April 9th, 2009 - No Comments »
Remove Link to Current Page in WordPress – a plugin.
I have just released a very cool and extemely simple little WordPress plugin which will remove the link to the current page in WordPress.
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March 31st, 2009 - No Comments »
Bloggers – format your content for the web.
Google has three articles on “Writing for Conversions”, but the articles cover general tips on writing for the web. If you’re a business then writing for conversions is crucial information and if you’re not a business then think of it as “Writing for Engagement“.
The articles stress the importance of making as easy as possible for people to digest your content…
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March 30th, 2009 - No Comments »
Starting a blog: how to make connections & get blog ideas.
Starting a new blog can feel like you are writing in a vacuum. And that’s when you are writing, what about the times you have no idea what to write about? Here is a simple tip on how to find inspiration and get involved in the larger community.
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March 26th, 2009 - 2 Comments »
Twitter paid accounts & finding the feature that will maintain Twitter's loveliness…
With some excitement about confirmation that paid pro Twitter accounts will be rolled out sometime in the vague future, I got to thinking about what features might be useful, including:
- Existing third party features for Twitter that could be made ‘official’
- Statistics and analytic tools for Twitter
- Easier maintaining of Twitter followers
- The secret business feature that hasn’t been invented yet!
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February 20th, 2009 - No Comments »
Should you crowdsource your design work?
Recently there has been some discussion, and even some heated arguments about the pros and cons of crowdsourcing design work. Read on for what I feel are the shortcomings of crowdsourcing and why establishing a relationship with a designer is more beneficial…
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February 3rd, 2009 - 4 Comments »
FaceBook polls, the economy of free, and the offer of a prize…
As things stand, I think FaceBook polls may be ignored by users, much as FaceBook ads are largely ignored. Filling in a poll is an invasion into the ‘freeness’ of Facebook – a price to be paid in one’s time for someone elses gain.
Would offering a potential reward mean the polls would be seen as further free stuff to be had, rather than a price to pay?
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December 24th, 2008 - No Comments »
Happy Christmas Everyone!
Hope you have a wonderful holiday, and regardless of what the media are banging on about, I have a really good feeling in my bones for 2009. I think it’s going to be a good one. An exciting one. A more interesting one than 2008 perhaps, maybe it’ll have an edge to it, and if it does we’ll use it to our advantage!
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December 1st, 2008 - 2 Comments »
WordPress Contact Forms
Looking for a contact form plugin for WordPress? I had a good dig around recently and I tried out four in my quest to find the perfect contact form. Cforms II was the clear winner, but read on for details on why…
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November 26th, 2008 - 5 Comments »
Fun Survey on Social Sites & Blogging – the results
I ran a small survey with 100 bloggers and asked them about social sites and promoting their own blog posts.
While this is purely for fun, and not at all scientific, there are some interesting nuggets to be found.
86.9% of the respondants don’t bookmark their own posts, while 50.5% of respondants do bookmark other people’s blog posts. Read on for more results and analysis…
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October 22nd, 2008 - 5 Comments »
Are blogs breaking the internet? Some thoughts.
Sinead Cochrane posted a question asking if blogs were borking the web, and followed up with a questionnaire about the navigability of blogs. Reading her post and doing the survey got me thinking a little about the nature of blog designs and their impact on the user…
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