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 [...]

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 [...]

5 Free Photo Editors For Your Mac

If you are blogging or using social networks like Facebook or Twitter – you will eventually need some kind of photo editing software. Head and shoulders above the rest is Photoshop – Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current market leader for [...]

Why have a Blog?

Why should I Blog? That is a question that I hear often. Here’s the answer and it’s a simple one. If you are doing business online and you don’t have an unlimited marketing budget, blogging is the most important weapon in your arsenal. But I use Facebook and Twitter, isn’t that enough? A good start? [...]

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 [...]

10 Small Business Trends for 2009

I love prognosticators! It’s the end of the year and now’s the time when all the predictions are coming in. I don’t really care what Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are up to (it’s OK if you do… No judgment from me) but give me some insight on small business trending and I’m all over [...]

WordPress Beginner’s Guide

I am so happy to announce, that the FreeMarket Media Group e-book entitled “The WordPress Beginners Guide” is available. This e-book walks you step-by-step through everything you need to know about the WordPress blogging system. Even if you’re not a beginner, this book is for you. Why? Because this book will walk you through everything [...]