In this demonstration, an overview of the WordPress dashboard is provided. Each section and purpose is described to help the beginner WordPress blogger maneuver the environment.
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IHB #015: How-To Embed Video in a Blog
A fellow blogger, Mango Mama of Living Out Loud Now, had asked about embedding videos or multiple videos into a single post so I thought a quick tutorial was in order. Believe it or not, embedding video that is hosted on sites such as Youtube, Blip.TV, Vimeo or other sources is not difficult. Typically, copying the [...]
My sister and I offer a session in 4 video sections from PodCamp AZ 2009, Blogging and Social Media for Businesses, So Easy a Lawyer Could Do it. Ms. Tanya M. Lee and myself offer a non-technical session to business owners about using blogging and social media for businesses. Tanya is the owner of The Law Office of Tanya M. Lee while I, QueenGeek, operate I Help Bloggers. Interestingly enough, we also discuss Tanya’s other site, Sushi Lovers Unite, that was used as a test case for blogging and a de-stresser. Through the discussion she offers many tips that can be applied to various business types.
Technical note: These videos have chapter markers, links to sites and commentary to aid audience questions.
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The following videos consists of the interview of Ms. Terry Lee aka QueenGeek and Ms. Tanya Lee of The Law Office of Tanya M. Lee, PLLC. We discuss Blogging and Social Media for Businesses from a non-technical viewpoint which was presented at PodCamp AZ 2009.
Please start at 2:20 min into the 1st video.
Part 1
Part 2
Watch live video from podcampaz on Justin.tv
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Brief overview on the importance of using keywords, tags and titles in blog posts to help with SEO (search engine optimization).
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Do you blog often? Do want an easier solution that logging into multiple sites? Do you wish you could edit your blog on your Mac without being connected to the internet? Well, Ecto maybe a solution for you as it’s a desktop, 
WYSIWYG editor that allows you to create, edit and update your blog posts. It supports Wordpress, Blogger, TypePad and many other blogging platforms.
SETUP
Ecto is not difficult to setup. The username and password that are used to login and create posts are needed. The program will download any posts to your Mac computer. If you have multiple blogs, Ecto will download all the posts per blog for easy modification. It should be noted that Ecto does not affect the design or layout of your site, rather it only works with your posts.
Next, you are free to create or update any posts, add tags/keywords and categories as well as format the posts as desired. Once your post is complete, just publish it and your done!!!
SUMMARY
Ecto is an affordable option that may help.
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A few weeks, ago a fellow friend and blogger, Mango Mama of Living Out Loud Now, asked me to create a video demonstrating how to add more than one photo into a single blog post using Google’s Blogger. As a result, this video demonstrates using Bloggers “Add Image” option to achieve this.
Add Image vs. HTML
Keep in mind that this is not the only option as one could use HTML code that would provide greater control over the placement of the image or photo. However, for ease of use Google’s Blogger allows one to add a photo specifying the size (small, medium or large) as well as the justification (left, right and centered).
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Discussion about some of the differences between blogs vsersus websites as well as suggestion to help promote your site with video.
Recently, some friends of mine wanted to setup a website with their own domain name because their current site was receiving little traffic via a corporate real estate site. For most realtors with a large company, the corporate site lists recent items but [click to continue…]
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