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Free Case Study – Video Explaining How To Get More Blog Traffic

Donna — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:28:16 +0000

I’ve mentioned before that you should always take advantage of free information, especially when it comes from an expert. Yaro Starak has created a video case study where he goes through someone’s blog, and explains in detail how they can make changes to bring in more traffic and subscribers. It’s nicely done and very detailed, so be sure to check it out. He also released a sample lesson recently that I forgot to tell you about, so I’m telling you now to make up for that oversight on my part. That’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

UPDATE: Apparently the case study is no longer available. Guess you had to be quick to see it.

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Three Cool WordPress Video Plugins

Donna — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:17:41 +0000

Video is hot. Never turn your back on hot. If you can utilize video on your site or in your blog posts, you give your users the new media they crave. You don’t have to use it often, but occasionally dropping a Youtube or similar video into a blog post can really engage your visitors. If you want to use video in your blog posts, I recommend you check out 3 WordPress plugins.

Easy Video Insertion Plugin: I currently use a WordPress plugin that makes it simple for me to drop a Youtube type video into any of my blog posts. I highly recommend it if you want to include a video in any of your posts. You can get it here.

Video Gallery Plugin: This allows you to create a gallery of an entire Youtube video collection. It does a few other things as well, such as:

local thumbnail caching (youtube can be slow to display thumbnails)
random thumbnail in your sidebar
display an entire video collection as a gallery
display your favorite videos as a gallery
display a specific video in your post/page

You can get this cool plugin here.

Video Comments Plugin: Video Comments allows you to post video in your blog and let your users comment on it. A popup window displays the video and commenting area; as a video is viewed the comments associated with a current video time will be displayed, viewers can also see all comments and jump to a specific point in time. The comment area can accept a comment at given point in the video and saves itself in the existing word press database so no additional configuration is needed. All comments are listed in the individual post as a regular comments (with timecode) and can be easily modified or removed by the editor. (You really need to see this one to appreciate it).

As I play around with video more and more, I find it interesting to see what tools are available to make this media more accessible and interesting for everyone. I think all 3 of these plugins can help you create visual interest for your own blog and give your readers a little something extra to appreciate.

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How Lucky Are You Feeling Today?

Donna — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:05:04 +0000

Today is Friday the 13th, and if you are the superstitious sort, then you may want to stay safe and sound in your home today. If you are curious why Friday the 13th is considered to be an unlucky day, well, you won’t ever know the real reason. There are too many possible answers to this, but you can check out all the possibilities over at Snopes.

Personally, I’ve had more good luck than bad luck on Friday the 13ths. What kind of luck do you usually have? I’m not sure what day this guy encountered his bad luck, but I’d guess it might have happened on a Friday the 13th. Enjoy watching someone else’s bad luck, and make sure you don’t have the same kind of luck today. Happy Friday the 13th!

UPDATE: The video no longer exists. Darn! Just my luck! LOL

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Otterly cute video

Donna — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:09:01 +0000

This is way too cute. Be sure to wait for the end (well, near the end), as it gets even cuter at that point. I’d add an image so you could see before playing the video if I could figure out how, and I’d add embed code if I could figure out how to do that too. But I’m getting frustrated, so for now, here’s a real cute video for you to watch. Just have to trust me on that.

[flashvideo width="320" height="240" filename="http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/videos/otterlyadorable.flv" returnpage="http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/2007/04/03/otterly-cute-video/" /]

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