In this post, I’ll show you how to automatically send your new blog content to your most important social media profiles – Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn using only free services and no WordPress plugin. I needed a way to update my Twitter feed, Facebook page, LinkedIn group, and Google+ page with each new post. […]
Two Ways to Make YouTube Videos Responsive in WordPress
Anyone who keeps a blog knows that to make their posts more appealing they should spice them with images, or even better, with videos. But here’s the problem: WordPress does not make the videos responsive by default – unless you are lucky enough to have a theme with built-in support for that. But how about […]
How to Create Exit Intent Pop-ups Using Free Plugins
Modal windows, dialog boxes, modal pop-ups, pop-overs, pop-unders, whatever you want to call them, they all have a reputation for being divisive when it comes to usability. However, judging by the frequency of websites using pop-ups, it looks like the designers and developers love them. On the other hand, the users seem to be quite reluctant […]
A Simple Solution to Add Rich Snippets to Your Blog
Structured data markup is a web content annotation system used by Google to show search results in a prettier way. You can accomplish this in a couple of ways. One way is by implementing what is generally known as “rich snippets“. So, imagine how surprised I was when I discovered that my blog hasn’t got […]
How to Track Multiple Opt-in Sources Using Single Squeeze Form and List
Did you ever come across this situation? I was trying to setup a campaign for many eBooks offered for free in exchange for the prospects’ email address in my autoresponder list, but I wanted to know which subscriber downloaded which eBook. All these eBooks would cover different topics in the same niche, so from this […]
Why Would You Build a Blog Anyway?
What is this blog thing all about? Essentially, a blog (or weblog) is nothing more than a particular type of website consisting of entries, also called posts, appearing in reverse chronological order with the most recent entry appearing first. The earliest blogs started in the late 1990s as online diaries of individuals posting information on […]
How to Use Twitter to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
No matter what others are saying, Twitter is a great traffic source, period. In this article I’ll reveal to you a very simple to implement strategy which will help you to grow your Twitter community with 500-1000 followers per week and increase the traffic to your blog in the process. It may look not very fast, but your […]
Free Plugins 4 of 4: Functionality
This is the 4th and the last post in the “Free Plugins” series. If you missed it, please check out the previous one here. In this post, I’m showing you the plugins that did not fit otherwise in other categories. Edit June 2017: Some of the plugins presented here are no longer in use or have been […]
Free Plugins 3 of 4: Increasing Engagement
This is the 3rd article in the series of 4 where you are about to find out what free plugins I’m using to increase engagement on my blog. You can check out the previous post here. Advanced Responsive Video Embedder Everyone knows that embedding videos on your posts is one of the most important on-page SEO […]
Free Plugins 2 of 4: SEO
With this post, I’m continuing the free plugin series. You can check out the previous post here. This one is about SEO plugins, more precisely, on-page SEO and content promotion. Yet, I included Yoast SEO in the first post in the series as I consider it an essential one. If you want to check where are your […]