Why I love WordPress 3.1

The long-awaited fourteenth release of WordPress is now available. WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist *Django Reinhardt. Version 3.1 is available for download, or you can update from within your dashboard. This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an [...]

Welcome to your WordPress Dashboard

Welcome to WordPress Wednesday! This is another in the series of WordPress Tutorials in this series from RockYourWordpress. There are many more advanced features, but that isn’t the purpose of this WordPress Tutorial. Below is a summary of what the dashboard is. Your Dashboardl provides access to the control features of your WordPress installation. Each [...]

WordPress vs. Wordress

Welcome to WordPress Wednesday! There always seems to be quite a lot of confusion between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The main difference is simple and huge: WordPress.com blogs are hosted on WordPress.com. A WordPress.org site is self hosted, meaning you host it on your own server (at your web hosting service). This means that it is [...]

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants!

Innovate don’t invent. So says my friend Alex Mandossian. What I am talking about in this instance is the notion of leveraging other peoples content. I am not talking about stealing it, simply using something that already has some notoriety and leveraging it. Check it out… Remember Siskel & Ebert’s “At the Movies”? They leveraged [...]

WordPress Tip of the WEEK: Adding a Post (Video)

It’s time to Rock Your WordPress! This is the simplest version of the idea of adding a blog post. There are many more advanced features, but that isn’t the purpose of this WordPress Tutorial. Anything new can be daunting. For some of you, WordPress and blogging might be brand new. This video covers the basics [...]

10 Tips to Getting Your Business Blog Started

I preach about blogging (using WordPress) for small business – until I’m blue in the face, really. But there is good reason. Let me explain: Blogging might  very well be the single most important thing you do for your small business online. It’s not the only thing – but it sets the foundation for everything [...]

Case Study: How Aaron Patzer Made $170 Million in Two Years

In 2007, Aaron Patzer launched Mint.com as a user-friendly alternative to Quicken. Now, just two short years later, Intuit, which makes Quicken, paid over $170 million for his website. So how’d he do it? Let’s take a look shall we and see how we can apply this to your business. Inc Magazine offers 5 quotes [...]

Social Media Revolution – Fact or Fad?

Does Social Media represent a total shift in the way we communicate? Does Social Media fundamentally change the way we do business? Is Social Media the Biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Personally, I think YES. If Starbucks can get almost 600,000 people to register for their Free Pastry Tuesday “Event” on Facebook and account [...]

Updated Site Design

Lennie here… I had a little extra time this weekend, so I did a little overhaul of my FreeMarket Media Group site (yep, this one). Here’s the old version of the site as an image: So here’s what I did: Converted the entire site to WordPress HUH?! First some basics… WordPress vs Static Most basic [...]

IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE PLUNGE…

It seems that everybody is doing it…but are YOU? I am talking about the power of blogging. What a great way to get your message out there and to let everyone know what you and your business are up to. And the coolest thing about it is that your website can be a blog! The [...]