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By April 22, 2012

Let’s discuss the benefits of having a podcast. Starting a podcast can be the answer to your content marketing prayers. You don’t need to get in front of a camera and yet you can create a connection with your audience through a podcast that goes deeper than the bond you create on your blog. Your readers will get to hear your voice which helps them relate to you on a more human level. Once you start your podcast, you can instantly boost your credibility and elevate yourself as thought leader and recognized authority figure in your niche.…continue reading…

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By April 18, 2012

Scoop.it allows us to keep a visual collection of the stories that hold our interest. You might compare it to Pinterest in some ways but for me, it’s so much more. You get to shine the spotlight on your favorite images but more importantly – you can gather snippets of information in an organized collection based on your topic of interests. Curating a topic helps build your authority and helps keep you focused. There are some added benefits that you’ll learn more about in this post (and in the video).…continue reading…

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By April 7, 2012

Now that you’ve started recording YouTube videos to promote your website or small business, you can take it to the next level and by enhancing those videos with interactive applications powered by Viewbix. For those of you who haven’t heard about it yet, here’s the description of Viewbix taken from their website: Viewbix lets you add interactive apps and calls-to-action to your videos. The apps put dynamic content on top of your YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook videos to create a rich viewing experience that engages viewers and can be shared across the web, social and mobile platforms.…continue reading…

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By March 22, 2012

When most bloggers think about building an email list, the first email service that comes to mind is AWeber. Of course there are other options available, but it’s not my intention to debate the pros and cons of other popular email delivery services in this post. AWeber was an obvious choice for me, or anyone who wants to sell affiliate products while they are in the early stages of list building. One of the reasons Aweber has become so popular with many bloggers and small business owners has to do with the flexibility of the platform and list segmentation features.…continue reading…

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By March 17, 2012

During the evolution of Facebook pages, about a year ago, Facebook did away with the FBML tabs and everyone moved over to using to the more popular iFrame tabs. Lujure has a nifty iFrame widget, which is the one everyone “oohed and aahed” over in Amy Porterfield’s webinar (including your’s truly). Lujure’s iFrame app is one of my favorites because you can drag an entire web page right into your Facebook Page with the iFrame. It’s so easy to build an application with the iFrame widget, by simply adding the URL to the wigdet and dragging the frame to fit the page. Sounds super awesome right! You can build a page in less than 60 seconds flat. No kidding and absolutely NO CODING involved…continue reading…

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By March 13, 2012

When you’re first getting an eCommerce site or web store up and running, one of the main things you need to deal with is credit card processing. If you already run a brick-and-mortar store that has a merchant account, chances are you can simply talk to your bank about adding online processing. If not, however, you need to start from scratch; and the merchant account application process can be difficult and time-consuming. Fortunately, there are some credit card processing alternatives out there. These payment gateways offer you the ability to accept payments without a merchant account…continue reading…

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By December 24, 2011

Ecommerce site owners know the drill all too well. You get customers to click through to a landing page, place items in a shopping cart, and then they disappear. Shopping card abandonment is frustrating and discouraging; the “almost” sale is sometimes worse than the “didn’t sell at all.”Why is it consumers abandon shopping carts?…continue reading…

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By December 12, 2011

I love Christmas time and I have been publishing articles around the blogosphere hoping my husband will see them and get a few hints. After all anything would be better than the “Bug Zapper” he bought me last Christmas, or the Vege Steamer the time before. (I hate contraptions that take longer to clean than they do to use) Anyway I do love tech gadgets, as most of you probably do, but the bonus for every bloggers wish list is that some of these goodies are also legitimate tax deductions for bloggers…continue reading…

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By November 28, 2011

Sometimes during my daily visit to new forums and blogs, I see people announcing about finally getting thousands of hits per month, giving the impression that their website has become very popular, then I look up at my Alexa toolbar and see that their above 7 million, and with page rank zero, which just doesn’t add up. Everyone knows that Alexa computes traffic rankings based on the amount of people that visit a website while having the Alexa toolbar installed, and while not everyone who visits has the bar installed, it is still weird that their rank is so bad and yet they are giving readers the impression that they are receiving thousands of visits per month by using the term “Hits”.…continue reading…

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By November 3, 2011

Screencast-o-matic is a powerful recording platform that can be used for screen capture and screencasting. You can use the free version Screencast-o-matic to record YouTube videos, but your creation will include their branded watermark on the lower left hand side of the finished product. I highly recommend that you invest in the Pro version, and for the price it’s very affordable and should fit in everyone’s budget. I have relied on this service for the last two years and I’m truly amazed with the flexibility of features and user friendly interface they provide.…continue reading…

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By October 27, 2011

PCI compliance is a method for making sure all companies that process credit cards all use the same security practices when it comes to processing, storing and transmitting credit card data online in order to protect consumers, the credit card companies, and your business.…continue reading…

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By October 12, 2011

Many of the developers who make extensions for Google Chrome are focusing on YouTube and as a result they’ve come up with extensions that allow you to by-pass any ads or other distractions when were watching videos on YouTube anyway. Lucky for you guys, my love for sharing awesome Chrome Extensions far exceeds my love for Google AdSense earning from my YouTube videos! Therefore, here’s a list of the top ten extensions available to customize your video watching experience.…continue reading…

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By September 8, 2011

I started using Google Chrome over a year ago and I’m always finding useful extensions that make browsing the internet so much easier. In this video I give you a quick tour of the extensions installed on my Chrome toolbar and how to find great apps in the Chrome Web Store. I also share my tip for an easy way to manage all of your Chrome Extensions at once! …continue reading…

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By August 20, 2011

I think SEO research is boring and I often need a reminder to use keywords in my blog posts, that’s why I decided to purchase SEOPressor. This is a premium plugin for WordPress blogs which I find so easy to use, to tell you the truth, I decided it will be mandatory for all guest bloggers here on Basic Blog Tips going forward…continue reading…

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By August 9, 2011

On the Facebook Page for Basic Blog Tips, I strive to provide my followers with content that differs from what can be found here on the blog. I want the Facebook Page to be much more than just a “clone” of the blog and at the same time provide a venue where we can have a deeper connection and a more personal level of engagement than what can normally be achieved from a blog post…continue reading…

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By July 11, 2011

It’s been just over a month since I started using CloudFlare to boost blog page load speed on my blog and shared the story here on Basic Blog Tips. In this followup post, I’m now going to tell you about the impact of CloudFlare on my blog’s traffic, bounce rate and engagement levels.…continue reading…

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By July 8, 2011

With so many Smartphone’s out today, it’s difficult to decide which one is a perfect fit for your lifestyle, budget and personal style, yet the iPhone is one of the leading Smartphone’s in the industry today, and it’s easy to see why. The device is highly versatile, very productive and seems to have everything that you could ask of a Smartphone.…continue reading…

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By June 29, 2011

Feedly is an application with an interface that’s superior to Google reader for managing your RSS feeds. New features of Feedly include improved layouts, social sharing to Twitter and Facebook commenting, liking and profile sharing. Feedly customization is a breeze and it’s available for iPad and Android.…continue reading…

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By June 18, 2011

My blog page load speed has been fluctuating for a while, not helped by a host that throttled my site every time it got a little bit of extra traffic. Then I started using CloudFlare. CloudFlare is actually a security tool, aimed at protecting your site from online threats such as spammers, bots and exploit attackers. The page load speed boost is a welcome side effect, produced from the way CloudFlare works with your site.…continue reading…

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By June 15, 2011

Today I celebrate the first birthday of my online boutique Estava Morioka, that I built using the shopping cart software Volusion. When I first began my online e-commerce business exactly one year ago, I knew nothing about e-commerce, web design, or SEO. All, I knew is that I was going to run an online boutique selling women’s dresses.

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