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July 2007

Blogging··2 min read

Your Whole Blog Should Be a Landing Page

I’ve been doing some reading on landing pages … and the thought occurred to me: My whole blog should be a landing page. Here’s what I mean by…

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Blogging··1 min read

Compelling Content that Causes Clicks: The Forbes Magazine Model

For some time now, I’ve been clicking over to check out the delicious “In Pictures” galleries that Forbes Magazine puts up on a continual basis. These content snippets…

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Business··2 min read

Control the Traffic or Ride the Waves

He who controls the traffic — the mass of Web users logging on each day — is king. That company or website who can steer and siphon and…

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iThemes··1 min read

Duct Tape Business Blog Theme Released With New Header Logo Image

Due to popular request, John Jantsch and I have released version two of our Duct Tape Business Blog theme … this time with an editable graphic in the…

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iThemes··1 min read

WordPress ‘Evolving’ Into More of a Content Management System

Reading some summaries of WordCamp at Blogging Pro, I saw this blurb that really caught my eye (and excitement) drawn from Matt Mullenwegs talk: WordPress is evolving into…

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iThemes··1 min read

Our Free WordPress Themes Site Gets a New Dress

I just gave RockinThemes, where Nathan and I have launched over 40 free WordPress themes, a new facelift. The old site was, well, old and outdated. Badly. We’ve…

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Email Newsletters··2 min read

The Email Newsletter Model Is Not Broken

Blogs are hot. That’s a real understatement, actually, of the immense and growing popularity of blogging. But this week … I was reminded that email newsletters are still…

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Business··1 min read

Skype Wants to Welcome Me Back

I was just cleaning out some programs on my computer that I don’t ever use … you know those ones where the icon sits on your desktop forever,…

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Calling··3 min read

The Definition of ‘Fun’ By Cory Miller

Today I was asked the question: “What would you like to do?” That’s a general question and I won’t elaborate on the context. But I answered with this:…

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Blogging··2 min read

Why Serious Bloggers Should Transition From Blogger to WordPress

A prospective client recently asked me about transitioning from a Blogger-hosted blog to a WordPress one … Here’s the number one reason I think all serious bloggers should…

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