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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:28 -0500

Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide?

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:06 -0500

Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide?

Bloggers and Wordpress site owners, be careful about using free themes. They can be full of malware (bad code/viruses).

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:50:00 -0500

I just had to fix someone’s website that was FULL of bad code and they were seeing random things on their site. It was from the theme. All Wordpress themes are not created equal.

You get what you pay for in EVERY sense. Do not go for a theme just because it’s free.

Blog Marketing Tip

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:04:49 -0500

Go back to old popular posts and create custom graphics for them. And make them square so you can share on Instagram. It’ll revive an old post, and introduce new readers to some of your work they might have missed.

Look at the title of your blog post. Read the post itself.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:26:23 -0500

If they don’t match in tone, fix one of them.

Look at your last 10 tweets

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:18:00 -0500

Are 5 or more of them the same or pointing to the same link or page? If so, you’re doing the internet’s version of “Mommy. Mommy. Momma. MOM. MOOOOM! Ma. Mother. Madre.” It’s annoying in real life and it’s annoying on the web. Diversify your content. Don’t spam your timeline with the same link 10 times in a row. No one will click it.

It’s like yelling your phone number in a room. The first time you yell, people will write it down. The 2nd time, the people who missed it the first time will say “oh yea!” If they hear it the 5th time in 2 minutes, they will block it out.

Try to space out link drops of the same content by a couple of hours on Twitter.

3 Things You Should Do To Market a Post Immediately After Publishing

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:02:11 -0600

* Post it to Facebook, telling folks what it’s about and why it’s awesome. Yes, there are automated ways to do this but people usually click more when they can tell you did it yourself.

* Post it to Twitter, with a short description and short link so it’s RTable.

* Ping Feedburner so it knows to check your feeds right away

Instant traffic. Might not be a lot, depending on how your current network is. But these will get you started.

Hey Luvvie, I think you mentioned a website for boosting SEO on your R&G podcast. What was it called?

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:11:08 -0600

It’s Wordpress SEO plugin by Yoast!

Make your site load faster by adding a caching plugin

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:27:00 -0600

Every time your Wordpress site is loaded or refreshed, it pings every single thing on that page (all plugins, codes, images etc). If you’d like to make your site load up to twice as fast, add a plugin like W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache. What they do is take a picture of your site regularly (like once every 15 minutes).

And instead of pinging everything every time someone loads your page, it shows them that picture. Therefore, loading it much faster.

The drawback to this is that changes you make to your site’s sidebars or headers might be delayed in showing up. But if you empty your cache, they’ll show up immediately.

How to Back Up Your WordPress or Blogger Blog

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:31:29 -0600

How to Back Up Your WordPress or Blogger Blog:

I’ve been blogging for a long time and I’ve written over 700 posts and have about 170 sitting in my drafts folder. That’s a lot of typing and letters. If something was to happen and my site crashed and I lost all of these, I would basically quit writing. I’d just take up the craft of rocking back and forth on my living room floor in a catatonic space for the rest of my life.

How I guarantee that it won’t happen is by making sure I backup my blog. And if you blog, you need to do the same. Just like it’s important to back up your computer’s contents, you should have your online writing safeguarded. Because stuff happens.

Here’s an easy step by step on how to back up your website if you use Blogger or Wordpress.

Instagram's New Terms of Service is a FAIL | Awesomely Luvvie

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:09:10 -0600

Instagram's New Terms of Service is a FAIL | Awesomely Luvvie:

Instagram can SELL your pictures without compensating you. Even beyond the ads within Instagram, your pictures can be sold to companies for their use in whatever commercials and ads they feel like it.

Who should be most concerned here? Everyone, obviously, but the folks who stand out to me are photographers, celebrities and even bloggers.

Photographers make a living off the images they capture. If Instagram starts selling their pictures, they’re losing money by the droves. Instagram is basically making itself the new iStock Photo and those whose careers depend on being compensated for their images will be taken advantage of.

And then celebrities. Their images are worth more than the rest of ours because as public figures, they get compensated for just being them. If a celebrity’s picture is taken while they’re rocking a name brand or are in a certain store, can that brand or store then pay Instagram to use that celeb’s image for their ads? Probably.

For bloggers, I can see this coming to bite us in the yansh too. All those brands who always want to pay us in “exposure” will have a field day here. If we post pictures of us using their products, they might be willing to pay Instagram for them instead of us. We will be saltier than the Pacific.

Wordpress bloggers: delete plugins you've deactivated

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:45:22 -0600

If you’re no longer using a plugin, deactivate it and delete. It’s like throwing stuff out and leaving the full trash bag in your kitchen. Don’t just leave it there to take up room.

Branding is the entire idea and image that people have of...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:19:00 -0600

Branding is the entire idea and image that people have of something or another person. It’s what determines what people expect from you and how to treat you. It’s incredibly important to know what yours is and how to build it (or make it stronger).

Participants in this class with learn:

* What strong branding looks like

* How to find out what their brand currently is and how to find their voice

* How to build their visual identity (and how color matters)

This online class will show you how to be consistent, therefore helping you build a brand and establish yourself as a voice to be reckoned with.

It’s a webinar, so you can take it from anywhere! All you need is your computer and internet connection. It’s on Tuesday, December 18, from 9-10pm CST. $25. Spaces are limited. Register for the branding webinar here!

Use Instagram to send traffic to your site

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:00:41 -0600

When you update your blog, upload the featured image on the post to Instagram, and include your blog link in the caption. But also make sure you give the picture some context so people will care about it enough to actually go to your blog.

This will send you direct traffic.

Get Google Analytics for ANY site you run

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:44:00 -0600

You need to track the traffic of any site you run so you can know how many people are on it everyday. You cannot use the amount of comments or reblogs you get to gauge how many eyes are seeing your content. It’s not a good way because most people don’t leave comments.

Google Analytics is awesome and free. So go to Google.com/analytics while signed into a Gmail account and grab the code and start tracking your traffic.

Your numbers might surprise you.

I won the Women’s Media Center 2012 Social Media Award! And I...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:46:47 -0600

My face on the giant screen

With Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynn Nottage

Sarah (my fellow honoree) and I with Anne Hathaway

With Barbara Walters!

Ben Vereen!

With Gloria Steinem and Donna Deitch!

I won the Women’s Media Center 2012 Social Media Award! And I got to speak in front of a room that included Barbara Walters, Anne Hathaway, Lisa Ling, Gloria Steinem, Donna Deitch and Ben Vereen! Those people know who I am now!

Pat Mitchell (the first woman president of PBS) told me afterwards “You are the future of media” and I couldn’t believe my life! And Anne Hathaway grabbed me, said I’m adorable and that she’ll be sending me a pic of her in red shoes!

WOW. I’m so beyond thankful. My recap of the night is on AwesomelyLuvvie.com. TRULY epic.

I brought this back because more people wanted to take it and I...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:32:43 -0600

I brought this back because more people wanted to take it and I announced it yesterday. 12 people have registered for it so only 8 spots left! Getchu a piece!

My instagram profile is now online! Follow me at...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:20:56 -0600

My instagram profile is now online! Follow me at http://instagram.com/luvvie!

A new organization called #blackgirlshack is putting on the...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:07:03 -0600

A new organization called #blackgirlshack is putting on the first ever hackathon for the black tech community: #blackhack at the Hype! The event is in Atlanta on November 16-17 and it’s a great opportunity for coders, designers and startup founders to come together to build great projects for black businesses and nonprofits, network and connect and even get your resume out to corporations and startups looking for great talent.

Best of all, the proceeds are going to Black Girls Code! Check out the flyer below and go to blackgirlshack.eventbrite.com if you’re interested!

Lighten up your blog

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:10:10 -0600

If your blog’s background is black (or another dark color) with white text, it doesn’t make people want to stay and read. It creates a visual cave experience and can feel uncomfortable to readers.

Seriously. Reading light text on dark background for an extended period of time isn’t ideal, and when people remove their eyes from your site, it’ll leave them with a visual shadow a for couple of seconds.

White background with dark text is ALWAYS ideal. It might seem too simple but sometimes, simplicity is key.

Don’t agree? This guy does: Why Websites With Dark Backgrounds Completely Suck