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How to convert those tricky GoToWebinar recordings
If you use GoToWebinar to run your webinars, you probably have a real love hate relationship with it.
Although it’s not perfect and it’s certainly not the cheapest webinar service provider out there, it has proved – to me that is – to be the most reliable webinar service to use. You only need to get dropped out of your own webinar once for you to realise that a cheaper service that you can’t rely on is not really an option when you want to run a professional business.…
One way of safe guarding your wordpress site from hackers
Once again the hackers are out in full force and as I type, warnings are being sent out by major hosting companies such as Hostgater.
These wise words from Tracey Rissik, our WordPress Expert here at The Web Tech Club, were posted on our Members Only Facebook Group:
“Hi all – just so you know, attacks against WordPress sites seem to be happening worldwide, to all hosting providers – just got this from Hostgator http://blog.hostgator.com/2013/04/11/global-wordpress-brute-force-flood/ – make sure you have full backups in place everyone !!!…
Panda & Penguin and the latest Google updates: Recorded interview with Wendy Chamier
Panda & Penguin – A guide to the lastest Google updates and how they affect your website rankings and search engine optimisation
Last year – 2012 – Google introduced two new updates to its algorithm calculations: Panda and Penguin.
Panda mainly focused on website content to ensure only “quality” websites where coming to the top of search listings. Whereas Penguin mainly focused on the creditability of links to and from “quality” websites.…
Facebook Graph Search & what it means to you
Facebook is at again … making changes that is!
This week they announced a brand new initiative coming your way real soon. And to give you the low down, Viv Craske from DigitalMarketingBlueprint.com has rounded up what it means to you – both as an individual on Facebook as well as someone who may be using Facebook to promote their business.…
Recommended WordPress Plugin: Exclude pages from navigation
Have you wanted to create special thank you pages for your newsletter but then got stuck because they cluttered up your website navigation bar?
What about wanting stand alone sales pages that you want to use for specific marketing campaigns, but not want listed on your website’s menu?
You may have got your website designer to do some clever coding to stop these pages being added to your menu, but this often costs you money and it doesn’t allow you to quickly knock up a page or two without a few days delay.…
Tweet old blog posts automatically – WordPress Plugin saves the day!
They say an average tweet lasts just 4 hours! So if you are tweeting links to your latest blog posts, they are quickly forgotten by the end of each working day.
A good blog post deserves more than 4 hours of Twitter fame, don’t you think?
So rather than using a scheduling service such as Hootsuite or Tweetdeck and upload links and tweets to be tweeted over the coming weeks, this rather nifty WordPress plugin makes tweeting your old blog posts a dream!…
How much should you pay for website hosting?
If you are going to get yourself a website or blog, one service do you need to subscribe to is a web hosting service. Your website can’t get found by your clients if it ain’t hosted!
You may get “free” website hosting as part of your website. Your website designer may have included it in the price of the building the website for you … but do make sure of what your on going costs are. …
How to add a Facebook Badge to your website or blog
Whether you decide to “advertise” your Facebook profile or business page on your website or blog is up to you.
It’s a great way of attracting more people to Like your Facebook page, but remember it does provide a “click-away” from your site. And ideally, once someone is on your site, you want them to stay there
But, for most of you (and me included) adding a Facebook Badge is a good idea, especially to your blog where you are your most social.…
My Ecover Maker: how to get a professional looking 3D graphic for your online products
If you are (and I hope you are!!) offering some form of free report or newsletter to encourage people to subscribe to your list, then creating a graphic to represent what you offer can make a big difference to how people sign up.
Images are as important part of your marketing on your website. And having a 3D graphic of a spiral bound book or paper back book help turn the information in to a tangible product.…
Social media book review – recommended book you will refer back to over the years to come
Earlier this year, I published my first book “Shiny Shiny: how to stop being a social media magpie”. It’s had some wonderful feedback and reviews and I wanted to share this one below from Jade Pluck.
Jade has been a huge supporter of The Web Tech Club for the past couple of years, contributing both during the live training sessions and in our active Facebook group.…
Facebook Marketing: page, group or profile – what’s the difference?
With Facebook being so huge, and having a number of different features and options it’s not surprising users wanting to market their small business on Facebook get confused!
When it comes to Facebook pages, groups and profiles, do you know what the best option is for your business? Are you representing yourself professionally on Facebook and making the most of the amazing features available?…
Best WordPress plugin to showcase your recent blog comments
Comments on your posts can feel like the life force of your blog, can’t it?
I remember, when I started my first blog back in 2005, how isolating it would feel when no one would stop by and leave a comment at the end of my articles. I knew people where visiting, but I wasn’t sure I was on the right track until I started to get comments.…
Why Facebook Likes are just not enough!
So you’ve got your first 100 “likes” on Facebook. You pat yourself on the back and gear yourself up for your next target of a 1,000.
After all, it’s all about the numbers, isn’t it?
Ummm, well … numbers are good. The more people you are connected with, the bigger your mailing list is, the more friends and followers you’ve got – the better your chance of getting noticed and making your sales.…
WordPress plugin recommendation: Thank Me Later
Best WordPress Plugins: This week’s WordPress plugin recommendation
Any tool that allows me to automate an opportunity to reach out to someone gets the thumb ups from me. But the trick to many automated tools is being able to customize them so that they feel as if you have personally written them.
This is why I love the thank me later WordPress plugin.…
Twitter email notifications and how to switch them off if they get annoying
Twitter offers you email notifications – yup, you can get an email from Twitter every time someone favourites your tweets, when someone retweets you, follows you, replies to you or sends you a direct message.
At first, you may want to know each time this happens … but as you start to ramp up your Twitter marketing are they useful?
And why would you really want more emails blocking up an already crowded inbox?…
