How to Set Up Your Feedburner Account »
Here’s how I burn my feeds, but there are many variations on what to turn on or leave alone. Learn by my example, but use the services that are a good fit for your blog. Experiment and ask how other bloggers are using their Feedburner accounts.
Read more...Search Me? 10 Reasons Why You Should Use a Lijit Search Box on Your Blog »
Aside from creating captivating content, you need to encourage your visitors to spend more time on your site. One way to do this is by adding a search box on your blog so they can look up other topics you may have posted about.
Read more...Don’t Get Hacked! How to Prevent WordPress Blog Hijackings »
Recently I received an email about one of my fellow foodies about her site getting hacked by a blog terrorist. He has tried to blackmail her insisting that she let him host her site and keep his Adsense banners up. At one point, he completely took down her site, too, because she was trying to keep him out. Luckily, she had all her posts backed up and was able to restore her blog when he did that.
Read more...Lunchbox Inspiration and More from 400 Best Sandwich Recipes »
The school year consists of 180 days. I make lunches for my three boys most days, so that means I create over five hundred sandwiches throughout the school year. By day 20 I’m sick of making my boys’ lunches and they are probably tired eating them. This year, thanks to the boundless recipes in Alison Lewis’s 400 Best Sandwich Recipes, their lunches will be anything but ordinary.
Read more...iPhone App Simulates Teen Dating Abuse’s Digital Twist for Parents »
Love Is Not Abuse, a campaign by Liz Claiborne Inc., launched a free iPhone application to help parents recognize the warning signs and consequences of digital dating abuse. The app is designed to encourage parents to start talking to their teens about dating abuse just as many already discuss sex, drugs and alcohol.
Read more...Clean Up Your Online Presence and Brand »
This is where I bring out the big disclaimer that states, “do as I say and not as I do.” True confession time – my blogging brand is a mess. All my blogs look different from my Twitter background. I’m “readablefeast” at CafeMom and “mamacooks” at FoodBuzz. My business is The Write Spot, LLC, but I’m amnichols most places unless you know me as mamarant at BlogHer.com. Ugh!
Read more...Keeping it Clean at Twitter »
We recently posted about about cleaning up your online presence and brand. Now that we’ve tackled that job, how about cleaning up your Twitter feed? (And you thought I was going to write about using profanity on Twitter, silly you! Go ahead and swear like a sailor on there if you want. Knock yourself out.)
Read more...Digging Deep into Your Demographics with Quantcast »
You know your blog’s page views, your bounce rate and your unique visitor stats*, so why do you need to know your blog’s demographics? Well, there is the curiosity factor of wanting to know what type of reader your blog is attracting, of course. However, what is more is important is what the demographic data tells you about your readers and how can you use it to improve your blog.
Read more...Turntable.fm, a new way to listen to music »
Last week, various spurts of laughter started echoing around the Mom Central Consulting office as members of our team discovered a fun and contagious way to listen to music and share tunes with their friends through turntable.fm.
Read more...Travel tips for safety, savings and family fun at the theme park »
As summer quickly heads to a close, the time has come to own up to those theme park promises you made when August seemed so far away. A family trip to the theme park doesn’t have to be an experience filled with cranky kids, conflicting ride choices, and expensive purchases. Make one of the last family outings of the summer one to remember with a little planning and smart navigating.
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