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(Probably) The Best WordPress Social Media Plugin In The World

April 29, 2015 by Jan Kearney

Tired of hunting for the best WordPress social media plugin for your blog?

If you have used WordPress for any length of time, no doubt you’ve been on the hunt for a great social media plugin many (many!) times.  I know I have… It should be easy to add social share buttons to your site – in fact it IS easy to add social buttons and that’s part […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: business blogging, plugins, social sharing, Social Warfare, WordPress

12.5 Essential WordPress Plugins For Your Business Blog

June 21, 2014 by Jan Kearney

12 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, […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blogging, blogging for business, business blog, plugins, small business blogging, WordPress

Murphy’s Laws of Moving my WordPress Site

December 28, 2013 by Jan Kearney

murphy's law - if it can go wrong, it will

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! […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blogging, business blog, install WordPress, plugins, WordPress

Google Plus Comments For WordPress Blogs [Video]

April 29, 2013 by Jan Kearney

Regular readers may have noticed a slight change to the blog.  Yes, I have gone social and added Google Plus comments… Google Plus Comments Plugin The plugin I opted for was Google+ Comments by Brandon Holtsclaw.  It’s available through the WordPress plugin repository.  I’m still in two minds about keeping the plugin, so would love […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Google Plus Tagged With: blog commenting, Google Plus, plugins, WordPress

Sunday Catch Up – Wonderful WordPress Edition

April 15, 2013 by Jan Kearney

Wonderful WordPress Editionb

As the howls of “botnet” and the news of bots targeting WordPress and other PHP based sites echo around the web, I thought a round-up of positive WordPress posts was in order… Just in case you missed the security warnings – here it is again with how to change your admin username.   Move To […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Sunday Catch Up Tagged With: business blogging, plugins, WordPress, WordPress security

WordPress Social Media Widget Plugin Spam Problems

April 10, 2013 by Jan Kearney

Sucuri reported on their blog yesterday that the WordPress Social Media Widget plugin is injecting payday loan spam into websites.  It is recommended that you remove the plugin from your WordPress site. How to Remove The Social Media Widget Plugin Apologies for the poor sound, I still have not replaced my Muppet chewed headset!  Written […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: How To Guides, plugins, WordPress

Cloudinary Plugin – Free CDN and Image Manipulation

March 19, 2013 by Jan Kearney

cloudinary cdn wordpress plugin

Everyone knows that images can bring life to your blog posts and landing pages.  The problem is many people don’t optimise or compress their images, which slows down your loading time.  Cloudinary have a great solution   Cloudinary recently released their free WordPress plugin that allows you to take advantage of their image optimisation, manipulation […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blogging, CDN, Cloudinary, images, plugins, WordPress

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Meet Jan Kearney

I believe that every business, no matter how small or how local can use the power of the web to gain more customers. I offer no bull coaching and mentoring so small business owners can strategically put the web to work for their business. I've been called a "compass" and a "navigator" and probably a few more names that aren't suitable for a profile!
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