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Building a LinkTree Alternative: Cutting out the Middle Man

Posted by on February 15th, 2021

LinkTree is great and often used by many people, especially on Instagram, since you can only share one link and links within the description and comments don’t parse. A LinkTree is a great method of giving people the option to find links to multiple places using the same URL in your bio, so you’re not constantly chasing changing a single link all of the time, and you don’t leave your readers/followers confused. LinkTree’s concept is great. It’s an awesome platform to use if you don’t know how to custom code your own solution.

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#HowToHashtag : A Guide to Hashtag Basics

Posted by on December 15th, 2014

Today’s blog post is by Social Media Rockstar Aimee Cozza! Take it away, Aimee! So what are these weird things known as “hashtags”? I’m sure you see them often enough… They’re the things with the pound symbol before them. Like you might see, #mylife on Twitter. Hashtags DO serve a purpose, despite how liberally some people may use them (stylistically, that is). Hashtags are like keywords–they are a way to group and find similar topics on Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms. For example, if you post an item such as “Hello world! #tweet” anyone who searches on that platform for…

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Q&A: My blog gets all my traffic, but it’s not connected to my site!

Posted by on February 26th, 2012

I’ve decided to start answering occasional website management questions on the blog! I’ve always kind of wanted to be an advice columnist, so why not? Here, a business founder wonders how best to manage her website and a related off-site blog: So, I have my official web site, which provides all the info people need about my organization. But then, because I absolutely love blogging, I also have my blog that details the process of starting my organization. So, here’s the thing. They’re two different websites. Now, my initial thinking on this was to make the blog a separate site…

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