Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 9, 2012, 12:06 pm
I was reading Chris Brogan’s Rules of the Pool article and I really had to reiterate that when you blog, choose what you think is best. Using together Blogging and social media are knocking all...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 9, 2012, 1:05 am
For those who already know how to harness the power of their site stats and how to adjust their site focus, this article will be a real breeze. For those who are just getting into blogging and...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 7, 2012, 7:45 am
So, you made a plugin, submitted the plugin to be hosted at the WordPress Plugin Repository and got approved. So now what? All those directions are easily understandable by the geek gods, but you are...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 4, 2012, 3:16 pm
You blog often and spend time writing quality articles, but feel you are not getting traffic or your blogging seems all for nothing? Has blogging become a chore? There could be several reasons why...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 3, 2012, 1:14 pm
So you have created a nice new WordPress blog. You have completed the famous 5 minute installation in 5 seconds. Picked out a sexy new template and haphazardly stripped out the creator’s attribution...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 2, 2012, 5:12 pm
Displaying two columns for categories in your WordPress is not too hard. Just takes a little php, html, and css. You can put this in your posts, pages, or sidebar. We are taking the usual category...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Feb 2, 2012, 10:12 am
I having been designing exclusively for WordPress for 5 years, before that, I designed both in WordPress, static sites, and with other content management systems. I am not the best in visual efforts,...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 26, 2012, 5:15 am
I wrote Mastering Pretty Permalinks in WordPress with the intention to introduce the concept of the best permalink structure for WordPress powered websites. This was a call to try to encourage people...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 25, 2012, 7:27 pm
Recently I had a run in with coding with a client who had a developer put together a sloppy custom WordPress query in place of a proper loop. In fact, it was amazing because it was put in replace of...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 21, 2012, 6:57 am
So you have content, but you are not sure you want to go with pages or posts. Well, it really is not that difficult. A lot of people put together a site completely in posts without few pages. Or they...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 18, 2012, 4:17 pm
Whether you just like to put up a personal greeting or have a site that has quite a few users, something a welcome message is nice. I have seen a few people put this together and have a centralized...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 18, 2012, 5:02 am
In fact, I have been exercising this on a few sites for clients that wanted their users to not even be lead to the WordPress backend, even to edit their user profile. Theme My Profile works well with...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 17, 2012, 4:08 pm
I found a nifty WordPress plugin and this one themes your login page to conform with your current layout. It is called Theme My Login and it was created by Jeff Farthing. Now, this is different from...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 17, 2012, 12:11 pm
Somedays WordPress Can Make You Want To Pull Your Hair Out! That’s why we’ve added a new weekly event for you to Kimberly Castleberry’s Facebook Fan page! Hey everyone, I’m...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jan 17, 2012, 10:11 am
Episode 2 of the Blondish.net Podcast is a little beginner coverage on blogging and SEO. I wanted to cover basics on SEO for the content and design. I do recommend in this post the plugin WordPress...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 27, 2011, 5:25 pm
Klout, an Izea property that measures how much reach and influence a person has over several social network platforms recently rolled out a new algorithm. Along with this, an influx of angry users...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 27, 2011, 7:10 am
I happened upon Gail Gardner of Growmap.com through my connected with Kimberly Castleberry and Kristi Hines, and noticed how she was interacting and putting out great content to her followers. I knew...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 26, 2011, 7:54 am
Writing product reviews is not always easy. It does involve actually having used the product, being able to describe the item or service, and a lot of times, you may have to make sure you have a...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 24, 2011, 9:45 am
Everyone has started a website in some manner. Some started on a free host and others invested right away in their own hosting. However, what is best for you? This article will go over hosted blogs...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 24, 2011, 3:52 am
I am always looking for different tools out there for bloggers who have at least a minimal knowledge of putting together simple graphics. I stumbled upon Pixlr, which is a free online image...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 21, 2011, 5:24 pm
Andy Bailey has generously given me on his behalf to giveaway 2 licensed versions of CommentLuv Premium for Free at the Show Me The Blog Conference 2011. Blondish.net currently uses CommentLuv...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 18, 2011, 11:15 am
Having valid coding for your site is important. It could mean the difference of a visitor being able to access and view your site properly. Whether you are just learning HTML, know a little bit, or...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 17, 2011, 11:35 pm
In a matter of a few years, search engine optimization has grown into a big industry. Many articles and blogs are written dedicated to spreading knowledge about SEO, and covering aspects like...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 15, 2011, 5:16 am
BlogGlue is a project that opened in 2008 to allow blogs to connect and promote each other’s content through a related post type setup… much like YARRP (Yet Another Related Post Plugin.)...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Oct 7, 2011, 5:15 am
I have not done many tutorials this year, but lately, I feel the need to start back up again. The tutorials will include: HTML, CSS, and even PHP. Aside from having more tutorials, I would love to...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 28, 2011, 1:14 am
I like Facebook. I really do, but some of these changes they have made, suck. I actually feel kind of squeezed in Facebook with the chat and the constanting updating stream. No offense, but I do not...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 26, 2011, 11:39 am
I was recently going through some of my older posts on sponsored tweetings and making money twitter, that even though there are a lot of people who have read, shared, and commented, I wondered, how...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 24, 2011, 7:22 am
So, you started blogging. For whatever reason it was (teaching, personal, entertainment, or other), you must have learned something. What has blogging taught you? For me, blogging has taught me a...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 21, 2011, 7:38 am
Cyberbullying can happen to anyone, at any time, and for any reason. As a blogger, you can be a victim of cyberbullying too. How can you can discourage or stop it on sites or services online that you...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 20, 2011, 4:58 am
Right after creating their official website, the next thing businesses do is to look for SEO advice to make their site more searchable on Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines. As innumerable...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 18, 2011, 12:53 am
You heard it! Host Solutions has been open since 2008 and has been a small web host company I have been running to provide quality hosting as little as $30 per year. Throughout these past few years,...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 15, 2011, 1:02 am
I made a set of simple social network icons for my clients as a default method, but after some careful thought, I decided to release this set. Currently there are 30 icons available. I am sure I will...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 13, 2011, 7:24 am
When you first blog, you might be on the learning path. You are not sure what you want to target and often your site’s focus is not really honed in really well. Discovering your path in...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Sep 10, 2011, 12:14 pm
I like Izea and the properties it holds, but unfortunately, the services have really just kind of hit rock bottom. I took a 30 day challenge for the PRO member account for Sponsored Tweets and…...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Aug 19, 2011, 5:37 am
As your site grows older, you have learned a lot of things (at least I hope you have.) In that time you should have played with ideas on what you would like to change in order to improve your...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Aug 13, 2011, 9:30 am
So, I am half way through my 30 day challenge with Sponsored Tweets PRO, and you know… no opportunities. As promised, I went through some of the messages being said in the Sponsored Tweets...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Aug 12, 2011, 7:23 am
Occasionally I receive guest post inquiries from previous guest bloggers that want to submit a post under another name, even a fake one. I normally do not accept these types. I am very selective when...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Aug 10, 2011, 2:59 pm
The web has come a LONG way. I am pretty sure in that first sentence alone, all of you can agree and maybe you have heard something similar said from other people. The problem is that there are still...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 28, 2011, 7:34 pm
So, I decided to try out about a week ago the Sponsored Tweets PRO membership to really see if it makes any difference in gaining more paid to tweet opportunities. With the system, apparently my...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 26, 2011, 6:34 am
Izea, known for its properties such as SponsoredTweets, PayPerPost, and others, recently acquired Be-A-Magpie.com. Basically “Magpie” is a paid to tweet services, just like Izea’s...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 23, 2011, 2:18 am
I love reading blogs all the time. There are so many people with different experiences and different reasons for wanting to blog. This includes bloggers with language barriers to overcome. This...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 22, 2011, 7:58 am
Popularity and being influential are not always the same thing. While it is often great to be popular, or be influential, or both, they are not always a hand in hand type of deal. For example, you...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 15, 2011, 11:25 am
To understand how pinging your site be beneficial, you have to understand what “pinging your site” is all about. To ping your site is sending the link or even feed link of your website...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 13, 2011, 10:32 pm
Recently, I was told that I was nominated for Small Business Influencer in the Guru section. Whoever did nominate me, thank you! Yeah, it is basically a popularity contest, but hey, if you put in a...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 12, 2011, 4:44 am
The social media or social networks are becoming more popular than expected. The more people are involving themselves into the social networks to share their ideas, meeting far away friends, to get...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 9, 2011, 3:30 am
Link building for a lot of people is confusing or may be time consuming. However, for those who may not have the money to spend on link building companies, building links is a huge undertaking. I am...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jul 2, 2011, 5:22 am
Many writers publish blog posts quickly, only to realize that their mistakes later – typing errors, broken links, wrong keywords used, and titles which have not been optimized. Obviously, there are...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jun 28, 2011, 6:57 pm
Web Designers do not always know it all. A lot of people who hire web designers, usually put some trust into them and sometimes even believe that they can do everything. This topic came about because...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jun 24, 2011, 7:35 pm
I wanted to write a post to introduce a new sponsor of Blondish.net. It means a lot to me when people support my site and become an advertiser by sponsor. Kimberly Elahab of Prospect Research...
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Nile F. posted an article on Blondish.net - Jun 23, 2011, 8:30 am
There are so many images online, and so many more being created every day. Some are free, some are royalty free, some have licenses that you have to purchase in order to use the image, and some you...
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