Mailchimp has a really simple means of automating the sending of your blog content as a Campaign (email newsletter); RSS-to-Email. Most blogging services such as WordPress, Blogger, Weebly and Wix automatically create a feed in the form of RSS or Atom. The feed contains the content of your blog posts in a way that Mailchimp […]
Archives for January 2015
Advanced SEO made easy – Schema.org
SEO is actually relatively simple. Contrary to the hard-selling SEO resellers that promise you good rankings in Google (anyone that states that they will get you on the first page of Google should be avoided as they are lying); you can do a great job of SEO yourself. Google never guarantees top placement in search […]
What to do about Mailchimp Bounce and List Deletion Warning
So you’ve imported a list of subscribers into Mailchimp and now you see the following message: Bounce and List Deletion Warning Mailchimp’s artificial intelligence system, Omnivore, automatically scanned your recent import. Omnivore flagged the list for having a large number of addresses that may cause complaints, high bounce rates, or blacklistings. Our research shows that […]
How to get Mailchimp Subscriber Popup working in WordPress
I spend an equal amount of my working time on WordPress and Mailchimp related tasks. I’m listed by Mailchimp as an Expert and have worked as a WordPress specialist for quite a few years. It’s rare however that I get to work on a technical challenge involving both at the same time. Today however was […]
Facebook a waste of money – Priceonomics
I, like millions of others, read the Priceonomics blog. Their articles are interesting and easy to read. A few days ago they blogged about their traffic sources in 2014. The largest source of traffic was ‘direct’ traffic with traffic originating at Facebook coming a close second. Digg, Google Search, Reddit, Twitter and so on followed […]
How to fix poor mobile reception, in 10 seconds
I moved to the Telstra mobile (cell) network (I live in Australia). I was however getting really bad mobile reception at home but managed to find a quick, simple and free fix and now have great reception at home. Before detailing the solution, here is a bit of history. Vodafone to ALDImobile to Optus to […]