Leveraging tools

WordPress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal: Who wins?

About a decade ago, I worked with an interactive agency and one of the add-ons to our offerings was what we called an admin tool. We sold these left and right because there was a need for business users to update content, such as adding copy/images or introducing a new product, and they didn’t want [...]

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Don’t forget about spreading the word when you meet people (yes, in person!)

How many times have you mentioned your blog or website to a family member, a friend, or a potential customer and didn’t have anything to give them as a take-away? We all know that you have to treat your site as a business but would you take any business seriously if the owner spoke to [...]

Who needs a low bounce rate anyway? I certainly don’t!

How many of you care about your bounce rate? Generally speaking, many bloggers and webmasters love looking at bounce rates with a high level of scrutiny. Personally, not only do I not really use it, I totally ignore it! Quick bounce rate explanation First, let’s make sure we know what a bounce rate is. If [...]

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Gravatar: Why I want you to have one – and it’s not what you think

First, if you don’t have a gravatar already, please go to gravatar.com and get one. It takes all of five minutes. Now, let’s move on. How many comments are left on your site daily that don’t have a gravatar? I would say that no matter who you are, somewhere around 30-60% is pretty common. … [...]

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What exercising can teach you about blogging

How many of you exercise on a regular basis? If you do, then you certainly understand that persistence pays off. But there’s more to the formula. As someone who has been blogging and exercising for many years, I’ve come across some major similarities. If you’re not fully committed, you might as well not do … [...]

What separates successful bloggers from everyone else

Do you know what it really takes to run a successful site? The answers may surprise you. It’s not an uncanny technical skill or a tremendous wealth of internet knowledge or a marketing degree or a boatload of cash. As a blogger who has been in the web space for over a … Related Posts [...]

9 things you can do to speed up your site

Is there such thing as a site that’s too fast? If you’ve been keeping up, my last article was about Pingdom, which pointed to a tool that allowed you to check the speed of any of your pages. I also mentioned that if your site is too slow, you’d quickly see visitors abandon your site, [...]

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