Seminars and Survey Software
To kick off the actual content end of our membership site, we’re going to conduct a seminar for some local people who are in our target market. We’re doing this for free, by the way. The way we look at it, it’s the least we can do for the valuable service they’re providing us.
The attendants [...]
Narrowed Down Forum Choices?
The two options I’ve been looking at today are phpBB3 and bbPress, which is supposed to integrate well with WordPress, but still seems a little shaky. My other big issue with bbPress is that I’m going to need to be able to handle several different account levels.
Here’s what we were thinking as far as memberships…
Admins–obviously, [...]
Getting Started With a Membership Site
We have a really good idea for a membership site, and I’ve spent a lot of time lately looking at the technical side. What CMS should I use, and what type of message board? Do they integrate well? How do I handle membership and payments?
Right now I’m leaning towards Wordpress as a CMS and phpBB [...]
Five Must Have Wordpress Plugins For Administration
I know a few people who have recently thrown their hat into the blogging ring and are using Wordpress. Here’s a quick list of plugins that I consider must have plugins for the backend of your site. This is the first post in a series where we will also cover Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Marketing, [...]
Wordpress as a CMS — What NOT To Do
A few weeks ago I made this post about using Wordpress as a content management system. I thought I’d follow up with a few tips on what you may want to avoid when using Wordpress as a CMS for your small business.
Don’t make your site look like a blog
Wordpress lets you create static pages…take [...]
Simply Put
Some great marketing advice from Seth Godin that is as simple as it is valuable:
True viral marketing happens not when the marketer plans for it or targets bloggers or skateboarders or pirates with goatees, but when the item/service/event is worth talking about
Here’s One That’s Entertaining
The best link bait is actually relevant. Check out this post on Baseball and blogging
Wordpress as a Content Management System
Wordpress already has a great reputation for blogging software, but what about for general content management. I think it is the logical choice in many situations.
Obviously, I like Wordpress enough to use it for this site. What makes me think it is a good content management solution for more than just blogs? Here are a [...]
Don’t Give Up!!!
When you first start blogging, especially blogging for your business, it is going to be tough, but not for the reasons you may think.
Writer’s block? Nah, that won’t be a problem. You have a subject (your business) that no one else has written about and a vested interest in writing about it. If your business [...]
Resistance to Change
Sunday night I went to a friend’s house for dinner. He needed some help with some computer issues, and I owed him a favor or two. He’s very handy (I’m not) and has helped me out with some projects around the house.
While I was there, I went ahead and installed Firefox for him and scanned [...]
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