Visions Virtual Assistance Blog

Shelly from www.brassblogs.com shared this bit of info on a Ning group that I am on. I thought it was important enough information that I wanted to share it with you guys. Shelly says… The latest release (2.7 at this writing) has many security upgrades. And if that doesn’t concern you, then maybe Google blocking [...]

When you write a blog post you’re kind of hoping that people comment, right? But I know that sometimes life and business get in the way and you can’t always get back to your blog to make sure you are answering your comments in a timely fashion. Did you know there is a setting in [...]

You get an email telling you that you have a new comment on an old post. You don’t recognize the person, and that’s ok. You don’t know all your readers. The comment is off, but you aren’t quite sure if it’s spam or just someone with bad English. It’s not inappropriate, just not quite the [...]

Have you ever avoided posting to your blog because it’s just too much trouble getting to the right posting page? In 4 easy steps you can create a desktop shortcut that will take you directly to the posting page with one click. Hint: You can click on any of the images to see a larger [...]

I am challenging you to go into the dashboard of your blog, update your plugins, and deactivate or delete unused plugins. Why? Because every plugin or widget you have comes with it’s own set of files. When a visitor comes to your site, WordPress has to call each and every file to load your page. [...]

Well I guess I’ve hit the big time. I came to post to my blog and found 44 instances of spam waiting for me to give the final Whap! and send them off into oblivion. I’m using Askiment, the spam filter that came with WordPress. I’ve been doing a lot of research lately into the [...]

The first benefit of blogging is that you are building a relationship with your reader. In this world of faceless internet users, it is a way for your customers to get to know you on a more personal level. So much trust is lost when our customers can’t see our facial expressions and body language. [...]

Truth #1: Not every person that comes to your site will need your services but many will. If they leave without you knowing who they are, you have lost these leads, possibly forever. Truth #2: People who visit your website must leave you their contact information in order for you to capture the lead. First-time [...]

One of my favorite books is a collection of articles by Amy Dacyczyn (pronounced Decision) called The Tightwad Gazette. Amy was a pioneer. She started back in the early ‘90s writing articles on ways to live within or below your means back when living on credit cards way above your means was the norm. Amy [...]

I was in an excellent seminar recently that explained RSS. Here’s my interpretation of her explanation using TV analogies because that’s what the speaker used: There are two parts to RSS, subscribing and syndicating. You syndicate so your readers can subscribe. Syndicate is setting up the RSS feed on your site. I’m sure you’ve heard of TV shows being [...]