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Is Auto Posting A Good Or Bad Thing For Bloggers?

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The Auto Posting Controversy Continues! The debate continues about whether or not bloggers should auto post their content to other platforms. I have heard the gambit of arguments for and against this practice and I used to fall somewhere in the middle. I believe that like everything, auto posting in moderation is definitely not a bad thing. More importantly, how your content is displayed on the various platforms like social media networking sites makes all the difference. What is Auto Posting? Auto posting is the use of an application or tool  that allows you to schedule a post to be made … [Read more...]

Chatwing Chat Box—the Ultimate Web Traffic Generator for Websites

Website traffic is considered as a very important type of resource in the Internet nowadays. Yes, it is a resource because people are struggling to get it. Aside from that, web traffic can bring thousands of dollars to any standing online business. Once a website is continuously generating traffic, it will have high streams of client potentials. The more visitors are exposed to a website, the greater the chances of the turnaround of products—it is really a basic Math. Do you want to have a steady source of traffic? Worry not, for you can use the Chatwing chat widget—an application that can … [Read more...]

15 Plugins I Use On Every WordPress Site I Create

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One of the great things about using the open source Wordpress platform to create a website, is that in addition to the great themes available, there are literally thousands of plugins, which makes your Wordpress rock! According to www.wordpress.org, Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine!   Many great plugins are available at no cost and those that require a fee, are available usually at a very affordable price. I believe that it is probably true that anyone who knows even the basics about Worpress, uses at least one plugin. Here are 15 (in … [Read more...]

3 Anti-Copy Plugins to Prevent Content From Being Stolen!

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Are you fed up with having your content lifted from your site and used without your permission or without the credit you deserve?  So was I and although I used COPYSCAPE to tell me who was swiping it, I went in search of an easy to install and implement tool to help me take control. I have found and tried  3 Anti-copy plugins which can address this issue on some level. Although I only site three such plugins, a search of the Wordpress Plugins directory indicates that there are at least 44 related plugins.   Here are the three that I tested on my sites before settling on … [Read more...]

5 Best WordPress Contact Forms

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Although you should have an email provider to help manage and grow your list, you should also have a Contact Form Plugin on your Wordpress site, to use for those times when you do not want to require your subscribers to have to opt-in (a requirement by most reputable emil providers) for every thing! One such use would be conducting short surveys, hosting a question corner (here are two examples:  example1  example2). Or, if you simply want to enhance the process of adding and monitoring forms that integrate with your existing email provider account. While creating and hosting contact … [Read more...]

5 Task and Project Management Plugins

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Did you know that you can manage projects from within your WP site?  How kewl is that? Here are five of the most popular Task and Project Management plugins: WP-Task Manager:  A simple and easy to use tool for managing tasks from within the dashboard, this plugin let's you control permissions for others that you want to create a task list for. It is also a great tool for creating and managing a  task list for yourself! Learn more about WP-Task Manager. CollabPress: One of my favorites, this task and project management tool provides an easy to read format and makes it easy for … [Read more...]

4 Great Social Share Plugins for WordPress

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If you have a blog/website, you already know that you need to integrate Social Sharing into your site, to make sharing your content across social networks as easy and seamless as possible.  You probably also know that there are tons of options available and may even be a bit overwhelmed with the notion of having to choose, how to install etc.   Here are 4 of my favorite Social Share Plugins: Sexy Bookmarks/Sharaholic: Allows you to choose from over 50 social bookmarking sites, to include an icon that your readers can use to share your content. Icons can appear above, below or … [Read more...]

Traffic Player Plugin Released

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If you're like a lot of online marketers and business owners, you are always looking for ways to enhance your content and developers keep giving us great tools to do just that! I learned about another great Wordpress Plugin that was just released, called Traffic Player. While I have not purchased Traffic Player Plugin just yet, I have previewed it and am certainly leaning in that direction since it is just what the doctor ordered, if you want to create professional looking videos for your blog or website. As you will see in the Traffic Player Plugin  demo that is now live at the … [Read more...]

Scribe SEO Plugin for WordPress

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We've all heard of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and we've all run the other way when we've seen the prices the SEO "experts" charge for their services. However, we also know that without proper SEO, our content does not stand a chance of being found in the big bad cyberworld! So, what's a small business owner to do??? Thankfully, the folks at Scribe SEO have the answer and I am so glad I found it just when I was at the brink of throwing in the towel on a few of my online ventures! Scribe SEO is an easy to use premium WordPress plugin that promises to do the … [Read more...]

10 e-Commerce Plugins For Your WordPress Site

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Many of my clients used to use many different platforms, independently of WordPress, to sell products online. However, that trend is changing as it continues to become easier to integrate e-Commerce into WP, given all of the great applications now available. There are literally hundreds of shopping cart solutions, both paid and unpaid, that can be integrated directly into your WordPress site, either into your posts or your pages. A flexible and customizable  Shopping Cart plugin can help you easily integrate an online store into your WP website or blog.  Most of these are so easy to use … [Read more...]