Earlier today I set out to write a round up post on the topic of feed reader apps. I am trying to devote Sunday morning to staying in bed and...Continue reading
Category: Web Publishing
So Twitter Has Locked Your Account – Now What?
If you are on Twitter for long enough, you are going to run afoul of one of their rules, resulting in your account either being locked or suspended. It doesn’t...Continue reading
Join Me on Twitter on Sundays for #SundayTechClinic
If you have a free moment Sunday afternoon, and you need to get a question answered about your website, why not join me on Twitter? For about a month and...Continue reading
JK Rowling Facebook Fan Page Stolen – From Facebook
Facebok has long had an issue with hackers stealing control of pages. This problem has been cropping up every year since at least 2012, but now hackers have come up...Continue reading
Google is Sending Out Reminder Emails About Google Plus
Google has been warning users for a couple months now that they plan to shutdown their social network on 2 April, but I guess not everyone has gotten the word...Continue reading
How to Bring Your WordPress Blog Posts to Alexa as Audio
When Amazon launched Alexa Skill Blueprints last week, they drastically lowered the skill level required to develop new tricks for Amazon’s smart speaker. Now anyone can put their work in the Alexa Skills Store with...Continue reading
Google Plus is Shutting Down on 2 April
When Google announced last October that they were sunsetting Google+, they didn’t tell us when they were going to turn off the lights. According to the emails Google started sending...Continue reading
Amazon Drops Product Display Ads, Launches Lockscreen Ads for Authors
Over the past few months I have been hearing rumors of Amazon changing its ad program while at the same time I’ve been seeing indie titles show up in lock...Continue reading
Someone Was Impersonating My Blog on Facebook in 2012
I learned two things on Facebook this morning. The first is that I apparently won an award in 2012 for being one of the 50 best blogs for authors. This...Continue reading
Google Site Kit Will Make It Easier to Integrate Google’s Services Into WordPress Sites
Between its SEO, traffic analysis, and performance optimization tools (Search Console, Analytics, and PageSpeed Insights, respectively), Google supplies a number of key tools used by just about everyone who has...Continue reading
What’s the Best Option for Rescuing Your Content From Tumblr?
Tumblr’s announcement this week that all adult content will be deleted on 17 December has many users running for the exits, and that really should include you (even if you...Continue reading
Here’s What You Can Do with That Old Blog After Launching a New Website
If you write online for years on end there will come a point where you will end up with multiple old blogs and abandoned writing projects residing on various platforms...Continue reading
Tumblr Reminds Us Why Creators Need to Own Their Platform, Part Three
Almost like clockwork, every couple years Tumblr gives us another example of how if you don’t own your own platform, you don’t get to decide what you can say. In...Continue reading
Gutenberg is Now Being Foisted Upon WordPress.com Users – Here’s How to Avoid it
We’re five days away from the official launch of Gutenberg, the new WordPress post and page editor, and I finally have an answer to one of the most important questions:...Continue reading
Guest Post: The Key to an Effective Social Media Strategy for Writers
Whether you’re a writer of nonfiction — blogs, articles, technical and nonfiction writing — or an author of books and fiction, you know how important it is to be active...Continue reading