ThinkTweet Book 1 – a review in 140 characters

Recommended Reading

Rajesh Setty, author of the popular blog (and book) Life Beyond Code, recently has published ThinkTweet Book 1. ContentRobot was pleased to read his  tweet-sized wisdom on every page. Here is what we thought of the book (in 140 characters!): What do you get when you mix Mark Twain’s insight w/ Seth Godin’s biz acumen, and … Read More

Just in time … WordPress 2.8.1 arrives

We Fix WP

Today WordPress announced the launch of its latest version: 2.8.1. The WeFixWP team couldn’t be more happy! While we have had the pleasure of helping a bunch of new clients who blindly pressed that “Update to 2.8” button, many people were often caught unaware of what an automatic upgrade can do to production blogs. We … Read More

ContentRobot is featured in the latest FeedFront Magazine!

Blogging

ContentRobot was excited to be included among the speakers at Affiliate Summit West in 2008, and always enjoyed our special relationship with affiliate marketers. This morning we got treated to the announcement that the sixth issue of FeedFront, the official magazine of Affiliate Summit, is at the printer and it will be hitting mailboxes later … Read More

Our Favorite Plugins: Viper's Video Quicktags

WordPress Plugins

Want to easy include videos in your posts? Look no further than the robust Viper’s Videos Quicktag plugin. How to Use It Upon successful install, you’ll find new video icons in the Write panel. To embed a video, simply click the icon from the video site you wish to use, then copy and paste the … Read More

WordPress for Business Bloggers: A Book Review

Recommended Reading

ContentRobot couldn’t wait to dive into our copy of WordPress for Business Bloggers by Paul Thewlis (published by Packt Publishing). While we have our own methodology, we were quite interested in his approach and the advice he has for the business blogger blogger-to-be. Thewlis chose to navigate the reader through a sample case study, which … Read More

And RSS is not dead either

Tools

Yesterday,  TechCrunch posted an obituary for RSS. Of course, many of the Twitterati nodded their heads vigorously in agreement. While Twitter and its tools garner all the publicity as the technology du jour, it is not the savior or replacement to RSS. So don’t be so quick to toss that RSS reader! Here are three … Read More

Social Networking Cuts into Blogging Time

Social Media

Ah, we just scanned our blog and we see posts published in 2009 are (sigh) few and far between. Is ContentRobot adding to the trend of recent stories blaring that “Blogs Are Dead” and “A-listers Not Blogging?” Perhaps. This quarter has been filled with many activities that have superseded blogging. Chief among them are: Client … Read More

ContentRobot Relaunches Affiliate Summit as a Blog-Powered Website

Case Studies

Affiliate Summit, the wildly successful affiliate marketing conference, wanted to re-brand their site with a new design. ContentRobot took that challenge one step further. We then optimized the design to reside on top of a WordPress platform, starting with an original concept from TCP Global Solutions. The result was a dynamic blog-powered website. The home page … Read More