A picture is worth a thousand words. —Arthur Brisbane But we’re writers, and we’d rather write the 1,000 words. Still, our social media marketing efforts require us to use visuals. We need photos for our blog posts so that links on Facebook will pick up the picture, drawing attention to the FB post. Not to […]
Websites & Blogs
Blogging Tech and Coping with Change
Information: Blogging Tech Blogging can be frustrating for writers, not necessarily because we have trouble writing the content. It’s those technical details that can distract from the writing. Here are my current frustrations: Subscription Management: MailChimp, the newsletter service I use, is changing the way it does the subscriber sign-up. Current customers will be converted […]
Face Palm Moments and Making Mistakes
Information: Face Palm Moments Last week, I looked like Loretta in this photo when I saw that my weekly blog mailer had sent itself not once, as usual, but twice on the same day. I call this a “face palm moment,” when you try not to make mistakes, but you make them anyway. Here’s what […]
Three Ways to Have a New WordPress Website
This is an updated post on using WordPress for websites and blogs. In my opinion, it is a better option than Weebly and Blogger. Thinking about a website or blog? WordPress is the way to go. I’ve used Blogger, WordPress, and and Weebly, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the others just don’t measure […]
Technology Adventures
Sure, you’re a writer, but you have to have some technological savvy, too. I’ve taken pride in being more tech savvy than most writers in my age group. You know what “they” say about pride going before a fall. This week has been stressful because of the technological adventures I’ve been forced to endure. I […]