Plugin Monday: Keep WordPress Secure with WP Security Scan
It can be easy to let security slip your mind when you're building a website or blog with WordPress. Thankfully, there are some great tools out there that will let you easily check on the security status of your WordPress-based site and remind you of further steps you ought to be taking to protect yourself.
Read MoreSalesForce.com Q&A with Nathan Spiwak of the Charles G. Koch Foundation
Nathan Spiwak of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation answers my questions about SalesForce, a CRM solution for non-profits looking for a comprehensive, easy, and worry-free database.
Read MoreAdWords TV Ads: Run Your Ad on National Television for Only $100
Check out this video from Seth Stevenson, the ad critic at Slate. He explains how Slate's V—Slate's video site—ran an ad campaign on Fox News for only $100. This wasn't prime-time ad real estate—it was re-runs of Glenn Beck shown at 3am—but it proves the point about how easy it can be to run a nation-wide TV campaign from your computer.
Read MoreHot Mic! Put an End to Audio Static in BoinxTV
A few of the folks who have contacted me about BoinxTV after reading a piece here at ReadyMadeWeb have complained about audio static or "popping" when they switch between cameras. I've found that this can be addressed in one of two ways.
Read MoreThemeShaper Framework & Child Themes Now Free
Ian Stewart of ThemeShaper fame has joined Automattic—the parents company of brands like WordPress, Intense Debate, Akismet, and Gravatar—founded by Matt Mullenweg. As a result, Stewart has decided to make his own "child themes" from the WordPress theme framework ThemeShaper available for download free of charge.
Read MoreHow to Spend Next to Nothing on Your Non-Profit’s Web/IT Needs
After talking about tools like content management systems, databases, bulk emailers, measurement tools, web forms, and a bunch of other tools here on ReadyMadeWeb, it seemed like it was time to do an overview of these tools and outline how to run an entire organization using only ReadyMade tools.
Read MorePlugin Monday: Real-Time Syndication in WordPress with PuSHPress
Rather than waiting for your subscribers' RSS readers to notice that you have new content on your WordPress blog, push your content to them! Speed up your syndication PuSHPress, the plugin from Automattic that uses PubSubHubbub, the new real-time syndication protocol from Google.
Read MoreCoding Open Source Software for Fun & Profit
Recently I asked readers of the Tech Liberation Front, the free-market tech policy blog, to give me examples of successful companies that contribute to open-source projects. I asked readers for this sort of feedback because I wanted to point out that open-source software is a serious business, not just the domain of techno-hippies or amateur coders (who I love). Despite the incredible success of open source software—like the 55% of web servers that run Linux, including this one—skeptics re ...
Read MoreTraffic Measurement in New Media
I recently gave a talk to a group of young non-profit leaders interested in learning more about new media and how to measure the effectiveness and impact of marketing efforts. I thought I'd share the keynote presentation in which I cover issues such as the unreliable and inexact nature of online traffic data, Google Analytics, Quantcast, HootSuite, Facebook, and bulk email measurement, specifically MailChimp.
Read MorePR Pollution: Three Reasons to Stop Spamming & Start Building Real Relationships
Stephen Davies, a UK-based PR professional and blogger, has called for the PR industry to stop polluting inboxes with irrelevant emails. He's even made a video "An Inconvenient PR Truth." But spam isn't a tragedy of the commons, it's a tragedy of incompetence. Here are three entirely selfish reasons to stop spamming and start building real relationships.
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