New Year… That strange period when people plan fresh starts – in their business, with their health, in their finances and personal lives. We look to make changes, to be inspired and even motivated into action. It’s a great time to be blogging and connecting with your audience. While I don’t make resolutions, I too […]
12.5 Essential WordPress Plugins For Your Business Blog
Where would your WordPress blog be without a plugin or two? WordPress plugins add functionality to your blog. They make blogging easier, more secure or just simply prettier. With over 31,000 WordPress plugins available in the WordPress repository alone, how do you start choosing? When you see lists of 50 or 101 essential WordPress Plugins, […]
Murphy’s Laws of Moving my WordPress Site
Some months back now, I said I was going to move My Local Business Online from Hostgator to my reseller host at WebHosting Buzz. Oh how I tried to move my WordPress website… and tried and tried again! It should be simple. It is USUALLY simple. Finally, I hope I’ve succeeded in moving this blog! […]
7 Blogging Lessons From Your Christmas Jumper
It’s Save The Children’s National Christmas Jumper Day today, 13th December. You can take part (just like Richard Branson) by tweeting your pic to @savethechildrenuk and use the hashtag #XmasJumperDay Ready your knits for @savechildrenuk #XmasJumperDay tomorrow! http://t.co/eBaH1GA9Kf Here’s mine pic.twitter.com/WK6S5bHzmP — Richard Branson (@richardbranson) December 12, 2013 Can Your Jumper Teach You To […]
30 Facts About Me You Probably Don’t Want To Know (But I’m Telling You Anyway!)
I’m taking part in Bonnie Gean’s Article Writing Challenge this month. The challenge is to write an article a day through October. You are more than welcome to join in, simply pop over to the Facebook group and request to join. Since the term “article” can be used to mean many things, I’m taking the […]
Liebster Award – My 11 Questions Answered
I was really surprised and honoured to receive a Liebster blog award nomination from Carlana at Sage Consulting. I found Carlana’s blog through the Ultimate Blog Challenge and it’s become a regular on my reading list, she has tonnes of great information. Do pop over to her nominees blog post, there are some amazing blogs […]
Is Your WordPress Secure From Attack?
WordPress installations worldwide are currently under a brute force attack. These attacks are targeting the most common username and password combinations. Is your WordPress Secure? If you still have your username set as admin, your WordPress sites are very much at risk. As a precaution, all WordPress users should change their passwords to a secure […]