Guest blogging has its pros and cons. Many site owners enjoy accepting guest posts as it fills their blog with fresh information. The problem is that perhaps bloggers are leaning too much on the crutch known as guest blogging. A crutch, you ask? Yes. This happens when a site is inundated with more posts published
[Continue Reading...]Podcast Presentation: Typography for WordPress
I do not normally do a lot of presentations on design concepts, but I am always game to try something different. For WordCamp Kansas City 2012, I presented Typography for WordPress. The presentation covers a little about typography, some examples great use of it, a few tips, and then how to implement typefaces into a
[Continue Reading...]Podcast Presentation: Intro to WordPress Theme Development- Tweaking Your Theme
I originally presented Tweaking Your Theme at WordCamp Louisville. I originally intended it to be more of an introduction as it was not to delve deep into code and was just a start. I hope some of the tips and information help you if you are newer to WordPress theme development. If you have any
[Continue Reading...]Branding And Design: Be Yourself, Not A Copycat
As an individual business, you want to stand out, right? Of course, it might be daunting to wade through the large crowd of other businesses in your niche to come out ahead, but how are you doing it? Is your business modeled after another, even your mentor or others in your niche that you admire?
[Continue Reading...]The Art of Blogging: Trends for Commenting
Blog commenting as strange as it sounds has become somewhat of a science. In the past few years alone there have been trends that still exist in order to help bloggers obtain the comments they want. If you give good comments, there are noticeable results. 1. Your blog receives comments back that may also be
[Continue Reading...]What You Should Know About Becoming A WordCamp Speaker
For those who have not heard of a WordCamp, it is a WordPress conference. In fact, WordCamps happen nearly every week in just about any major city in the world. The conferences are sometimes 1,2 or 3 days and are jam-packed with topics from using to designing and developing with WordPress. Becoming a speaker at
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