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Reduce or eliminate your wordpress blog spam
Do you find that your wordpress blog is getting a lot of manual spam lately? The sort where someone in some part of the world is manually going in and trying to create links to other sites? Since the user is actually a “person” and not a machine or robot, the comment goes into my “pending” folder and I then had to manually block them and delete them.
Fortunately, I did a bit of research Iand found a two wordpress plugins that have completely eliminated the problem. I know I’m not unique in this, so I wanted to share them with you should you be experiencing this now or if you know someone who is.
You’ll want to begin by doing a search for each of these plugin through your wordpress plugins menu. Just click the “add new” and then search for each of the names below.
The first is Akismet – and you’ll need to install the plugin and then go to their website to get an API key – it’s just a code that activates the plugin and it’s free for your personal blog.
The other is called Spammer Blocker and it blocks the IP address of anyone… Read the full article...
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Brand Booster: Secure an ISSN Number for your Newsletter
I’ve noticed the ISSN number listed on the electronic newsletter for quite a few businesses in the past year and had been intending to find out more about it in due time. Well, that time was this week and I was pleasantly surprised to find out how simple it is.
If you’re a business owner you already know that one of the most important marketing tools you can use is your scheduled newsletter, whether it’s electronic or printed. The Library of Congress issues a serial number according to the type of media your publication will be used for and you can apply online. Find out the details, benefits and process at http://www.loc.gov/issn
Would you like to join me this week in making this a priority for your business? Comment here and let’s chart our progress, ok?
Have you seen the new Twitter?
One of the branding components that’s a lot of fun here at Brand Excitement is the Twitter Backgrounds that we create for our clients. Unlike the generic default background that Twitter provides, or the standard templates that you can find on third party sites, our backgrounds are customized in alignment with the brand.
We take into consideration the pixel size for many different monitors, the color depth, and that “center feed” on the main page. Now that there’s a new twitter all a flutter, it looks like some revisions will be in order.
Have you seen it yet? Does it block your info? What’s your take?