Deborah, Author at Basic Blog Tips

5 Reasons Why GetResponse Really Satisfies (Interview with Abby Hartz)

15 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / Deborah / 08/05/2015

I’m here to share some reasons why GetResponse is my email marketing tool of choice. That isn’t to say that there are not other great providers out there. There are! This is a personal journey. Hopefully it provides you with some features to look for in your own providers, which can help to validate the decision you may have already made. This article provides you with some features to look for in any product or service you consider for your email marketing.

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How to Set Up TrenDemon on WordPress to Increase Website Traffic

39 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / Deborah / 04/12/2015

TrenDemon and is a marketing tool that does many things for you and your blog (or website). You are not limited to only using TrenDemon with WordPress. One of the key benefits that TrenDemon promises is that it maximizes the interaction of content on your site. If you include external content items, it can also maximize the interaction with that content, as well.

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3 Tools to Help Your Visual Media Go Viral

12 Comments / Guest Posts, Social Media / Deborah / 02/18/2015

We all love tools, right? Anything that can help us to be able to get more done, in less time, and still retain quality. Many of us have used tools like Hootsuite and Bufferapp to help us get the job done in social media. Sometimes, however, we need something just a little more concentrated and directed at the needs of specific social platforms like Instagram and Pinterest. In this article, I’ll introduce three cool tools about visual media and three cool tools that will help you get those images and media to go viral!

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Monetization That Fits Your Blog: Considerations and Objectives

27 Comments / Blogger, Guest Posts / Deborah / 01/22/2015

Why do we blog? Do we blog for the money? Maybe some of us do. Or, do we blog for the love of writing and hope that it pays the web hosting bill? There are probably many of us who are in between those two points. Regardless of where we are on the spectrum, it is nice to make a few bucks, right? So, how do we do that without spending all of our time on making money and none of the time on the creativity of the writing, let alone, the technical aspects of maintaining a blog?

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2nd Annual Dragon Blogger Technology Gift Guide in the Social Web Cafe

16 Comments / Guest Posts, Tech / Deborah / 11/29/2013

Justin Germino (a.k.a. Dragon Blogger) knows his technology. He also knows what thrills kids at Christmas (having two sons, himself), as well as thrilling us bigger kids, when it comes to gadgets, games, and tech. Last year, I interviewed Justin for a holiday gift guide series and this year marks the second annual Dragon Blogger Technology Gift Guide, complete with Justin’s recommendations, based on a year of testing and reviewing these gadgets. Remember I mentioned he has two sons? All the more credibility for Justin who knows how to give the technology a run for the money, as well as keeping up on the news, the trends, and where the technology is projected to go in the future.

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5 Blogging Lessons From DragonBlogger

128 Comments / Blogger Interviews, Guest Posts / Deborah / 01/08/2013

In a world where image is important, almost essential to some, it was refreshing to “meet” Justin Germino aka DragonBlogger via the video interview and find that Justin is not just an image, but he is truly genuine. I know, you may be thinking, “Yeah, right. You can tell that from an interview?” My response? “Yes, I think I can.” But, don’t take my word for it, watch the video interview and see for yourself!

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Ultimate Guide: How To Choose a Publishing Blog

53 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / Deborah / 07/07/2012

you have written this awesome, spectacular post and you have resisted the urge to post it on your own blog and want to show it off to the world on another blog. How do you decide where to publish it? It would be great if Darren Rowse, of ProBlogger.net were knocking at your door for the next masterpiece of writing, or Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com called you up, personally, and said he cleared his schedule, in anticipation of the next article that exudes from your great wisdom. So, where do you start? The key is to do just that, start! …continue reading…

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