Top 5 Tools for Social Marketing

It seems that social marketing is quickly replacing, or at best, supplementing traditional marketing approaches these days.  I make use of quite a few social marketing angles, but realized I typically stick to 5 tools on a regular basis. Before you even think that social marketing is the silver bullet in your marketing arsenal, you …

WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release

Another day, another vulnerability with WordPress.  Make sure you apply the latest patch, because according to the WordPress blog, the latest vulnerability permits a situation where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the …

Problogger – Secrets For Blogging a Six Figure Blog

After hearing the rave reviews, I too purchased Problogger’s book – Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income from Amazon. Tons a really good stuff on making this kind of stuff happen with your blog. The book walks you through everything it takes to achieve success…choice of blogging software, picking themes, and most …

Deactivate WordPress Plugins through PhpMyAdmin

Recently I’ve updated my WordPress install through Fantastico and blew up the site. Apparently the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin contains variables that are being used in the new WordPress 2.3.3 upgrade. I brought up the website to see nothing but a php error…even when trying to access the admin page. I needed to turn off …

Using Windows Live Writer with Joomla

Many of you know that I am a fan of Windows Live Writer when using WordPress.  Well, I’ve decided to see if I could use it with another great content management system, Joomla.  Out of the box, Joomla is not compatible with Live Writer, however I did find a few tools to get it to …