Lots of 'experts' and so called social media managers, have weighed in on the social media timing factor. For every expert there's a theory and all of them conflict! Pages and pages in search engine results are dedicated to just when to post to social media. The most helpful info I've gotten, however, was right from the infographic below.Timing IS everything, from comedy to relationships to blogging. Managing Social Media has to be the toughest part of the blogging business. Mastering it ... View Post
How to Prevent Your Site From Falling Off the Search Engine Map
While Google’s new Penguin and Panda algorithms are not perfect, they seem to have been responsible for major Google internet search result cleanup. It's about time right?! Unless the site you’re looking for has dealt with a shady SEO company, you’ll no longer turn up “garbage” results filled with gibberish or porn/gambling links. Nor will you find page after page of poorly-disguised affiliate blogs built around the keyword you were searching for. While this is good news for those looking for ... View Post
Lock Down & Limit WordPress Login Attempts Using .htaccess
You CAN lock down the WordPress login with some .htaccess rules to prevent unauthorized login attempts. There have now been several large scale WordPress wp-login.php brute force attacks, coming from a large amount of compromised IP addresses spread across the world since April of last year. A large botnet of around 90,000 compromised servers has been attempting to break into WordPress websites by continually trying to guess the username and password to get into the WordPress admin dashboard. ... View Post
COLOURlovers Inspiration
While its no secret I love Pinterest for inspiration boards, there's one place I always look to for color inspiration for new projects and ONE place I send clients who are searching for that 'just' right color combination. That's COLOURlovers! Millions of bits of inspiration, from pros and those who just love color! Since today is Valentine's Day, I'd thought I'd share the love with some of my favorite color pallettes from COLOURlovers and links back to the original artist. You can see these ... View Post
What’s The Best Time To Post To Facebook?
Feeling like you have a split personality, for most of us in social media is common. And mostly a good thing. One minute you're writing a facebook post about your son's ball game and the next you're publishing an article for a sponsor. Ever wonder 'what day' is the BEST DAY to publish that post to facebook? The folks at Linchpin SEO did the dirty work and came up with this infographic.. grab a print of this one and keep it in your office space, posted where you can see it daily! Facebook ... View Post
where women create BUSINESS and A Give Away!
For those of you who don't know me well beyond this venue, I'm an author. I've been published in a few places and I regularly contribute to several online magazines. I've even appeared on the Nightly News with Brian Williams (gosh that was 4years ago, how'd that happen?) So, not only am I a raging code junkie, I am a wordsmith as well. I've been dying to share this good news with you all for months, but I've kept it all under wraps until now! On January 1, 2013, the inaugural issue ... View Post
