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WordCamp Detroit Takeaways

November 14, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I find it useful to turn notes from attending conferences into a blog post of takeaways. This is not meant to be a roundup of the entire two-day conference. It's just those things that caught my interest and that I plan to follow up on in the next week or so. I've tried to provide attribution where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, takeaways, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blog software, chris ross, content management systems, detroit, google, google search, nonprofit, plugin, plugins, search engine optimization, seo advice, takeaway, WordPress

WordCamp Love

November 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

WordPress is more than a blogging platform. It's a worldwide community of folks brought together by a common love of the blogging/content management system that has changed the way about 15 percent of us build a presence on the internet. One of the ways the community comes together face-to-face is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: takeaways, WordPress Tagged With: blog software, blogging, blogging platform, community, content management system, content management systems, phoenix, WordPress

Blogging and SEO – Shelby Says

August 3, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek Leave a Comment

When Jim and I presented She Said, He Said Live for the first time at WordCamp Chicago last weekend, we had an interesting discussion with audience members about blogging and search engine optimization (SEO). We liked the conversation so much that we decided to incorporate it as a topic for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: blogging, content management systems, internet marketing, newspaper, search engine optimization, seo, seo expert, seo training, WordPress

Four online business tools I love and use most

March 14, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

There are several online business tools I use as a blogger and business person that make my life both easier and more successful. I've written about all these business tools before so you may wonder why I'm utilizing this post to do so again. There are a couple reasons: As time passes, I have come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, WordPress Tagged With: affiliate link, blog software, blogger, blogging, business person, business tools, content management platform, content management systems, Facebook, marketing, online, scribe, seo, thesis, traffic, tribe marketing, WordPress

How to do advanced e-commerce with WordPress

February 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

As of this writing, I am responsible for the e-commerce activities of two sites that run on the WordPress content management system platform. I've taken vastly different approaches with these two sites. This post will explain how I manage online stores with multiple products both physical and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sales, WordPress Tagged With: authorize.net, business, commerce, content management systems, e commerce, electronic commerce, fedex, how to do, merchant services, online shopping, online store, payment gateway, plugin, shopp, ssl certificates, WordPress

21 days to a (better) blog

October 8, 2010 By Jim Raffel 12 Comments

I've been blogging a little more than five years now. Admittedly the pace has picked up in the last year and as a result I've learned a few new tips and ticks to go with the old tried and true ones. Over the next three Fridays I am sharing the best of what I've learned. The format I've chosen will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101, Uncategorized, WordPress Tagged With: 21 days, best blog, blog, blog software, content management systems, hosting, plugins, WordPress

Stuff I Like About WordPress

January 7, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Not too long ago I wrote "Stuff I Like About My Mac", and it was well received based upon Google Analytics. So, this will be my second "Stuff I Like" post with more to come on appropriate topics. I have been using WordPress for about four years now. Early on I was simply an author on a system one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Stuff I Like, WordPress Tagged With: blog software, computing, content management systems, css code, googles, hack, php programming language, plugins, themes, thesis, WordPress, wordpress themes

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