Archive for February, 2010

3 Pronged Promotion

This tip is for the authors in the audience.
When it’s time to promote your new release try incorporating a three pronged approach.
Step one is to advertise.
This provides consistent promotion throughout the advertising period. Advertising online is affordable and you can target your audience.
Step two: provide an excerpt.
Show readers what they’ll be buying. It’s [...]

How secure is your Wordpress?

Security is a constant battle on the Internet. I don’t need to tell you that. What you no doubt want (and need) to know is how to secure your Wordpress installation.
Here’s a great post with 11 steps you can take to make your wordpress website more secure.

Remember to update often. Version 2.9.2 just came out [...]

It’s the little things…like hyperlinks

As I was scrolling through my feed reader today I saw that one of the blogs I follow has moved to a new domain. They reminded me to update my RSS. Now, when a site moves, I generally like to visit the new site a) to check out the new digs and b) to see [...]

It’s the little details…like your name

A recent visit to a new-to-me blog brought an “ah hah!” moment. I love those, don’t you?
This ah hah! moment occurred as I scrolled down the blog, reading the posts, each post written by “admin.” How unique or interesting is admin? Not very. It’s more of a title than a name and tells me nothing [...]