Top 10 Website and/or Blog Traffic Tips

Posted on Oct 4, 2011 in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, Inbound Marketing, Internet Marketing, Keywords, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Social Media, WordPress plugins | 1 comment Traffic building is a form of online marketing, and it isn’t a magic formula where you snap your fingers and *poof*, you have regular visitors on your website or blog. It requires work, and most importantly, time and dedication to drive traffic to site. There are many ways to increase traffic to your website or blog, but it boils down to building trust and credibility. When people trust...
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Top 5 Reasons Why WordPress is the Best CMS to Build Your Website

Posted on Sep 29, 2011 in Blog, Blog Tips, Recommended, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), WordPress | 0 comments If you’re still new to the world of blogging and websites, you may have heard of WordPress and might be wondering what WordPress is. WordPress is publishing platform used for building websites and blogs. It powers millions of websites worldwide, and many big brands use WordPress: CNN, Playstation, New York Times Blogs, People Magazine, and even Ford – they all use WordPress! WordPress...
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WordPress 3.2 – Getting Ready for the Update

Posted on Jul 4, 2011 in Blog, Blog Maintenance, WordPress | 0 comments July 4th, 2011 update: WordPress 3.2 has now been released! Always be sure to backup your WordPress site/blog as well as your database before upgrading, just in case something goes wrong (rare, but it can happen)! Original post: WordPress 3.2 is being released soon, and if you have a self-hosted WordPress website or blog, then you should be aware that it’s super important to keep your...
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Affordable Marketing Graphics Toolkit – Professional and Useful Images

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 in Blog, Blog Tips, Internet Marketing, Recommended | 2 comments I recently discovered a resource that I literally jumped on, and I’d like to share it because I feel it’s an extremely valuable resource. It’s a very affordable Marketing Graphics Toolkit! If you have a website or blog, then you can be considered an internet marketer – someone who provides information, ideas, perhaps even promotions by using the internet as your means to...
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What is Inbound Marketing?

Posted on Apr 11, 2011 in Blog, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, Inbound Marketing, Internet Marketing, Keywords, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Social Media | 0 comments Inbound Marketing is the next generation of marketing for businesses, regardless of whether it’s offering products or services. Inbound marketing involves attracting your clients to you, instead of chasing after your clients. Online, this is done by using three key components: Publishing content online via a blog, a video, an eBook, etc. Optimizing that content for search engines (SEO) to...
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Top 5 Free Social Media Marketing Tools

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 in Blog, Blog Tips, Internet Marketing, Social Media | 2 comments Are you overwhelmed by the amount of social media marketing options available on the internet? I know the feeling – I get overwhelmed myself, so I’ve decided to focus more on 5 major sites that I consider to be the top 5 social media marketing tools! Traditional marketing methods are becoming obsolete and quickly being replaced by online social marketing techniques, so these sites...
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The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design with WordPress at Learnable

Posted on Mar 3, 2011 in Blog, Blog Maintenance, Blog Tips, WordPress, WordPress plugins, WordPress themes | 0 comments It’s been rather quiet here in the UC Web Creations blog, but that’s because I’ve been so busy with several web design projects as well as a project of my own: a beginner’s WordPress course! Introducing my new course, “The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design with WordPress”, offered exclusively at Learnable.com. In the past few months, I’ve been lucky...
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FREE Course on SitePoint: Getting Started Blogging

Posted on Nov 17, 2010 in Blog, Blog Tips, Resources | 3 comments Do you want to learn how to start blogging, but don’t know where to start? What if you had access to a free course on how to start blogging, would that help you? Have no fear, help is here! Pro bloggers Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett are offering a FREE course on SitePoint called “Getting Started Blogging”. Update: This course is now available on Learnable.com, and it’s...
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“Everybody Wins” Contest from Maxblogpress – Win the Subscribers Magnet Plugin!

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 in Blog, Contests, Resources, WordPress plugins | 0 comments MaxblogPress has made a few very useful free and premium plugins, such as the Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate that I use and reviewed a while back. I’ve had my eye on Maxblogpress’ newest plugin, Subscribers Magnet, for a while. This WordPress plugin essentially will help you build an email list much faster than using conventional methods, and it’s very easy to work with. It...
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SEO, Keywords and Blog Optimization

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 in Blog, Blog Optimization, Blog Tips, Internet Marketing, Keywords, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) | 0 comments When it comes to blogging, creating blog posts, and having a website in general, search engine optimization is the key to being found. Having some form of keyword strategy for your site/blog/posts so that search engine spiders know what your posts are about are important if you want people to find you online when they do searches, whether it be using Google, Bing, Yahoo, or any other search...
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