Why you Should use Self-Hosted WordPress for your Blog

July 19, 2010 by · 3 Comments
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There was a great writeup on WebProNews about a blogging service (Blogetery) housing 70,000 blogs was shut down today by an unnamed government agency. Apparently it was due to some user generated content on Blogetery’s servers.

Seriously — if your blog is at the center of your business, don’t trust it to a free (or ultra-cheap) hosting service… Get some decent hosting and use self-hosted WordPress — it will give you more control and peace of mind.

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How To Create Even Shorter Pretty Links

March 11, 2010 by · 11 Comments
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Do you wish you could use a shorter domain name with your Pretty Links? Take the www out of the beginning of your Pretty Links? Is the WordPress portion of your website in a sub-directory and would like your Pretty Links to come from the top level of your domain name? Well, Pretty Link Pro can help you solve any of these problems to make your Pretty Links as short as possible.

So, granted, there are some small hurdles to get through initially but you’ll find that it’s quite easy to put your short links on another domain name and continue to manage them from your wordpress admin — even if your wordpress blog is in a subdirectory of your website.

Here’s what you’ll need to do to get a custom short link working: [Read more...]

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10 Strategies for Igniting Explosive Growth in Your Business This Year

January 2, 2010 by · 10 Comments
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ExplosionAmong all of your New Year’s Resolutions, there is one that you should pay special attention to.

No, it isn’t lose 35 lbs or stop eating Twinkies (my other goal for 2010), the goal I’m talking about is you taking your Online Business to new heights in 2010. Whether your goal is to make a million dollars online or you just want to make enough to cover your car payment, you should write it down, put together a plan and start working.

Don’t make excuses, there are plenty of ways to do something great online this year and make money doing it but they pretty much all involve the same strategies and tools. Whether you’re a blogger, affiliate marketer or have your own products — here are the strategies you absolutely need to learn and use in 2010 if you want to ignite explosive growth in your Online Business: [Read more...]

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Turn your iPod into a Skype Phone

April 4, 2009 by · 7 Comments
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iPod Touch 2GRecently, Skype launched an app for the iPhone for its free Voice over IP service. I downloaded it and installed it on my iPhone the other day and liked it quite a bit. My brother lives in a different city — since we’re both on the computer 24×7 and we work together we use Skype everyday. My brother has an iPod Touch and so of course he installed Skype and we tried it out — he could hear me but we couldn’t hold a conversation because his iPod Touch has no mic. Well, I did a little research and as it turns out, the same microphone accessories that work with the iPhone also work with the iPod Touch. Here are a couple of places you can go to learn about them:

This is a MacWorld article from a year ago that reviews different third party microphone adapters:
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This is a link to the Griffen Mic Adapter which was the #1 mic adapter MacWorld reviewed — I’m probably going to get this one, it’s only $19.99:
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The Apple iPhone headphones will also work with the iPod Touch 2G — This one should definitely work but costs $29.99:
http://blairwilliams.com/kzm

With this small cost (assuming you already have an iPod Touch), you can have yourself a skype phone that you can use anywhere you can get wireless Internet. Well, even though I don’t have an iPod Touch, I’m planning on taking advantage of Skype to help me keep my minutes down. I’ve got my Google Voice account and I’ll be using it to route calls to skype first and then my phone — since I’m around a Wi-Fi connection 90% of the time, this should help me at least conserve minutes.

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