Twitter Poll: About People or Search Engines?

>> Written on February 25th, 2010 by Leon

This post was prompted by something I read on an email list and on Linkedin the other day where the author seemed to have the view that Twitter was more about Search Engines than People. His argument was that Twitter is far too ‘noisy’ for people to actually read and interact but that Google could find it’s way around Twitter a lot easier and index content from it. It was therefore good practice in the author’s eyes that businesses auto feed to twitter in the hope of getting indexed and neglect the social aspect altogether. Here is the author’s summation at the end of his article: Read the full article »

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My Web Design Process Explained

>> Written on February 25th, 2010 by Leon

Most potential new web design clients seem to ask the same question: What’s involved in setting up a web site? How does it all work?. Here’s a screen video tutorial I’ve prepared to help explain. I’ve included a synopsis underneath: Read the full article »

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Wordpress Visual Manual

>> Written on January 11th, 2010 by Leon

In addition to the many Wordpress Video Tutorials I have on this Blog, I’d like to provide a simple, downloadable and printable PDF instruction manual on how to do some of the most common and basic things in Wordpress. The PDF is a series of 12 annotated screenshots form version 2.9.1 of Wordpress which is the latest version at the time of writing this article.

Download the Wordpress Manual PDF

Get the Free Adobe Reader to view this PDF if you havn’t already.

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Add a Contact Form in Wordpress

>> Written on January 6th, 2010 by Leon

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add a contact or enquiry form to a wordpress page or post using the Contact Form 7 plugin.

* Update: The value pasted into the “Mail – From” field and the “Message Body” should be [name] and not [text* name] as outlined in the video.

Podcast: Download

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Website Effectiveness

>> Written on January 4th, 2010 by Leon

Well done on having a website for your business but is it doing what it should, ie generating hits and sales leads? Here’s a few things you should really be doing to measure and improve your website’s effectiveness if you feel its not doing anything for you: Read the full article »

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Add a Gallery to Wordpress using NextGen

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

In this tutorial, I’ve tried to explain the relatively simple process of adding a nice, pro looking photo gallery to a Wordpress Post or Page using the well known and excellent NextGen Gallery Plugin.

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Showing Links and Widgets on your Wordpress Site

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

This tutorial covers adding the Links widget and others to the sidebar of your Wordpress site/blog:

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Add A Link In Wordpress

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add Links to other sites in your Blogroll/Sidebar:

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Linkedin and Facebook Twitter Integration

>> Written on November 12th, 2009 by Leon

Social Media Marketing is big news these days but the one big turn off is the amount of sites you need to use regularly to be effective. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Your Blog and a pile more all need to be updated on a regular basis if you are to spread your business gospel. Read the full article »

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Who and What to Follow on Twitter

>> Written on August 24th, 2009 by Leon

Its all about Twitter these days with loads of users and business using it increasingly to brand themselves. For me, there’s 2 main ways to use it, to gain useful info and to market your own business. I want to talk about the first here and who best to follow to get great info and tips absolutely FREE! Read the full article »

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