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WordPress – How to use the Reader

11 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Blog Eureka moments

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Powerbloggers stay clear. This is strictly for newbies.

I discovered Reader a year into blogging on WordPress.

  • What is Reader?

Its that icon up there sandwitched between ‘blog name’ and ‘follow’ on your blog site.

Its the window that permits you to peer into your peers – I mean, fellow bloggers.

It lists

a] Latest posts by the Blogs you follow get updated here. You can either glimpse a preview or read entire post, depending on walls erected by that WordPress Blogger.

P.S- You can hit ‘like’ or ‘comment’ directly via Reader. Be warned – this indirect route however, does not add up to Continue reading →

How to back-up your blog.

30 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Blog Eureka moments

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Your precious blog world . A virtual world forever threatened by computer crashes, viruses worse than Ebola and fickle servers.

Your carefully worded blogs, your painstakingly gained comments, your bevy of  ever-increasing friends/followers. All wiped out in a moment.

It is the virtual equivalent of Tsunami, Hiroshima and Katrina rolled into one!

Worry not. Here’s how to backup your blog world. Continue reading →

3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing & Increase Sales

25 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Blog Eureka moments

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Kristen Lamb on how to keep it short, simple and direct. Precise and practical, as always.

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Today, I’m going to give you three ways to instantly improve your writing and sell more books. I’m blessed to have a broad base of experience/expertise which includes corporate consulting and branding. I also spent years in sales and can honestly say, Coffee is for closers. 

What Do You DO?

Last year, I accepted a leviathan project to redo copy for a website and rebrand a struggling company. I first explained my plan and reasoning in a detailed SWOT analysis. The owner was on board and signed off. The existing copy was outdated, bloated, confusing, and failed to appreciate the vast changes in our millennial culture.

I hacked through, reduced as much as possible and reshaped until the site showcased a truly fabulous company. To my horror, the owner came back and wanted me to add a deluge of changes which included mass amounts of extraneous…

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