to post great looking images into your blog and tell a visual story… [read more]

Here is a question I got from a client today: Client Question: Someone in the blog put a tag/comment. I didn’t approve it but look where it goes: http://starttags.com/tags/cross-border-transactions Do you have any idea what is this? M2L Answer: This is not a bad thing.  Starttags is a company that tags and categorizes content on the web.  You got a pingback in your comments b/c … [read more]