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How To Setup Google Analytics on WordPress (Video)
Google analytics answers the question of who visits your site, when they visit and even why they visit. This post has a video that explains Google Analytics in clear easy language. And it has a pause...
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Nobody Cares What You’re Doing Right Now (and why they still might follow you)
No one cares if you are sitting @Startucks. They don’t care that you’re at the airport either. But they may still follow you. Why? In this post you will find the answer and learn how to rethink...
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How to Create or Edit Posts in WordPress
Ever wondered how you can create and edit posts in WordPress and just wanted someone to show you some pictures? Well, wonder no more! Picture Guide Login to your site at...
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Why There Are No Perfect Author Websites
So you’re thinking about actually making the big step and buying an author website, or maybe you’ve already taken the leap and signed the check. At Author Media, we understand what a big deal this is,...
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The WordPress Hotkey Cheat Sheet Every Author Needs
Let’s be honest. Getting into the rhythm of writing blog posts for an author website can be a pain. As authors, we want to be working on our manuscript. The one that will put us on the Today Show and...
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How To Find Zen Mode in WordPress
They say that zen is a state of mind. But don’t think of bamboo, yoga mats, and the sound of water gently trickling down a waterfall. I’m not talking about that kind of zen. I’m talking about...
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Get in Shape at Blogging Bootcamp
Do you struggle with knowing what to do with your blog? Is your online platform out of shape? Are you embarrassed to publish posts, even though you made a resolution to write? Do you feel paralyzed...
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How to Schedule Your WordPress Posts
One of the keys to blogging is consistency. The moral of your readers goes down the drain if they are uncertain about when your next post will be up. If they don’t have the security of predictability,...
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How to Add a Hyperlink to WordPress
There are two ways to insert a hyperlink into a WordPress site. In this post, I will be teaching you both. Way #1 Blogroll One way is by adding a link to the blogroll. This puts a link on the sidebar...
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Review: WordPress 3.5 for Authors
WordPress has just launched version 3.5 of their website content management system. It’s exciting times for developers and writers alike. They call the update the “Elvin” update; it has nothing to do...
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19 Ways to Boost Traffic to Your Blog [Video]
Ever wonder what the secret to an excellent blog is? You have millions of blogs to choose from. Why you feel compelled to keep coming back to the same ones? I had the privilege to speak at Wordcamp...
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How to Copy from Microsoft Word into WordPress
If you’ve tried to copy/paste from Microsoft Word into WordPress, you may have noticed a lot of strange code that appears. This is Microsoft Word specific code that WordPress can’t read. Now, this...
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10 Important Questions You Should Ask A Website Company Before Buying A New...
Buying a new website can be tricky. No two websites are identical, nor are two web companies the same. Everyone has a different approach to how they build websites and each of them is convinced they...
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How to Schedule Your Posts in WordPress 3.5
Last year, we showed you how to schedule your posts in WordPress. We wanted to help you save time in the blogging process. Then something happened. WordPress upgraded to version 3.5. Authors were left...
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Announcing the MyBookTable Kickstarter – a WordPress Bookstore Plugin
Help fund our MyBookTable Kickstarter campaign and get in on steep Author Media discounts. When you help us launch our first WordPress plugin, we’ll return the favor by giving you early access, free...
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You Need To Kill Your Blog’s Dates
The best thing you can do as an author is to kill off your blog’s dates. We just killed off our blog’s dates at Author Media and wish we had done it years ago. Sure it was messy and painful but it...
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March Author Website Launches
In January and February, we started showing you some of the professional author websites we’ve been building. This March, we launched sites for an up-and-coming novelist, a political nonprofit, and a...
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How to Keep Your WordPress Site Secure From Hackers
You need to change your WordPress login information. Now. The world is a scary place. It’s important to remember that not all the mayhem is physical. Right now, there are hackers trying to get your...
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Our Viral Blog Post Formula
Many of you have asked advice about how to write blog posts in the past year. So we’ve decided to help you. We’re sharing the checklist we use when we are creating blog posts. It’s a secret formula of...
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How a Car Can Unlock Your Author Website
Websites can be complicated things. I used to work with authors every day, trying to explain the intricacies of getting a website up and running. I spent hours explaining hosting, coding, design,...
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