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Sticky Website – How to Keep People on Your Website Longer
Want a sticky website? Photo credit In this quick video I'm showing you how to leverage your existing content to provide even more value to your web site visitors. This will also help you keep people on your site longer, lower your bounce rate, and improve your Wordpress SEO. In two words, it will turn…
When Girls Learn How to Fight With The Boys
“No problem,” the championship organizers said, “we'll just put you in with the boys.” I remember the first Taekwondo competition I attended where there weren't any contenders in my weight and age category. I was 13 years old, and I had a yellow belt. That was the first time I fought against a boy in…
Creating a Newsletter Template in Mailchimp
Here's a quick video how-to showing you how to create an email template in Mailchimp. You then learn how to send a broadcast email to all your subscribers. Sending an Email to Your List in Mailchimp Creating a Newsletter Template is easy: Design your own Mailchimp template Use your web site's header to add your…
Newsletter Writing Tips – Save Time Writing Your Newsletter By Leveraging Your Blog Content
While there are tons of newsletter writing tips out there, very few people have time to both blog and write a newsletter. What's a busy business owner to do? Leverage your content, of course! Here's the premise: you spend a lot of time writing, filming video plus editing, and refining your blog content. And while…
The Power of Walking Out
"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen If 80% of success in life is showing up, does that mean that 20% of success in life is walking out? Obviously there's more to success than showing up and walking out, there needs to be inspiration, vision, and probably work in there somewhere too.…
How to Reduce Paper Use In Your Small Business
I have a thing for trees. I can walk in the forest for hours on end and admire the trees, smell their fragrance, and look at their leaves. That's why I'm conscious of the paper I use in my business. In this article and video tip I'm going to show you how to reduce paper…
How to Embed a Youtube Video on a Wordpress Blog
I am a huge fan of using video to connect with your audience. In fact, I've been making videos on YouTube since early 2009 and my video marketing skills just keep getting better and better. Today's video tip is a simple one, but also a much needed one! If you're getting ready to publish your…
Building The Future of The Web Takes Builders: Are You One?
When I say the word "builder" what comes to mind? Drudge work? Hands on work? Creative work? Photo credit Let's take a step back in time... I was sitting in the audience at BlogWorld Expo, listening to Amber Naslund's keynote. She had the audience riveted and explained that we're all really Wayfarers, forging our own…
Are You an Icon? How to set your blog comment icon.
In order to be memorable, to stand out from the crowd, you need to become an icon... and what better way to cement your icon status than by using a recognizable icon across all the social media sites you use? Today's video is all about how to set your blog comment icon, which is also…
How To Make Business Decisions
Photo credit One of the things they don't teach you in school (or anywhere else, really) is how to make business decisions. In fact, making business decisions that are profitable, sound, and spiritually rewarding is a skill that all small business owners should learn. I'm happy to share with you my top three tips for…
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