Ultimate WordPress Online Business Giveaway

Ultimate WordPress GiveAway

This is just COOL! I was contacted by my friend Adam Warner of WP Pro Business (great guy!) to see if I wanted to participate in an online business giveaway he was doing. Of course I said yes (especially having just run a contest for my site makeover re-launch). Adam is also using Rafflecopter for [...]

Just because you build it, doesn’t mean they’ll come

field-of-dreams

I’m sure I’m probably dating myself with this post title, so for those of you who are younger than me, I’m ripping off the famous line from the movie “Field of Dreams” with Kevin Costner. If you build it, they will come. I’m really not one for sports metaphors (o.k. -technically it’s not really a [...]

Are you blogging like you mean it?

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The title for this post came to me before I really even knew exactly what it meant. Ever had that happen? I think it came to me because I’ve really been thinking a LOT about my business, how it’s run, what types of services/products I want to offer, etc. Fortunately as I’ve gotten older I’ve [...]

Are you a jumper?

WordPress Bandwagon

As in bandwagon. This is something that I feel like I’m seeing quite a bit more of lately- but I think that’s simply because I’ve become pretty conscious of it (kind of like when you buy a new car and all of the sudden it seems like everyone has the same car?). Once something comes [...]

[VIDEO] Adding Images in WordPress – Posts or Pages

StudioPress Genesis Featured Image

This may seem like a for some people, but after we’ve been doing something for a while we forget that not everyone knows what we know (at least I do!). I know I’m hardly objective when it comes to my opinions about WordPress, but it just keeps getting better and better and is clearly the [...]

Thursday Thanks: A Love Letter to StudioPress

love letter studiopress

At one time or another I’m sure most bloggers have questioned what the right balance is between sharing personal things on their blog and writing about their niche. If anyone knows the answer- or has found a good formula- I’d love to hear it. Over the last few months I’ve done some serious reflecting on [...]

WordPress Video Marketing….have you taken the plunge?

wordpress video marketing

This has become my latest obsession! I am having an absolute ball with video, optimizing it, creating it, etc! The trick with video is that it’s kind of like opening Pandora’s box….once you dive into it, all of the sudden you realize how deep of a plunge you’ve taken (not sure where all these water [...]

WordPressChick Reader Spotlight – Personal Growth Princess

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I have to say…the response to this idea has been great! I know…that may seem a bit obvious considering the reader will get their site recognized as well as a link back..but regardless of any of that, I’m happy with the responses! The first site and reader to highlight is the “Personal Growth Princess” by [...]

[VIDEO] Working with StudioPress Genesis- part.1

StudioPress Genesis Part 1

The Genesis theme framework has been out for a while now (over 5 months now) and I’ve been working it with it ever since. As soon as Genesis came out and I saw the power of this framework,  I immediately started using it with StudioPress child themes for client sites. The simple fact that I [...]

[VIDEO] Adding a facebook ‘Like’ box to your WordPress Site

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It isn’t until I go to do posts like this that I realize how much catching up I’ve got to do in certain areas of my business (I have SERIOUSLY neglected my social media acct.s over the last few months). I’m sure you’ve seen the Facebook ‘like’ box on many sites now. Facebook has changed [...]