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Kaleidescope

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on December 4, 2011

There are so many reactions to reverb11 not being an official event. People have started to create their own groups, while others chose to follow others. Me, being me, I’m deciding to respond to prompts wherever and whenever they speak to me. At the end of the month, I hope to end up with a [...]

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Reverb Day 3 Prompt: Generosity: Were you witness to or a recipient of generous action this year?  What can you give back in 2012? From EverlastingPresent.com WEVerb11 Day 28. Pay It Forward. Describe a random act of kindness that you benefited from in 2011. How will you pay it forward in 2012? Contributed by Bella. [...]

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When WordPress Widgets go Wonky

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on October 17, 2011

  It’s a typical workday. Either you suddenly decide to check on your website (which I recommend doing daily,) or the worse case scenario, someone tells you (preferably in private with a phone or email, and not on Twitter or Facebook)  that “Something’s wrong with your site.”

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Why you should clean up inactive WordPress Plugins

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on August 31, 2011

Just in case you didn’t know, Thesis (aff link), a premium WordPress theme, recently upgraded versions from 1.8 to 1.8.2. After the upgrade, I logged back in to the WordPress Dashboard and could not find the Thesis Dashboard Menu. So I went to Thesis support section to see what to do. The answer was to [...]

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Paula Berg: Six Reasons Every Brand Should Blog

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on July 22, 2011

Hubspot’s 2010 “The State of Inbound Marketing Survey” found that: 77% of Internet users read blogs Blogs yield an average ROI of 600% Follow Paula Berg on Twitter: www.twitter.com/paulaberg via huffingtonpost.com Still not convinced you and your brand need a blog? Read what impact a blog can have for you and your business.

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Why you Should Upgrade your WordPress Theme

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on July 15, 2011

It may just take you to the next level. I’ve been doing these updates for folks on their WordPress blogs like a zombie and I see a feature or plugin that they discover or they have and I ask myself why not I? I upgraded the core theme to the main site and Volia! I [...]

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Declare your independence from Tumblr

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on July 2, 2011

After several months, I was finally able to take a weekend afternoon and do something for me. Move my blog from free-hosted Tumblr to self-hosted WordPress. I had intentions of exporting my Tumblr blog months ago since Tumblr’s outage. Little things were  starting annoying me. There were some posts that I wished weren’t auto posted [...]

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Starting a Niche Blog

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 29, 2011

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via freelanceswitch.com In the past, if I had a category or or tag that has over 100 posts in it, then I would of considered spinning it off. Also there is being able to weigh the pros , cons and time commitment. Lately, I had to re-examine my posting process and had to fold some [...]

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Tumblr Logins Stolen In Widespread Phishing Attack: GFI Labs

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 28, 2011

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via huffingtonpost.com Have a Tumblr account? Learn how to watch out for this latest scam.

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Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button on Your Blog?

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 27, 2011

Don’t worry, nearly every blogger knows the story. You’ve been writing for six months or more, but haven’t seen a significant increase in traffic. Some of your posts have have been successful, but the majority have gone unnoticed. Quite frankly, you’re ready to quit. But should you? No. Don’t give up just yet. via problogger.net [...]

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