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Why I Don’t Recommend WooCommerce for Your eStore
I'm going to let you in on a secret: I am something of an outcast in Wordpress circles. It's not just that I spell Wordpress* with a lowercase "P", but also that I rarely recommend using WooCommerce to set up a store on a Wordpress site. WooCommerce is the best-known e-commerce solution for...
How to Resize/Fix the Image Files on Your Author Website
So I was reading a post over on the Bookworks blog where Carla King explains how to correctly size images before uploading to your site, but I have...
How to Maximize Newsletter Sign-Ups on Your Author Website
Did you ever wonder why a lot of author sites have a newsletter sign-up form at the top of the home page? Were you ever curious as to why some sites...
Guest Post: Eleven Steps to Creating A Stellar Social Media Marketing Campaign On Instagram
The world of marketing has been taken by storm by the digital wave, and there’s really no stopping how far this wave will go. What started off as a...
The Secret to an Effective Landing Page
A mailing list is a great way for you to connect with your readers, but first you have to get them to sign up. That’s where landing pages come in....
How to Create a Live Backup of Your Working Files Using Google Drive
My server getting hacked a couple months ago made me deeply appreciative of regularly scheduled backups (sometimes the best solution to a situation...
If You’re Leasing a Server for Your Website(s), You’re Probably Paying Too Much
I've just found a new service that I can add to my a la carte service offerings: For $25, I will tell you whether you are paying too much for your...
How to Find Free (and Legal) Images Online
A few weeks back I discovered another nugget of useful info that I picked up while blogging and just assumed everyone knew, and today I would like...
Press, Page, Media, and Pub – Did You Know You Have More Website Domain Options Than Just DotCom?
Do you know how almost everyone uses a website domain ending in DotCom? Have you ever thought about being more adventurous? The usual advice on the...
Six Things I Learned When My Websites Got Hacked
Here’s a post where I learn a little humility, and everyone else gets to see that “it really can happen to anyone” isn’t just something we say to be...