Things have gotten a bit alarming these days with all the many threats. Fortunately, there are steps you can do to keep your website safe from ongoing threats or at least be able to recover quickly if ... Read More
One of My Favorite Blogging Tools
I love stuff that saves me time, don't you? One of my favorite tools just keeps getting easier to use. This plugin ROCKS. If you are a newsletter subscriber, you've probably read about my favorite ... Read More
Hero Plugins for MailChimp Users
Whoa – Spammers Signing Up for Newsletters? Last weekend I finally took a moment to check out a big spike in newsletter sign-ups. Although I guest blog (sheownsit.com) and have my own marketing ... Read More
Checklist for Choosing Plugins For Your WordPress Site
Yesterday I saw several articles touting great plugins for your blog or WordPress site. Unfortunately, some shouldn't have made the cut. A few are known resource intensive speed killers, while others ... Read More
Are Slow WordPress Plugins Costing You Potential Clients?
It's hard to read an SEO article without hearing about responsive (mobile-friendly) websites. But did you know your Google ranking is also based on how fast your website downloads? ... Read More
Best WordPress Plugin for MailChimp Users
Simplify Your Newsletter Forms on WordPress Busy marketers may need something a bit more than one newsletter sign-up box on a sidebar. If you are maintaining more than one list, and are a MailChimp ... Read More
Control Which Images Facebook Chooses with Links
Tell Facebook Who's Boss! Two clients asked me recently about how to control which images are displayed when posting links on Facebook. With the ever changing rules of Facebook, it's been a bit of a ... Read More
New Fav – Best Social Sharing Plugin for WordPress
Beautiful Share Buttons Without the Extra Pounds I used to adore the Flare plugin share buttons. However, once I became aware of the extra download time it took for my favorite plugin, I pulled it ... Read More
Will the Fastest Search Plugin Please Stand Up
If you saw my post about the Facebook Like Box - you might recall I gave it up because it loaded slowly on my website. Given visitors will give up on you rather than wait 3 or more seconds for your ... Read More
Some Basic Security Plugins to Keep the Baddies at Bay
A List of Basic Safety Plugins for WordPress I'm doing a lot of server setups right now for brand new websites and recently updated my basic plugins list. Of course it depends on what kind of website ... Read More