Tag Archives: Google

Why use WordPress (self-hosted)?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by CScholz

There are many great reasons to use a self-hosted version of WordPress for developing your website and blog.  Here are my top 10: Google loves WordPress (and blogs in general) because search engines favor sites that have regularly created fresh … Continue reading →

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Comparing WordPress to Joomla

Posted on November 10, 2009 by CScholz

Although most of my experience building websites has been with WordPress, I have also used Joomla and I have a few things to say about my experience with it that convinced me that I strongly prefer WordPress. 1) Ease of … Continue reading →

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Manage Your Reputation

Posted on November 4, 2009 by CScholz

You can help people find you on the internet by managing your Google profile.  It’s kind of fun, actually – you can add photos from a photo sharing service you use, add your Google voice phone number (or any phone … Continue reading →

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Google Local Business Center

Posted on October 29, 2009 by CScholz

Here is another way you can increase your visibility on Google – register your business at Google’s Local Business Center.  It will put you on Google Maps for your business and help people locate you.  If you work from home … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Best blogging practices by marketing expert, Coryon Redd

Posted on October 27, 2009 by CScholz

Strategy/Marketing Plan by Coryon Redd, batteries4lesss.com, cellplaza.org Why are you doing a blog? Your blog needs a strategy.  There are many goals for blogging for business such as: promoting website usage, building links to your website, sharing insight into your … Continue reading →

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Google Voice

Posted on October 22, 2009 by CScholz

Google has a new service that is handy for folks who have multiple contact phone numbers such as home, cell and office.  You can set up Google voice so that when your customers call, 1, 2, or all of your … Continue reading →

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Stats for WordPress: Analytics or WP stats?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by CScholz

One of my clients just asked me if there was a way to see how many people were visiting his Wordpress blog each day and my answer is yes! There are 2 ways I recommend:

1) Google Analytics and 2) Wordpress.com stats

Google Analytics is by far the most in-depth, comprehensive stats provider. It is very useful for when you want to employ search engine optimization techniques. However, sometimes it’s just TMI (too much information!).

Wordpress.com stats is a wordpress plugin that gives you the basics in your dashboard – how many visits, keywords people used to find you, the links they clicked on while they were there, etc. Here is a screenshot of my wp.com stats since I started my e-newsletter:

Which to use? Both. Continue reading →

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The problem with using Feedburner for email marketing

Posted on October 12, 2009 by CScholz

The one major drawback with using Feedburner for email marketing is that you cannot edit the email template (which means you can’t add custom links back to your site or any custom branding besides your photo). Let Catherine create a custom branded e-newsletter for your business. Continue reading →

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Measure your site’s effectiveness with Google Analyticator

Posted on September 21, 2009 by CScholz

This free Wordpress plugin makes it super easy to install the necessary Google code so you can access the valuable information provided by Google Analytics. First, install the plugin through your Wordpress plugin installer. Next, create a Google Analytics account. Then, copy and paste your Google Analytics ID into the plugin settings and you are good to go! You can access your stats by logging into Analytics and/or by generating a report. Continue reading →

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