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July 2011

Thesis Theme: Why I’m Keeping It

by amelia brockman on July 30, 2011

If you’ve been reading along, you will remember that I recently began searching for a replacement to the free theme I had been using because I wanted a search engine friendly theme. I ended up purchasing (for $87!!) the Thesis theme. I rejected buying Thesis for days — unwilling to spend that kind of money. [...]

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Finally! Advice about SEO and website optimization that I can trust! I found a really good book at the library today and wanted to mention it to anyone who might be looking for help with optimizing their website. The title of the book is

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The Dilemma of Tracking Comments

by amelia brockman on July 26, 2011

Do you comment on other people’s blogs or websites? Maybe you even post a question or a comment that you’d like to track and see if anyone ever replies? If you do this often enough, has it become a problem keeping track of all your comments? It has become a problem for me, and has [...]

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Non-Productive Waste of Time Activities

by amelia brockman on July 25, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about productivity and efficiency, and the things I do both online and off which are simply a huge, sucking waste of time. What got me started with this thinking once again today is when I realized I had spent about 3 hours on the computer this afternoon doing nothing [...]

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I AM IN LOVE!

by amelia brockman on July 24, 2011

Right here, right now, loud and clear for the entire webby world to hear . . . I want all to know that I am in love. Love . . . sigh. The object of my deep, deep infatuation, you ask? Evernote! But seriously, is Evernote just about the best thing since sliced bread? I [...]

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Brain Dump to Improve Efficiency

by amelia brockman on July 22, 2011

Brain dump — n. The complete transfer of a large quantity of information from your brain to some other storage medium. I mentioned in my last post my plans to do what I call a “brain dump”, and I’m sharing the results of it here. I’ve cleaned it up quite a bit. In the actual [...]

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My First 24 Hours with Thesis Theme

by amelia brockman on July 20, 2011

I’ve downloaded and installed Thesis and have now had 24 hours to look at it, which isn’t nearly enough to have dug too deeply into it, but enough to have me thoroughly frustrated. My initial reaction . . . dang! I feel like I’m back where I started one month ago. One month ago I [...]

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Compare Thesis vs Headway Themes For WordPress

by amelia brockman on July 19, 2011

I’ve been spending a lot of time these past two weeks trying to learn as much as I can about SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and I’ve come to the conclusion that for the sake of optimization I need to change the theme which I’m using for this blog. My current theme is a freebie which [...]

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Blogging While Traveling

by amelia brockman on July 13, 2011

This blog comes to you live from Starbucks in Enid, Oklahoma today. I’m visiting Mom in rural northwest Oklahoma — the land of no Internet, unless I’m willing to travel 30 minutes to the nearest Starbucks . . . which I am. The amenities (iced coffee) are wonderful, but I miss my quiet bedroom office. [...]

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Putting SEO Keyword Strategy in Place

by amelia brockman on July 9, 2011

If you haven’t yet downloaded SEO Fast Start and Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide, do so immediately. LOTS of good information in each, and worth every penny! (Wink! They’re FREE.) I’ve been using these two guides studying SEO and keyword strategy and trying to put what I’ve learned into practice at this website. In [...]

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