Archive for December, 2011

Take Aim: Here Are My Plans For 2012 – What Are Yours?

Take Aim: Here Are My Plans For 2012 - What Are Yours?

"Ti West Takes Aim With 'Trigger Man'" by aphasiafilms It’s almost time to kick off a brand new year. First, I’d like to share some of the things I’m planning to do with Quick Blog Tips in 2012. What are your plans? 1. Write Two New eBooks In 2011, I published two eBooks. One of [...]

Most Viewed Posts in 2011

Most Viewed Posts in 2011

"Seasonal Bouquet" by John-Pa Quick Blog Tips launched in February 2011. Since then, there have been 142 on-topic posts, tagged from qbt001 to qbt142. Which posts have been the most popular? Criteria for this list I’ve excluded pages from this list. The homepage, the About page, the Blogging Quick Start Guide and my two eBooks [...]

WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/29

New plugins Clean Widget IDs allows you to get rid of auto generated HTML id’s for your widgets. IPLocationTools adds a widget to your sidebar to track real time visitors to your website. Updated plugins Email Address Encoder is a lightweight plugin to protect email addresses from email-harvesting robots by encoding them into decimal and [...]

4 Ways to Build an Attractive Character in Your Blogging Niche!

Attractive blogger

Have you ever noticed that most of the successful bloggers have some sort of attractive element at play in their blogging efforts? Some might be good looking sure, but beyond that, most of the good ones have some sort of redeeming quality that has people thinking – “wow, I wish I was like that!” Today, [...]

How To Write Blogging Resolutions You’ll Actually Stick To

How To Write Blogging Resolutions You

"One Hundred Resolutions" by JesseMenn With Christmas over and the New Year almost upon us, you might be thinking of your New Year resolutions. If you’re looking to improve your blog next year, here are some tips to help you set resolutions you’ll actually stick to. 1. Be Specific To stand any chance of achieving [...]

WordPress Theme Releases for 12/27

Bizz is a very clean and minimal theme that is ideal for business and portfolio websites. Sunny Blue Sky is a blue theme which includes a cloudy blue sky and sun that is shining and good looking.

Basic Blog Tips Takes The My 7 Links Challenge

No analytics means eyes shut

When Dee Ann Rice contacted me about taking the My 7 Links Challenge, I’ll admit that at first I was reluctant. But after taking a closer look at the requirements, on second thought, I realized it would be a lot of fun! “THE GOAL To unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to [...]

WooThemes Survey Results

The results are in from the WooThemes survey. Presented in a handy infographic, this year’s survey brought to life some interesting facts from the 2,000+ WordPress users who took it. Among those surveyed, 90% feel that WordPress has graduated from blog publishing tool to full-fledged CMS, 68% use WordPress for sites requiring extensive CMS functionality, [...]

Bloggers – Time for a Yoga Break

Time for a Yoga Break Ease the tension in your neck and shoulders using simple self massage and yoga techniques presented in this video. No equipment is needed and you can do this while sitting in your chair. Go to a quiet room, or use headphones if you can, and pay close attention to your [...]

How To Be a Happy Blogger

How To Be a Happy Blogger

"Hey cookie" by L*Ali Blogging should be fun. If you’ve ever felt that blogging can be a bit of a chore or it doesn’t make you happy, this post’s for you. How can you be a happy blogger? Keep a List of Topics to Choose From There’s nothing worse than running out of ideas for your [...]