What in the world is a safelist? A safelist is a mailing list where all members have opted in and agreed to receive mail from each other. And here's the biggest thing you need to know about them... they're mostly junk. The 1% of safelist users who either own the list … [Read more...]
7 WordPress Plugins That Make a Blog Way More Awesome
Wordpress is powerful. But it gets even better. Wordpress is open source software, supported by a huge community of web developers who are continually finding ways to make it do more through the use of plugins. A plugin is just an add-on, and there are a few that I consider … [Read more...]
Wealthy Affiliate WordPress Hosting for Bloggers Rocks!
Hacked. Again. It happened at least twenty times in a two month span of time. And while my hosting company was as helpful as they could be, I found myself frustrated that it was happening at all. Every time it happened, multiple sites went down. I'd have to go in via ftp … [Read more...]
What to Do When Someone Unsubscribes from Your Email List
Obviously, building a strong email list is essential. And along the way, people will unsubscribe. It's inevitable. If you have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, you won't pay a bit of attention, but when you have just thousands, or hundreds, or even dozens, it … [Read more...]
Big News: StudioPress Sites is Now Live!
I've been using Studiopress' Wordpress themes (the makers of the Genesis framework) for almost a decade. I use their themes on about 90% of my web development projects (BloggingLeaders.com currently uses the Genesis framework and a theme from Themedy). They're solid, flexible, … [Read more...]
