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How to use Shopify to create a professional shop online in minutes
If you want to set up a user friendly online shop that’s professional, secure and creates an effortlessly simple buying experience, take a look at this I’ve just spent the last couple of days playing around with Shopify for Insider’s Edge and I’m impressed. Before I dive into my review, if you were already thinking of trying Shopify…
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How to install a WordPress plugin in 30 seconds
Plugins are clever little tools (usually free) that can help with the day to day running of your website, add powerful functionality and even change the way it looks. If you’ve got a WordPress website and you’re not using plugins then you are not taking full advantage of your site… For example there are plugins…
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How to stop spam comments appearing on your WordPress website
It’s one of the most frustrating things you have to face running a website, but it’s come from something positive… WordPress is designed to make sharing and commenting on articles and posts easy. In fact it’s one of its key selling points. People can visit a blog or website and add to the debate without…
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WordPress jargon buster: What’s the difference between plugins, widgets, themes, posts and pages?
Want to build your own WordPress site but a little daunted by the terminology? Let’s decode the jargon and put everything you need to know about WordPress in plain terms I’m guilty of saying it… “WordPress is so EASY to use… you don’t need any technical knowledge!” The thing is, when you’re just getting started,…
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How to add your ‘author’ image to online articles and comments instantly
Here’s a simple 2 minute fix to help unify your online presence and brand I’m not kidding, doing this will instantly help you add credibility to your website or blog. You only have to it once, it takes 2 minutes and it’s free – the rest is automatic. In fact you don’t even need to…
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How to set up a WordPress website in 7 clicks
If you’re a regular Insider’s Edge reader you’ll know that I highly recommend WordPress for anyone who wants to set up a website for business or fun. You can use to create news sites, hobby sites, portfolios, online journals, sales pages, photo galleries – virtually anything you can think of. It’s free, incredibly user friendly and…
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Which is the best website or blogging platform for you? Blogger vs Tumblr vs WordPress vs Joomla
I’m often asked by readers: “Which is the best blogging/website platform?” It’s a very good question. There are a vast array of excellent (and free) choices on offer. If you haven’t had the chance to take the ‘What kind of online entrepreneur are you?’ test yet you can do so here. It’s a simple checklist…
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What kind of online entrepreneur would you like to be?
Setting up your own website or blog is a great way to create a side income that could turn into something more lucrative. Becoming an ‘online entrepreneur’ is the easy part. These days you can have a website up in minutes and filling it up with adverts or setting up affiliate deals (depending on which…
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The truth about ‘autoblogging’ as a hands-free income
Autoblogging is evil. It’s a way of using robot software to scrape bits of content and information from the Internet (from other people’s websites and blogs) and then post it onto brand new ones – autoblogs. You’ve probably come across them. They normally contain a few oddly formatted, non-sensical paragraphs and lots and lots of…