Why You Can’t See Your Website But Others Can

A company I contract my services out to had some problems recently with not being able to access one of their websites, while everyone else outside of their company network could. It was a headache with trying to process orders and manage customers when there was no way to view the actual orders, much less the payment information. If you've ever experienced this same problem, you've probably pulled out your hair, fighting with the customer ...

Yesterday Facebook announced and implemented its changes to the terminology used to become a "Fan" of a "Fan Page". In turn ruining all current marketing materials owners of fan pages use that reference anything related to becoming a fan, or being "FANatic", much like some t-shirts I had printed for a local fan page I manage. Fan Pages are now simply known as "Pages" and instead of becoming a "Fan", a person simply "Likes" a "Page". Here's...

I talk to a lot of people, both individuals and companies who still don't really understand Twitter and how it's supposed to be used.  And simply telling them that it's for conversation rather than blasting your stuff out to everybody who can read doesn't seem to ever work in getting my point across. So I've come up with a real world analogy to better understand how Twitter can only work if used correctly... through real conversation. 3 Majo...

Yesterday in our series "Building A More Successful Blog in 30 Days," we covered part 1 of branding your blog for success. We asked ourselves questions about our blog and our motives for blogging, as well as who our audience is and what unique things we can bring to the table. Click here to read part 1 of Branding your blog for success, and decide what answers you can provide for each question. In part 2, we forgoe all of the questions a...

Most people don't blog just to hear themselves talk.  They do it for others.  To help someone looking for information within a particular niche. So what good is doing that, if no one enjoys reading your blog? You want your blog to be enjoyable and to create a stickiness that keeps your readers' attentions for longer periods of time. You also want those readers to want to come back.  And believe it or not, there are proven methods to in...

I get asked many questions each day about what the best monetization programs to use are, or what the best topics to blog about are, and even questions by people asking how to get better rankings in the search engines.  But the number one question I get is, "What can I do to increase traffic to my blog?" So here is a "Top 8 List" of what I do to increase my blog traffic.  And remember the key is to be everywhere. Spend 30 Minutes on Twit...

Although blogging can be fun, you also run many security risks that can leave you dead in the water.  No one likes to think it can happen to them, but the truth is, it can.  It's not a matter of if, but when, especially if you your blog is vulnerable. I've done alot of research into security vulnerabilities with wordpress and have come across some shocking information, including things you have probably never heard of.  So I've compiled a c...