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May 16, 2012

Don’t Rush to Update WordPress

What is a Blog?

Gosh, I just love sharing my little blogging horror stories with you. It’s not my intention to scare you or dissuade you from blogging. I just want you to be aware of the mistakes that I’ve made, so you won’t make them as well. BTW, in case you don’t know — before getting into affiliate [...]

WP Shopping Pages: Review Posts Before Publishing

I’ve had the WP Shopping Pages plugin for quite awhile now and absolutely love it. I use it to auto-post products — mostly romantic movie DVD’s from Amazon — to my dating blog on a regular basis. Actually, the WP Shopping Pages plugin has been a real blessing. I haven’t been that keen to write [...]

Why I Switched Back to StudioPress Genesis

After sporting the Thesis theme by DIYThemes on RosalindGardner.com for several months, I switched back to using a StudioPress theme on that blog. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Thesis. I do. It’s an excellent theme and I still highly recommend it to those looking for a professional theme for WordPress. Once you get past [...]

Make Money Helping Local Businesses Start a Blog

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You already know how to install a blog. You also know which plugins to use to make it functional and how to make it look great with a pretty professional WordPress theme. You know which pages are must-haves on any blog. AND you understand the benefits of blogging in terms of getting free traffic, as [...]

That Plugin is Messing Up Your Google Listings

Do you use either the WP Greet Box or WWSGD (What Would Seth Godin Do?) plugins on your WordPress blogs? Have you placed them to show at the top of your posts and/or pages? If so, you might be losing some valuable free traffic from the search engines. Take a look at the screenshot above [...]

How Many Blogs?

As I entered the conference hall, I overheard a young seminar attendee proudly proclaim, “I have 1000 blogs!“. His companion’s response was so intense that I thought she might swoon, so I moved hastily to find a seat on the other side of the room and contemplate what I’d just heard. One thousand blogs, indeed. [...]

WordPress.com Free Hosting is NOT for Affiliate Marketers

I warn affiliate marketers on this site, in the Super Affiliate Handbook and at Rosalind Gardner’s Academy not to use free hosting services for a variety of different reasons. Still some insist on doing so despite the warnings. In case you are one of those who thinks a free blog is too good a deal [...]