Alternatives To The Broken Link Checker Plugin and Why You Need One

Last week I wrote about cleaning up our WordPress blogs and that post was graced with some awesome comments by our readers. A couple of those comments took this blogger to school and I want to share what I learned about the Broken Link Checker WordPress plugin.

The Broken Link Checker WordPress Plugin ain’t all that! Tweet: The Broken Link Checker Plugin WordPress Plugin ain't all that! http://ctt.ec/clfcP+ via @HotBlogTips

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How To Effectively Follow The Masses On Twitter

Twitter is a powerful social networking tool that can help build our brand, our influence and expand our social media reach. This article and video takes a look at the two different thoughts as far as Twitter Strategy – Should we build Twitter big or keep it manageable?

I should also state that this is my way, not the only way of managing our Twitter accounts. I have heard some VERY convincing arguments from others that go in almost opposite directions. As with everything we do, find what works best for you and ignore the rest. 😉

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YouTube’s Audio Library – Free to Use Music for Videos

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 12/15/2013
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Show Notes

Many of us have a really hard time finding music for our YouTube Videos that will not end up getting us into copyright He11.

Thankfully, YouTube has started an audio library with music we can freely use on any YouTube video and even on our Youtube monetized videos. They offer a variety of genres including, but not limited to, Punk, Jazz, County, Rock and even Holiday music!

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How To Add Your Paint.net Watermark Video Tutorial

Two months ago we showed you how to use Paint.net to create a branding watermark and this how-to tutorial video will show you how to add that watermark to images or photographs you created using Paint.net. Branding watermarks are important to help protect your images and this short video will help you get your watermark looking perfect on the image your crated.

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Kristi Hines on Blogging, Social Media Promotion, and More (Video Interview)

I’d like to thank Kristi Hines for hanging out with the Hot Blog Tips Hangout Crew last Sunday. I’d also like to thank Mitch Mitchell for putting the interview together for use. Kristi talked blogging, social media, promotion and much more with Sheryl Loch, Mitch and myself in an informal chat. [Read more…]