Guest Post

Bloggers: Are You Procrastinating Right Now When You Should Be Working? This Article Will Get You Back To It

Published

7 months ago

December 15, 2024

Miguel

Procrastination is in many ways the blogger’s worst enemy. You haven’t uploaded a new post in a long time and have a small window to do it in, so you sit down hoping to write a few blog posts only to find yourself browsing around YouTube and watching funny videos of cats. Sure, those cats are often hilarious, but they aren’t going to make your blog any more successful, appease your impatient readers or earn you any money. This is a problem faced by many of us and it’s one of the biggest time (and therefore) money wasters that we deal with on a daily basis.

In fact, I’d say that there’ a good chance you’re procrastinating right now. Perhaps you sat down planning to write an article for your site, but then got distracted while you were browsing through the research. You maybe read a couple of unrelated articles, checked your email, then went back online to ‘close the tab’. Maybe you were just about to when you saw this article title and though ‘just this one more article’.

Well it’s time to stop, and fortunately I know just how to get you back to work. Below I’m going to share some strategies that can make it much easier to work through your to-do list, and by the end of it you should be back to work and have stopped putting it off. Then, whenever you find your eyes and mind starting to wander, you can just apply these same strategies again…

Step 1: Create a To Do List

The first thing you need to do is to outline exactly what’s required of you for today. By doing that, you will be able to better plan your day and you won’t find yourself putting things off because you’re not sure what’s best to do next. Make this detailed too so that nothing vague is on that list. For instance, don’t just write ‘write blog post’, but instead write the title and subject of that post. This way you won’t lose time deliberating on what precisely to write and you can disengage that part of your brain to just work through the tasks directly.

Step 2: Start With the Fun

You’d think that it would make more sense to start with the most boring or the largest task on your to-do list first would make sense, but in reality that’s often a mistake. Instead, try starting with the job that’s mot fun or at least most bearable. That way, you won’t dread getting started quite so much and you’ll be less likely to carry on putting it off. But then, once you’ve done the fun task, you’ll find that the whole list looks much shorter and more bearable.

And if you don’t have a fun or a bearable task on there? Well then find a way to make the jobs more interesting. If you need to do some writing for your blog, then you should try and make the posts you write relate directly to something that’s currently on your mind. Likewise, if you were putting off going to the gym, you could make it more fun by using new exercises or making a challenging routine to push yourself. However you do it, if you make the job fun and challenging then it won’t be so likely to feel like work and it will be easier to stay focussed on it. This is an example of working with your brain. There are more here.

Step 3: Don’t Check Your E-Mail… Or Anything

So you have your to-do list and you’re raring to get started with work. What do you do now? If the answer you were about to say was to ‘check your e-mail’ then that’s what you’ve been doing wrong. Checking your e-mail at the start of your ‘shift’ will mean you’re not focussing on your work right from the word go, and will create too many opportunities to get even more distracted (by thinking about what’s been written, or by writing a response). Instead then, make checking your e-mail a ‘reward’ and use the same attitude for making tea or doing anything else that distracts you from your main job (and only award yourself one at a time after you’ve done a good amount of work). That way, rather than making tea, checking your email and reading the news and finding you’ve done no work after an hour, you can do one of those things at the end of each hour and find you’ve finished most of your work by the time you’ve done all three.

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John Miller is an expert at social media marketing. Having been in this field for over 10 years, he has sound knowledge of its working. A music lover, he likes listening to his favourite soundtracks in his spare time.

Guest Post

Guidelines for Choosing the Best WordPress Theme for Your Website

Published

5 hours ago

July 11, 2025

Miguel

Using a WordPress theme for a website comes with plenty of advantages. One great feature that is worth mentioning is the ability to install new WordPress themes at any time. Although, tweaking and customizing a theme each time is required, changing the outlook of a website is not a tedious task. Within fractions of a second new theme can be added to the website. However, the problem here is looking for the best WordPress theme. There are numerous WordPress themes online and it is best advised to stick to a few themes each time.

Choosing the best WordPress theme is highly important as you will have to work with it day in and day out. You will have to look at the same design each day, which might bore you after a certain period of time. Keeping all this in mind, you will have to choose the correct theme. Let us look at some of the factors that will help you in choosing the best WordPress theme.

Niche Theme

It is highly important to choose a WordPress theme that relates to your business type. For example: If your website deals with real estate business, you should look for a WordPress theme designed for real estate business. If you use an e-commerce WordPress theme, you are more than likely to end up having a website that is unpleasing to the eyes of the visitors.

Speed

A website that loads slowly is less desired by search engines and visitors. There are many factors involved in the slowing down of a website like cheap webhosting and loads of other reasons. Well, do you like to add a slow loading WordPress theme to the already long list? Few themes tend to load slowly due to too many features and improper coding. It is advisable to check on the loading reputation of a WordPress theme before installing.

Usage

You need to choose a WordPress theme that is attractive as well as useful. The main purpose of creating a website is to make it easy for the visitors to navigate through the site and to look for information with ease. A WordPress theme with minimum designs and plenty of space for information can be readily chosen. Do not choose a theme that makes the website look cluttered.

Technical Support

You might be a technical person, but still might get stuck somewhere while customizing a theme. Look for WordPress themes that offer excellent technical support. Basically, technical support is offered at its best by paid WordPress themes when compared to free themes.

Layout and Spacing

Few WordPress themes give you the liberty to make changes to the width, spacing and layout of a theme. Other sections in the Control Panel can also be customized. But, majority of the themes do not allow changes unless the code has been tweaked. Hence, think about the additional elements that you wish to add. Customizations give you a better understanding about PHP and CSS.

Paid or Free

There is no doubt that budget plays a major role in deciding whether you like to use a free theme or a paid theme. The main reason experts stress to use paid themes is that they provide support in times of trouble. In some instances, you can also get in touch with the theme creator whereas in free themes you might get less or no support. In most cases, you will not even be able to find or contact the creator of the free theme.

Compatibility

Long gone are the days when websites can be accessed only from PCs and laptops. In today’s world of technology, websites can be accessed from mobile phones, tablets and other gadgets. Taking this into account, it is necessary to look for a WordPress theme that is compatible on all the gadgets. If your website cannot be accessed on any one of the gadgets, you are losing out on a handful of customers.

Conclusion

These are the factors that one has to keep in mind while choosing the best WordPress theme for your website. Since changing the theme with WordPress is pretty simple, you don’t have to worry if a theme does not look good for your site. Just upload a new theme and activate it to view your site with unique looks. Minor adjustments to the settings will set you on the right track. So, what are you waiting for? Start hunting for the right theme now.

This is a guest post by Sharon Thomas of thecornersuite.com, a site that offers savings and current information on getting internet through dish, as well as dish.com services.

Guest Post

Top Six ways to Use QR Codes as a Web Design Tool

Published

7 hours ago

July 11, 2025

Miguel

How can you link QR codes to digital content?

When a QR code is read by the help of smart phones, it can help you to connect to the web content and also aid in activating numerous functions in the phone which also include mails and text messaging service. It can link you to almost anything starting from videos, special offers and discounts etc.

Development in visual design

Though the code looks a bit complex, it can be controlled in various ways. QR codes are designed in such a way that the moment it is placed under scanner, it will be readable. A part of the code can also be redesigned with images and pictures. This has helped he designers to design the codes in their own special ways so that it has an exclusive appeal.

Popularity of the code

QR codes are now being used in advertisements and posters, business cards and billboards as well.

Ways to use QR codes as web design tools.

There are plenty of ways in which one can use QR codes as a web design tool. They have numerous applications when it comes to designing a website online. Let us see how it helps in the same:

It can help in being a link to you website

A QR code can help in being a link to your website. The code can be printed so that people do not have to go through various research processes before finding you website. The code can be a direct link to your website and also as well a great help to prospective clients who will help to earn revenue for your website.

Saving your telephone numbers

You can save your telephone number, contact email address and other details in the form of the QR code instead of saving it as an URL.This will help people to contact you easily. Since QR codes can store huge amount of records you can store as much information as you want here.

Link to videos and social networking sites

A QR code is also a good access to social networking sites such as face book, twitter and orkut. Also the code can be used to directly lead you to any kind of live streaming site through your phone as well like you tube and other videos.

Linking you to the Google map

QR code also helps you to link to the Google map. Instead of searching and typing for the URL the code will automatically guide you to the website where you would like to visit.

Helps to store text as well

A QR code helps to store large amount of plain text if required. It also helps to consume less amount of space in the websites.

Stores SMS message

Last but not the least it helps in storage of messages

These are the varied ways in which the QR code can be used as a website designing tools when used online. Apart from these it can be used for the purpose of business and marketing as well and has gained population in all industrial fields.

About the Author:

The above article is composed and edited by Mrs Peterson. She is associated with many technology and designing communities as their freelance writer and editor. In her free time she writes articles related to web designing, qr code tutorial, Qr Code Design, etc.

Guest Post

Should You Recycle Old Material to WordPress?

Published

19 hours ago

July 10, 2025

Miguel

As a writer, or as a business owner doing some serious blogging, you probably wish to fill up your new WordPress account with as much material as possible. It’s the active site that receives the most attention from the algorithms; whether the search engine is Google, Yahoo, Bing, or any other. You’ve already written a number of blogs on your free BlogSpot, linking them to your Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts, so it seems natural to carry this busy activity into your new website.

Can Reprints Hurt Your Ranking?

This seems like a practical solution, but recycling old material can actually hurt your ratings on the Search Engine Results Page. The new Google Penguin rules stipulate no scraping and no duplicate material for high search engine results. Even if it’s your own work, if you duplicate it at your WordPress website, you’ve diminished your chances of being noticed by the search engines.

Linking your accounts is a good policy. It gives you more visibility to your fans, friends, and followers. These linked sites, however, will not give you search engine ratings, no matter how well you present your topic. All they will do is mention your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn activity in a search under your own name or your business title.

WordPress websites have a great deal of potential for increasing your ratings for SERP. By allowing Google Search bots to crawl your index, the algorithms will take note of unique and interesting content. High SERP ratings will bring you, readers, outside your circle of Facebook and Twitter friends.

Here’s the Motivation to be Prolific!

This should be strong motivation as an author or as a business site owner. Your personalized accounts are on a level playing field. You will receive no more attention than the degree of activity you put into it for acquiring readers. You will not be sponsored by the search engines if you do not have an active website representing your work. As a business, there is no greater advantage than having a high ranking on the Search Engine Results Page. Most users do not go past the first one or two pages when placing a query for information on a product or service. If your site has a prominent position, the chances are good it will be one of the first places the user will search.

As an author, it probably feels very good to receive those instant responses from Facebook friends and Twitter followers when you direct them to your personal blog. If your blog is on a shared account, however, you run the risk of losing your copyrights to the company sponsoring you. With a hosted WordPress website, you can copyright protect your work.

Authors generally wish to be accredited as writers with published work. Google Penguin now recognizes author names in its algorithms. Authors who have published consistently on their own websites and others have a greater chance of ranking high in a Search Engines Results Page. This will assist you if your goal is to be published traditionally or through electronic books.

Use only new content for your WordPress website and use easy to read premium WordPress themes to ensure your blog also looks nice and professional. Keep it original and interesting. Link your WordPress article with your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts. This will ensure both an active interest among the friends, followers, and clientele you’ve built up, as well as high ranking in the algorithms. Your goal is to expand your business and your name with the tools the Internet has to offer. These tools are available to anyone who takes the initiative to use them. While it means the playing field is highly competitive, it also means that a good strategy can bring you success.

About author

Olga Ionel is a creative writer at ThemeFuse.com – a top provider of WordPress themes. She is passionate about studying the online marketing industry and sharing informative tips.

WordPress themes. She is passionate about studying online marketing industry and sharing informative tips.