February 6, 2012

Writing Google Friendly Content

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Writing content that is unique and relevant to your target audience should always be your main goal when creating a new blog post. Never sacrifice the quality of your message just to improve your search engine optimization. Fortunately, many of the things that make your content Google friendly also make your content better. Use these [...]

Use descriptive keywords in titles

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Optimize your titles for Google Search by using descriptive keywords or phrases that clearly describe your blog post. To further optimize, use the same keywords from your title in the URL and throughout your post to show consistent use of keywords. Google looks at the page titles, URLs, and blog post content to determine what [...]

Vancouver Convention Centre Website – designed using WordPress

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The official website of The Vancouver Convention Centre is designed using WordPress as a CMS. This is a great site and an even better example of what you can do using WordPress. To set up your own WordPress site, visit my step-by-step tutorial

Step-by-step WordPress setup

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Setting up your blog for the first time can be a little intimidating. If you are holding off because you’re uncertain of where to begin, not to worry. This post will get you through the process unscathed. It really is painless, I promise! Step One – Decide on a domain name (web address) The first [...]

Managing contract workers remotely – a brief guide

The last decade has seen a considerable rise in outsourcing certain jobs due to the availability of highly skilled staff in other countries. This has led to many online services that provide  tools for managing contract workers remotely. Managing workers remotely offers unique challenges and requires strong project management skills. You’ll be dealing with people [...]

What to look for in an affiliate marketing program

When it comes to affiliate marketing, choose wisely. There are some great offers out there with which you can make a considerable amount of money. But, there are others that can be both a waste of time and money. It’s also important to target campaigns that fit in with the content of your site. Find [...]

Social media plugins for WordPress

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Most blogs make it easy for readers to share their content on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google + & more. Have you been noticing all of these easy-to-use sharing options on other blogs and wondering how you can easily implement them on yours? If so, these eight plugins can help. Note: the [...]