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Using Ecto – Desktop Blog Editor

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…

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How-To Embed Multiple Photos in Blogger

  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…

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IHB #016: Blogs versus Websites – Build It But They Are Not Coming

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…

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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 embed code to the HTML…

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Blogger versus WordPress.com versus Hosted WordPress

I received a question from a reader on the YouTube channel for I Help Bloggers about some of the differences between Blogger, WordPress.com and a hosted WordPress blog.  In the video, I discuss just some of the few differences as there are many. a href=”http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash”>Get the Flash Player to see this video. Focus and content type When I am asked…

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