Your WordPress User Profile: It’s More Than Meets the Eye

WordPress user profile

When you first set up WordPress, you fill in your username and password, or, depending on how you installed it, it might assign a generated login for you. In either case, it ends up on your profile under > users.

But did you ever complete that profile?Have you even thought about it?

There are actually a few things back there that you might want to check, and even take advantage of.

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10 Strategies to Market Your Blog Part 2

lots of advertising imagesLast week we looked at 5 simple ways of marketing your business blog that you may not be using. I also shared the best headline ever :)

if you read the post last week – and if not, why not?? – you’ll know that I promised to conclude this week with the second part, and share 5 more ways of marketing your blog.

So, without further ado…

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Why @Livefyre Comments 3 May Be About to Change Blog Commenting Systems

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For many bloggers, comments are the currency on which they base their blog's success. Sure, traffic is key, and selling products - premium or affiliate - may also be a factor they look to for their success. Comments, though? That's a whole other … [Continue reading]

The Week In Review: Blogging Tips with For Bloggers By Bloggers

Best blogging tips

Hi, and welcome to our weekly round up of posts. If you missed anything from this week on For Bloggers by Bloggers, you can catch up with it here. To make sure you never miss a post when it’s published, choose your preferred subscription … [Continue reading]

Do You Own Your Blog’s Domain or Do You Just Think You Do?

Make sure you register your own domain

The advice people give on hosting your own domain (www.yourdomain.com, rather than www. yourdomain.wordpress.com) is solid. Using a hosting service means that your blog sits square on your own piece of real estate. That's all good. But sometimes … [Continue reading]

You’re Doing It Wrong. Period.

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How many spaces do you put after a period when you're writing? If you said any answer besides "one, of course," you're writing incorrectly and I'm about to tell you why. It's time we put this debate to bed. I'm also very aware that this post … [Continue reading]