I’ve been doing this blogging malarkey for a while now and if there is one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that you have to be patient, especially when starting from scratch. I get lots of emails from people asking for help with their blog (which is fine, always happy to […]
My 1284% Boosted Conversion Rate With An Email Opt-In Landing Page
We have talked many times on this site about email marketing and the benefits of building an email list for your business, but how do you get people to sign up in the first place? Well one of the best and most effective ways is by sending people to a dedicated email […]
How To Run A Giveaway With Rafflecopter
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Following on from our latest giveaway where we use Rafflecopter to run the competition, I wanted to show you how to setup and run your own giveaway with Rafflecopter. What Is Rafflecopter? Rafflecopter is a really easy way to setup and run giveaways on your website. It lets you create […]
How To Add A Custom YouTube Thumbnail To Your Video
I recently published a post about why featured images are important for your blog posts. That got me thinking about videos, particularly YouTube videos that you upload to your own channel. Uploading a custom YouTube thumbnail for a video can encourage more people to click on and watch it, so I […]
Picking A Preferred Domain (www or non-www) & Setup 301 ReDirect
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Probably THE most important part of your site is your domain. However, everyone seems to forget about this once they have bought it and then just concentrate on the site itself, but this is how people will come to know you and what they will type into the URL bar. […]
How To Setup A Professional Email Address For Your Website
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I’m sure that at some point you will have received an email from a company that uses a professional email address (e.g. name@example.com instead of nameexample@gamil.com), in fact you’ll probably have received hundreds of them. They are great for businesses as they appear a lot more professional. But how do […]
How To Create Multiple YouTube Channels Under One Account
Ever wanted to create multiple YouTube channels under one account, but didn’t know how? I faced this exact same question when trying to set up another channel for a new site I’m setting up with some others (more on that later). Seemingly there isn’t that much information out there to help people, […]
Why A Featured Image Is Important For Your Blog Posts
There are three important parts to every post; the post title, the content itself and the featured image! Whilst many bloggers concentrate on the content and title, a lot overlooked or forgot about the featured image. Every post needs one, as that helps to attract people to click on and […]
HELP Writers Block!!! Learn How To Cure Writers Block For Good
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If you are a regular writer, you will have at some point faced the dreaded writers block. Thankfully there are plenty of tools and tips that you can use to get inspiration, no matter what you are writing about. In this post I thought I’d go over some of these […]
10 Top Free WordPress Plugins
It’s been a while since my last post about WordPress plugins, so I thought it was about time to write another as I have found a few gems for you to use. One of the reasons I love WordPress so much is because there are literally tens of thousands of great, […]
CommentLuv vs Disqus – Why I Don’t Use CommentLuv!