WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er

Boring blogs are so yesterday. You know the ones who just keep rambling about the last time they played with their dogs or picked their nose in public. Ok, maybe that is just my perception.

In fact it is exactly my perception and this goes to show why we like certain blogs more than others. When we hang out in a tight corner on the Internet we normally don’t go there repeatedly for the nice cold beer, or do we?

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Unless you are a WordPress Guru you will run into issues with your WordPress blog that will require external assistance. Even when you know things inside out it is hard to know it all - coding, design, html, php, javascript, ajax among the most common. Sooner or later each and everyone of us will need some assistance but…

How You Ask For Technical Help Greatly Determines If You Will Get It!

.. and no, in this post I do not intend to single anyone out or mock any person ( if you recognize yourself by description, I’m sure it is purely coincedential ) but to simply help both sides: Giving Help And Receiving Help as I was personally on both and can attest how frustrating it can be at times. Our goal here is to establish basics that will save time…

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Long term blogging success is at the forefront of every new bloggers mind. When we take our first tentative steps into the foray of the big blogosphere we are full of fire and ideas. So we blog away, enthusiastically for weeks on end until we run out of steam, ideas or inspiration.

It isn’t easy to be noticed amongst the noise and many bloggers just pack their bags if their place is consistently devoid of visitors.

Blogging can be a very lonely exercise. But contrary to popular belief it doesn’t have to be. Quite the opposite really. You too can survive for the long run with your blog if you implement the 5 critical keys to long term blogging success.

Let’s look at them and how they can help you open hidden doors to your very own blog emporium.

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Super Affiliate Blogger released by Gobala Krishnan managed to generate a few questions from my customers and subscribers and I decided to answer the questions and write a full Review on Super Affiliate Blogger.

In this article I want to share my personal view on what is good and what I have discovered to be a potential issue and you might have to watch out for and I also want to talk about what I personally think is the Greatest Feature of Super Affiliate Blogger product.

You might be surprised to learn what conclusions I came up with after reading, digesting and perhaps most importantly - Testing of the plugins that come with Super Affiliate Blogger product!

So, dig in and see what you will discover for yourself and make a decision if the product is right for you…

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Oh my, it finally happened! While I swore that I would never succumb to this lowly feeling of despair and commiseration, the day arrived when it did, regardless of my resolve. It hit me. Writers block. Gasp. Shock. Horror.

Where to now. What to do. At the time I didn’t know. Nor did I really care because the longer I tried to come up with a suitable post idea, the worse my brain acted. It was like I was walking inside my brain trying to peek around corners. And every time I managed to turn a corner, my mind was already ahead on the next.

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I don’t know about you guys, but I love hacks that make my day easier and life more fun. By running a busy freelance writing business I always have to look for ways to save time while keeping my work commitment.

We all face those issues I’m sure, whether you are a blogger, Internet marketer, artist, graphic designer or else. The secret to getting things done effectively is to use applications and tools that allow us to save time while staying organized.

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If you are a Firefox and Gmail user you will love the GTDInbox addon for Firefox. For freaks who like the idea of total domination to get organized, this addon can help you to become the next Zen Gmail master.

The application is pretty straight forward. You download it for free and then once you login to your Gmail account you will be presented with an initial instruction.

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Do you ever feel like you need a make-over design on your blog? You know, the whole deal with all the trimmings? I do right now and spent hours in the past month to find the perfect theme to do it.

I had a clear vision of what I wanted and while I saw several themes that offered parts of that whole picture, it was never exactly what I wanted.

Until…

I found it. Finally.

Task accomplished. Next.

Well, not really, the fun has only just started

A theme make over takes a lot of planning and ideas for it to come out in a satisfactory manner in the end. Admittedly we can just slap on a free theme and leave it at that.

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WordPress Web 2.0 SpotEr now uses power of SezWho 2.0 to build community. I have seen it implemented on Andy Beard’s blog for a while now and while I liked many aspects I wasn’t 100% convinced it was right tool for me. SezWho 2.0 release solved all the issues I had with service and now it is a proud part of my blog plugins.

As blogging becomes more and more popular and people are taking a dive into the process it becomes more and more important to be able to evaluate reputation of the person you might be engaged into conversation with on a particular blog. Credibility score across multiple platforms to build stronger communities is now possible…

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