Courage to Fly – Blog Hop

Today is my contribution to the massive Courage to Fly Blog hop being hosted by the inspirational Stephey Baker.

I chose to muse on the topic of risk. Stephey’s question was:

Have you ever taken a risk on yourself? pushed off the branch and flew into uncharted territory with nothing but inspiration fueling you? If so, . . . → Read More: Courage to Fly – Blog Hop

Tweet Scheduling – What’s the Verdict?

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So, I’m going to assume that you use twitter… but how do you use it?

Do you only tweet when you’re online? Or do you use some sort of scheduling service to tweet at set times?

There are a few different schools of thought on this. There are those who believe tweeting should always be authentic . . . → Read More: Tweet Scheduling – What’s the Verdict?

How to Put a ‘Grab this Button’ Code Box on your WordPress Blog

Those of you who blog on blogger have a cool little widget that lets you add a ‘Grab this Button’ code box to your sidebar.
Those of us on WordPress aren’t so lucky. However, adding your own button is surprisingly easy – you just need this little snippet of code!

The first bit of code (above the <br><p> . . . → Read More: How to Put a ‘Grab this Button’ Code Box on your WordPress Blog

How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 3 – Plugins

So now we’ve installed wordpress on our own domain, and set up the initial techy stuff, it’s time to have a little fun with Plugins!

What is a Plugin?
A ‘plugin’ in WordPress is basically just a little additional piece of software that adds some sort of function to your site. It lets you do something via a . . . → Read More: How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 3 – Plugins

How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 2 – The Basics

So, in Part 1 of this series, I showed you how to sign up for hosting, grab yourself a domain, and install WordPress. Now what?

Get ready to get techy. Now it’s time to do the down-and-dirty work to get everything running smoothly from the get-go. Don’t be scared though, I promise it’s a lot easier than . . . → Read More: How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 2 – The Basics

How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 1

“I want to start a blog/website – help!”

I’ve been asked this question a lot lately, and seen it pop up around the place. You want to start a blog, but you don’t know how to go about it? Read on!

The first question you need to answer is what do you want to do with your blog? Do you want . . . → Read More: How to Set up a WordPress Self-Hosted Blog/Website – Part 1

10 Tips for a Successful Blog

This is a post for those of you who blog – and who want to make your blog successful! I actually posted this on the Etsy forums a while back, when this blog passed 1,000 followers/subscribers.

That was only a month or so ago, and the count has grown to over 1,200. Welcome to all of my . . . → Read More: 10 Tips for a Successful Blog