ContentRobot has the privilege of maintaining several of our client’s WordPress-powered websites. This means that on a regular basis, we go into their dashboards and do a backup, upgrade plugins, and update WordPress when the install gets out-of-date. As our client base grew, it became unwieldy and very time consuming to access each WordPress website […]
Now the new year is well underway, have you planned what trade shows and conferences you'll be attending? To keep up on the WordPress and blogging trends, ContentRobot usually makes a point of going to New Media Expo (formerly BlogWorld Expo & New Media Expo) and a local WordCamp or two (we are lucky that […]
The ContentRobot team invaded Phoenix with other WordPress pros at PressNomics this past weekend. It was an great event - Joshua and Sally Strebel know how to put on a good show. Here's 10 things that inspired us: 1. The Fear of Regret When Cory Miller talked about building something bigger and better than yourself, we were […]
WordPress prides itself with its open source model because they have hundreds of people all over the world working on the software at a given time. It also means that WP is free for the taking (as well as enhancing and using it any way you wish). Automattic (WordPress’s parent company) has encouraged theme and […]
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 […]
Many of our clients want to make money with their blogs. Primarily, they jump into Google Adsense and try to add banner advertising into the mix. When they get started, ContentRobot often recommends keeping it simple and first implement WP-Ads. Then, as their blogs evolve, some of our clients' advertising needs become more sophisticated. Enter […]
Google purchased Feedburner (our favorite feed mirror and statistics company) in the summer of 2007, and they now are pushing FeedBurner users to move their accounts under the Google umbrella. Google has set a deadline for transfering your feeds: February 28, 2009. Check out this tutorial from Pro Blog Design so you can do it […]
BlogWorld Expo Sunday was another busy day for the ContentRobot team, and we concentrated our efforts on attending the keynote and the expo floor. The Keynote Rohit Bhargava, Timothy Ferriss, Mike Shinoda talked about building a personal brand. They offered these gems for thought: Be more interested than interesting Be vulnerable and open about your […]