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3 Wordpress Plugins to Diversify Your Content

god — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:01:37 MDT

We all have a little trouble coming up with fresh ideas for blog posts from time to time. It would be wonderful if we were always on top form, but if you go through past published content you will probably start to see patterns. Periods of time where you have written about the same thing over and over again, staying within a specific niche or genre.

The best thing you can do for your blog is diversify your content. For your own work it can be as easy as picking a few fresh topics to write about. But there are other ways, such as changing the tone, providing a new set of links or connecting to new people you have never had a connection to before.

Here are three WordPress plugins that can help you to diversify your content and freshen up your blog.

California: the New Greece for Affiliates

Affiliate — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:58:22 MDT

If you're an out-of-state merchant with affiliates in California, then read on.

California’s Affiliate Nexus Tax

middas — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:56:18 MDT

They say there are two things you can be sure of in life – death and taxes; but at least you only die once. California’s new tax ruling is going to see many affiliates in the state doing it tough. The new laws force the collection of taxes on sales made by online retailers referred [...]

Do You Want to Learn SVG?

AdWords — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:59:56 MDT

Darla has created an excellent, self-paced class on Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG. This class is absolutely free and covers everything from the basics of SVG to creating animations, using filters, and building transformations.

Lesson 1: Getting to Know SVG

Lesson 2: Drawing a Simple Line, Rectangle and Polygon

Lesson 3: Drawing Circular Shapes

Lesson 4: Drawing Complex Lines

Lesson 5: Putting Your Image Together

Lesson 6: Designing a Gradient

Lesson 7: Designing a Pattern

Lesson 8: Learning About SVG Transformations

Lesson 9: How to Use Transformation Elements

Lesson 10: Using Filters and Text in SVG

Lesson 11: Getting Started with Animation

Do Not Track Tool for Online Advertising

vlov — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:59:46 MDT

From here.

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are proposing to create a “Do Not Track” tool for the Internet so that people could prevent marketers from tracking their Web browsing habits and other online behavior in order to target advertising.
The proposal, inspired by the government’s existing “Do Not Call” registry for telemarketers, is one of a series [...]

Make your computer speak

AdWords — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:42:11 MDT

VoiceXML or VXML is an XML language that you can use to create audio dialogs with synthesized speech. You can create phone trees or set up applications that recognize speech and respond to it. Darla has a great overview of VXML that teaches some of the basic terms and what you can do with VoiceXML.

XML and Voice-Web Applications - What is VXML

Learn More About VoiceXML

VoiceXML Voice Browsers

CRELoaded Ecommerce On Sale

vlov — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:41:58 MDT

The shopping cart review I’m working on right now is CREloaded.
I’m not done with it, but I like the software, it does a lot of what I like out of the box, has good support, a community surrounding it, thousands of templates, hundreds of mods, etc. And it is very competitively priced.
It does happen to [...]

New Computerized credit cards could boost affiliate marketing

Affiliate — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:40:52 MDT

I was recently attending Affiliate Summit West 2011, in Vegas, but before that conference started, I managed to get over to CES2011 - the world's largest consumer electronics show.

Newspaper coverage and website traffic

middas — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:39:29 MDT

A request to be interviewed by a major newspaper can be an exciting time; but the resulting coverage may not match expectations in relation to web site traffic. Here’s a few reasons why. I see newspaper coverage more as a status thing than serious traffic driver. It’s nice to get the exposure as its something [...]

Social networking and our lives

middas — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:00:53 MDT

It only seems like yesterday Facebook was a closed shop and MySpace ruled the roost. Things have changed, as has the impact of social networks on our lives generally. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project’s latest survey report looks at how use of social networking sites has affected people’s sense of trust, [...]

Wordless Wednesday - Design Favorites - TopChalks

AdWords — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:03:53 MDT

Get your favorite website featured on About.com: Show Off Your Favorite Design.

Internet Brands, Demand Media, and Website Valuation

vlov — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:03:40 MDT

Call this an addendum to my previous post on website valuation.
I’ve never been a fan of people offering 2x profits for an established profitable website, but I explain how and why in that previous post.
Internet Brands, a large online publisher that also happens to own vBulletin, was a publicly traded company until recently, when it [...]

This YouTube Break Up Hurts

Affiliate — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:02:37 MDT

I'm afraid YouTube doesn't like me anymore, and I have no idea why.

Demand Media’s IPO

vlov — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:00:12 MDT

What is a content site worth?
Previous related posts on this topic here and here.
Demand Media recently went public, they’re now trading at an almost 2 billion marketcap (more than the New York Times, which owns quite a few web properties too). Meaning, the market says they are worth about 20x revenue. It has to be [...]

Canadian Affiliate Marketing Meetup at ASW11

Affiliate — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:59:13 MDT

Affiliate Summit is much more than the sessions and exhibit hall - it's also a great event for meeting people:

Online shopping is a game

middas — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:58:02 MDT

Thanks to the Internet, the mindset of shoppers is rapidly changing – purchasing goods and services online is becoming more of a game and coupons play an important part. Yahoo! and Universal McCann surveyed 2,485 consumers across six categories and found 2 in 3 people stated they trust the Internet for researching their purchases; ahead [...]

Poll: What do you call your site?

AdWords — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:00:26 MDT

People create websites in many different ways. But what's interesting to me is how many names people have for what ultimately is just a website. What do you call your website?

Tips for Keeping Images Small

AdWords — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:52:31 MDT

While there are lots of things you can do to speed up your web pages, the biggest problem most new web designers (and some experienced ones, too) have is with images that are huge. Cameras these days take photos that are large enough to print as posters. And many designers simply upload the original image to their website and resize it with the width and height style properties (or HTML attributes).

Read full article: Three Tips for Keeping Images Small

DMCA Form Generator

vlov — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:51:55 MDT

Google has said they are coming down hard on content farms, or places with non unique content.
Well, unfortunately, stealing content has become quite commonplace on the Internet, and you may think that your content is unique but since losers the world over are stealing it, it isn’t.
I decided to do some copyright checking today, and [...]

Cause marketing – which to choose?

middas — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:48:48 MDT

A crucial aspect in the success of cause marketing is the cause you choose to support. If you’re considering getting involved in cause marketing – congrats; do it right and you’ll not only boost your sales, but you’ll get to do some good as well. With so many causes out there, which do you choose? [...]