Raj Dash on Performancing has done it again with “Rethinking Blogging as a Career”, a discussion with outstanding graphic visuals that helps you understand the sources of income a blog can produce, directly and indirectly, and explores many myths around blog monetization. What if we’re all looking at this blogging thing wrong? Maybe we should […]
January 8, 2007 – 1:16 pm
Matt Mullenweg, head honcho of WordPress, will be on “This Weeks Net Income” on webmaster radio on Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 5PM CST (3PM PST) according to Shoe Money, which also features a lengthy bio of our favorite WordPress dude from Matt’s Wikipedia page. Matt makes a great interview subject, so you might want […]
In this Blog Exercise, it is time to start building a community around your blog. If you have one, it’s time to re-evaluate it to ensure you keep it. We will start with defining your community. Your blog topic should give you a clear indication about demographics of your online community, but it might not […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: audience, blog audience, blog community, blog exercises, community, community building, defining your audience, defining your readers, demographics, interactivity, site community, social media, web writing |
In the last tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course covering the web browser, your gateway to the web and WordPress, we covered bookmarks and how to save a web page for later access and reading. In this tutorial, we take bookmarks a little further by exploring browser bookmarklets and user scripts, small but […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Web Browsers, WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips
| Tags: bookmarks, browser bookmarks, browser tips, browser user scripts, browsers, learn wordpress, read later, read web pages offline, save bookmarks, save web page, save web page for reference, save web page to read later, send to, sendto, user scripts, userscripts, web browser, web browser tips, web browsers, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
No matter what you do on the web, you will quote or cite someone, some place, or something. In today’s assignment and tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course, I’m going to teach you how to quote and cite in WordPress, and save yourself from a copyright violation. By publishing content on your site, […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School, Writing
| Tags: author credits, blockquotes, citations, cite, content, copyright, copyright fair use, copyrighted content, copyrighted material, credit the source, credits, html, learn wordpress, other people's stuff, quotes, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
Table of Contents What are they saying about Lorelle VanFossen and Lorelle on WordPress Who is Lorelle? Feeds and Subscriptions Claims to Fame Legal Policies Copyright and Translation Policies Comment Policy Guest blogging and contributions Advertising, Marketing, and Reviews Disclosure Privacy Web Accessibility Liability The following are the policies, licenses, and legal issues associated with […]
February 23, 2015 – 11:41 am
In the previous Lorelle’s WordPress School tutorial we covered preparing images for uploading to WordPress. Today’s lesson is on how to upload and embed the images in posts and Pages. As a reminder, the sequence and data required for uploading an image to WordPress is: Using the Media Uploader in a post or Page, the […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips
| Tags: adding images to wordpress, embedding images, images, learn wordpress, media, multimedia, photographs, uploading images, wordpress guide, wordpress help, wordpress images, wordpress media, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
The following are the workshop notes for my popular workshop on “Speed Blogging.” The workshop is designed to teach how to take charge of your website and keep the content flowing with enthusiasm over the long term by learning the shortcuts, tips, and techniques to speed up the process of blogging, allowing your blog to […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, Writing
| Tags: automation, blogging, blogging tips, browser, evernote, feeds, outsourcing, speed blogging, text editor, web browser, web writing, wordpress, WordPress News, workshops, writing for the web |
August 1, 2014 – 11:56 pm
The following are the notes for my popular workshop “Your Blog is Your Business Card”. The premise is that today’s business card can’t hold all the contact information necessary to connect adequately with potential clients, but the blog can. It is the holder of your contact information and online identity. The workshop covers the philosophy […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: about page, blog as a business card, blog as your business card, blogging tips, business of blogging, images, profile, publishing, social media, web writing, Writing, writing your about page |
In this part of my series on WordPress For Writers, I’ll cover the basic things to consider when using WordPress on site promoting the work of writers and authors. For more on the subject, see other articles in the WordPress for Writers and Authors series. This article assumes you have some basic familiarity with WordPress […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: author sites, author websites, web writing, wordpress, wordpress for authors, wordpress for writers, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, writer sites, writer websites, Writing, writing for the web |
September 17, 2013 – 4:25 am
I’ve spent years contributing in many ways to WordPress including on the WordPress Support Forums, WordPress.com Forums, and WordPress Codex. The other day I was cleaning out tabs in my browser and stumbled upon an open WordPress.com forum post. I wondered if the user’s question was answered. It was, but not well. I added a […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, contribute, donate, expertise, generosity, give back, sharing, skills, volunteer |
September 6, 2013 – 4:02 am
A premie baby is causing debates and controversy about medical research projects. A debate on plant ethics questions over the humane treatment of plants opposes yet is related to the debate on ethical treatment of animals as food sources. Advanced research on stem cells and human cloning is debatable on all sides, especially when news […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: audience, blog exercises, blog struggles, blogger ethics, blogging, blogging prompts, blogging tips, code of ethics, community, conspiracy, controversy, debate, debates, ethical issues, ethics, moral values, morals, perspective, prompt, stories, wordpress community, writing for the web, writing prompt, writing tips |
September 5, 2013 – 4:35 am
In his native UK, Sir James Dyson is known as much for his quirky looking, superior-functioning vacuum cleaners as for his long embattled path to commercial success. He gave Brits their first bagless vacuum in 1993 after 13 tough years tinkering in the tool shed. He slogged through 5,127 prototypes, a couple of lawsuits and […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging, blogging is hard work, blogging success, blogging tips, determination, failure, hard work, how to blog, inspiration, james dyson, motivation, success, thomas edison, web publishing |
The following blog exercise is inspired by Janet Williams of Janet’s Notebook and her post on “Unique British post boxes: share your hobby.” Who would have thought that an article on UK post boxes would bring post box enthusiasts and historians out of the woodwork to her blog? My interaction with Ruby brings me to […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: audience, blog exercises, blogging tips, common interest, commonality, community building, connections, friends, hobbies, hobby, how to blog, like minds, readers, relationships, sharing, social, social media, social web, web writing, Writing, writing for the web |
The web world thinks my birthday is January 1. Does the web know your birthday? Among the many Blog Exercises so far this year, I’ve mostly focused on your blog. Today, I want to talk about something related to your blog but mostly to your exposure and presence on the web: your private and personal […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, contact forms, crime, criminals, cybercrime, email address, family, hacked, hacking, hide email, hide email address, identity theft, obfuscate, obfuscation, passwords, personal, personal information, personal safety, personal security, privacy, private data, protection, security, security vulnerability, theft, trust, vulnerability, Writing |