Adding Photos to your Posts
Where possible use photos and images to enhance posts and add interest. Upload individual photos – they go in your media library. Upload a Gallery and it is managed through your Next Generation Gallery plugin Edit images before you upload them Size I edit them to < 600 pixels wide before I load them up Name the Images – they should be named what they are – good for search engines and also makes them easier to find when... [Read More...]
Writing Posts – 101
Rosemary’s notes for writing blog posts/blog pages Keywords – before you start : Always think of keywords that will be used in your post that others might look for in a search on google etc. USE these keywords as much as possible in heading, text and in keywords and description at the bottom of the post, in permalink and in Tags and Categories. What is the heart of what you are trying to communicate Heading: should contain keywords... [Read More...]
Send out newsletters painlessly with Mail Chimp
How many times have you had on your ‘to do’ list – WRITE A NEWSLETTER, and how many times have you simply delayed and delayed? If you have a WordPress blog site, you will never have to do this again – All you have to do is write one new post a month and you can have a newsletter go out automatically to your mailing list. Mail Chimp has arrived! [Read More...] Read More →
Search Engines Love WordPress!
Jo Couchman, from Creative Web Ideas writes: If you’re using WordPress, every one of your pages and blog posts is now its own standalone website with its own url, title and description and it’s own potential for a listing on Google. This means that you need to optimise every single post you publish, not just the homepage for search engines. find out which are the best SEO plugins, what to write in your titles and descriptions and what the... [Read More...]
New Earthy Website
Earthtalk@Awhitu is a subtropical paradise south west of Auckland developed by Tanya Cumberland and Charmaine Pountney. Purchased 18 years ago, it has undergone remarkable changes as the plantings and the land has matured and developed. Charmaine is a well known writer and educationalist and Tanya a gifted photographer, but they were struggling with a website which was not reflecting their present business enterprise. I was called in through my... [Read More...]
Writing for the Web in 300 words
Bill Bennett did a presentation at Wordcamp about short crisp web writing – makes a lot of great points, the best of which I thought was: Aim for short and crisp. Online readers tire after 200 words and start dropping out at around 300. Keep most stories below this length although you can write some longer pieces. Read Bill Bennetts 300 words on writing 300 words The only qualification I would give to this is I think you can do longer articles... [Read More...]
Women Travel NZ gets a Blog
Women Travel NZ has been around for over 10 years, and is a custom built data base site built by local Waipu woman Jan Malone of Action Web It is great for finding accommodation and tours for women, but it was not so straightforward to post news and latest highlights in a way that was up to date and easy to access for travelling women in New Zealand. So working with Web2Blog, a new blog based news site has been launched: Women Travel NZ Blog www.womentravelnz.com... [Read More...]
New Smartfitness website live
I am proud to announce Web2Blog’s latest WordPress Website Smartfitness Local Waipu woman Sharon Carroll had a vibrant personal training and fitness business, with a van covered in advertising and a great local profile – but she had no website. Now that has changed. [Read More...] Read More →
How to make money off your website
This is an often asked question and this article focuses on small businesses and what is in it for them to invest in a website. Small WordPress websites involve an initial investment of between can cost between $2,000 and $20,000, as well as ongoing costs. So it is good to do a Cost Benefit Analysis of whether it is a good thing for you. The focus of this article is about why a small NZ business should invest in a website. What are the Financial... [Read More...]
Tweet Deck makes twitter a breeze
Tweet Deck makes twitter a breeze - yes really! If you think Twitter is something you SHOULD do for your business, but don’t get around to it, Tweet Deck can help – yes really! [Read More...] Read More →