Blogging Tools ~ Mouse and Keyboard

March 16, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
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When you're a blogger, you spend a lot of time on a laptop, desktop and tablet. You want the right tools for the job. Here, I'll highlight some popular tools including some of my personal favorites. Let's start with my #1 favorite tool from this section: Logitech Wireless Anywhere Mouse MX for PC and Mac (910-003040) This mouse is a-mazing! It's wireless, extremely comfortable and best of all, works on just about ANY surface. When I'm feeling lazy, I use it on the couch or on my leg! It works flawlessly! It's got 2 scrolling options including continuous scroll. It is the single best purchase I have made this year! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Logitech M510 Wireless Mouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Logitech Touch Mouse … [Read more...]

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How to Make a Custom Twitter Background

March 15, 2013 by · Leave a Comment

Do you want to learn how to make a custom Twitter background? Have you seen other bloggers with these awesome Twitter pages with pictures of them on the side, or pages that are designed just like their website? Well, it's really quite easy to put any background you want on your Twitter page! Let me show you how. For a video tutorial, watch the video below. The volume is a bit low, so crank up those speakers! For a typewritten step-by-step instructional, read below the video. How to Make a Custom Twitter Background 1. Create a file 2,000 pixels wide by 1,200 pixels tall in Gimp, Photoshop or your favorite image editing/creating program. Make your background. As you can probably tell, graphic design is not my forte, so I can't offer help with that. What I can say is that you want your background to compliment your Twitter account, not overtake it. My ideal background would look similar to the website associated with that account. I think my "entry level background" … [Read more...]

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How to Transfer from Google Reader to Bloglovin’

March 14, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
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Update: Bloglovin has since made it even easier to switch from Google Reader to Bloglovin. Now, when you select import in your Bloglovin settings menu, you are greeted with this screen: So now, if you are logged in with your Google account that is associated with you Google Reader, you can just click the "Google reader" button and follow the easy instructions and you'll be good to go! End Update. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alright, so by now you probably know that Google is shutting down its Google Reader. The video below will show you how to quickly and easily transfer all of the blogs that you are following over to your Bloglovin' account. Click the little "full screen" option in at the bottom right corner of the video to make it bigger. Notes: Once the file is uploaded, you will automatically follow on Bloglovin' all of the blogs that you were … [Read more...]

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Important FTC Updates to Online Disclosures

March 13, 2013 by · 1 Comment

Here's an addition/update to our Why You Must Disclose Earnings on Your Blog post. The FTC has released an update to their original Dot Com Disclosures. Some key points and what they mean: "Under the new guidance, this means advertisers should ensure that the disclosure is clear and conspicuous on all devices and platforms that consumers may use to view the ad." This means that you should be able to access your disclosure policy or see disclosure information from the mobile version of your site. "Although the 2000 guidelines defined proximity as “near, and when possible, on the same screen,” and stated that advertisers should “draw attention to” disclosures, the new guidance says disclosures should be “as close as possible” to the relevant claim." and "Display disclosures before consumers make a decision to buy" To satisfy this, I recommend you have a disclosure policy in your sidebar as well as at the beginning and end of each post. It is silly to think that … [Read more...]

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5 Things You Must Do After Your Publish a Blog Post

March 12, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
5 things you must do after you publish a blog post

1. Read it. Please. Proof read your posts. Before you publish and again after. The last thing you want is some typos in your post. You're more likely to catch an error when reading the post naturally, in its published form. Also take this time to make sure your pictures and everything else is lined up and formatted correctly. 2. Get Social! Post a Twitter update, Facebook status, Pin, etc. about your new post and include a link to that post. Note: just make sure ALL of your updates are not new post notifications or people will tune you out. 3. Add Pinterest buttons to an image (or two). Traffic potential from Pinterest is huge. Give your readers an easy opportunity to "Pin" a photo in your post. 4. Comment and respond. When reading other blogs, if you come across a post that is similar to one you did, leave a quality comment either mentioning that you wrote a similar post or linking back to it. 5. Monitor it. Keep an eye on your statistics for posts. It's … [Read more...]

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How to Turn off Your Top Navbar in Blogger

March 12, 2013 by · Leave a Comment

Do you have a Blogger blog? Do you still have the top navigation bar there? Pointing people to sites other than yours? What's up with that? Get rid of it! Here's how: Head to your blog design, then click layout. Then look at the upper right part of the layout (circled above) to find the navbar. Click edit and you'll see this: Click that little "off" option and you're good to go! … [Read more...]

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