Word Press Blogs

WordPress rocks for SEO

April 26, 2008

This is one for the “more proof” files. As you know, I’m a real fan of WordPress blogs.  I’ve found that for my clients, who are not tech savvy, a WordPress blog allows them to compete successfully with “web experts” in getting their website found on the internet. Mark Gosh on the Weblog Tools Collection [...]

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Easy Transition to WordPress 2.5

March 29, 2008

So far so good…. I must admit, I was REALLY worried about the upgrade to WP 2.5 The upgrade to 2.3 was a real bear for me. It took a bit for me to sort out which plug ins could co-exist peacefully within the new framework. However, I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and the [...]

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Quality WordPress Themes Done Dirt Cheap

March 20, 2008

A while back, I was working on one of my projects and went in search of a Word Press Blog Theme. Choosing a theme is probably the toughest part of the whole “blog launch” experience. However, as I tell my clients… unlike the process of choosing a “look” for your HTML web presence… a blog [...]

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Moveable Type Takes an Ugly Swing at WordPress

March 17, 2008

WordPress 2.5 is scheduled for release and the buzz on the web is that the transition is going to be another difficult one.  Like the previous upgrade to the 2.3.x, themes will be broken and plug ins will be rendered useless.  It’s part of the carnage of progress.My blog clients don’t have to worry.  When [...]

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Observations from a Quasi-Scientific Free Blog “Experiment”

March 10, 2008

I’m reading a book where the author claims to be journaling about his experiences as he conducts a social science “experiment”. The problem is that the author (a Brown graduate… so obviously his education in hard science is lacking) began his “experiment” with the desired outcome already defined. He constantly modifies his actions throughout the [...]

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Brian Gardner’s one smart cookie….

February 21, 2008

I met Brian just before the Colts went to the Superbowl.  Brian’s not only a talented Word Press blog theme developer, he’s also a Colts fan who happens to live in the heart of Chicago Bear (the Colt’s Super Bowl XLI opponent) country.    Are all great minds Colts fans, or is it just an amazing [...]

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Does your Word Press Latest Activity Box tell the whole story?

June 5, 2007

Most of my clients are boot strapping solo entrepreneurs who want their web site to act as a high voltage marketing tool and while their goal may be to change the world one small act at a time, they don’t see that they have the TIME to blog AND run a business. I recently ran [...]

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