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5 More Creative Ways to get Free Publicity

February 7, 2010

This is a follow-up post to the free download "Press Release Guide & Template" A press release is the traditional way to gain publicity for your business, but it may not always be the best way. Here are a few creative ways to gain free publicity for your business. Pick up the Phone Reporters are busy but sometimes a personal touch will work. You may also make that call at just the right time. The reporter may have a deadline looming and space to fill. Use your judgment when making phone calls. Don't try to get Diane Sawyer on the phone, but if you'd like a spot on a local radio show, why … [Read more...]

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Have a look at this Twitter background!

December 10, 2009

It was a ton of fun to work with Mendi from the Little Ladybug that Could! She wanted a twitter page with her signature black and white and red, but was looking for maybe a little color... Saying color to a designer is like saying Santa's coming to a kid. The result was this very trendy teal-ish color with a contrasting pink!! What do you think? … [Read more...]

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My research into Commercial Email Marketing Providers

November 9, 2009

I did some research a couple months ago into newsletter services for our DSWP monthly newsletter. There are a number of plugins, and most combine the newsletter recipient info with the WordPress user registration tables. In my case, I needed to also combine the sign-up form from the Members Only site. And all that information is only for the sign-up form!! Then we have to put this data into an emailing program. The sites that I have listed below are the most popular mass-emailing services. Also, they are the 'easiest to use' although I have not tested many of them. As a sidenote, … [Read more...]

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A Little Spat over SEO

October 16, 2009

So, I stumbled across this site by accident (I've never been there before. And I have no idea who he is.) but I like what he has to say about SEO. His opinion is, to put it lightly, opinionated. And I do not think that all SEO marketing specialists are scammers! I think they play into a faulty marketing belief. Let me explain. Google was initially about measuring how popular the website is - the more popular - the higher the ranking. They develop an algorithm for this. This algorithm changed 400 times (says a reader in above site's comments)last year. They are trying(very hard) to … [Read more...]

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Are you listed? A NEW Resource List for All Things WordPress

September 6, 2009

Go to the WPNEXUS and get listed in any of these categories: (Which means if you're looking for something - lookie here!) Blogs Designers Forums Resources Social Networks Themes (Free & Pro) … [Read more...]

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Twitter buttons Galore

April 3, 2009

Find out about twitter here: http://twitter.com, register for an account, and find that gorgeous little blue birdie to put in your sidebar. I am probably the last person to find this site, but I'll give it to ya anyway for posterity's sake. http://twitterbuttons.com This is the only instructions you'll need to install twitter in your sidebar: go to twitterbuttons.com. They provide oodles of graphics to choose from, and even your individual customized CODE to copy and paste into your text widget. Just enter your twitter name into the top of the landing page, and then the code in each … [Read more...]