How To Make A Blog Post Lead Image Using Photoshop

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Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have a bunch in the works but have been busy.

Here's a video you may have missed, I created it to quickly show how you can make a nice looking lead image for your blog posts.

You need Photoshop or something like it to accomplish what I'm doing in the video.

You'll also need access to some stock images:
stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site

Let me know if you have any questions!

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How To Edit Your Blogger Link Structure For New Posts Easily

A very good way to increase the SEO of your blog is to ensure your links contain the necessary keywords for your particular post.

Using Blogger that's not always easy, considering they like to cut off your title and make only the first couple words included in your link structure.

In this short video I explain how to do so. It's actually an extremely easy concept. All you do to publish your post with a short title because that will be your link, then quickly edit your post and add your normal title.

Video: How to Get 5 Million People to Read Your Website

I was going to save this video for my Monday Blogger's Insight Link Roundup but I thought it deserved a closer look. Matthew Inman creator of The Oatmeal gives a quick 5 minute presentation on how he became successful.

Much of this can be boiled down to this, be extremely funny and create professional looking graphic comics and you will have lots of visitors.

With that being said most of us aren't comics with amazing graphics skills, but the basics of what Matt is talking about still can apply to almost any blog if done right.

WATCH:

I think the point he most wants to convey is "find something that everyone thinks about but no one is really talking about". I think this formula could be used for almost any website.

NOTES:

1. Use topics that everyone can relate to.

2. Find topics that aren't explained well and write about it.

3. Use topics that are popular and take a stance on them.

4. Use titles that demand attention and are self explanatory.

5. Be informative without being boring.

He kinda reminds me of Dennis from Always Sunny In Philadelphia if Dennis was a web designer. Anyone else see it? Hehe.

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Chrome Extension Must Haves: Create Link

Chrome Extension Must Haves: Create Link


Adding a long list of links can be a real pain, I don't know how you do it but it usually involves a lot of copying and pasting inside little HTML tags. Having a blog called "The Link Medic" means I'm constantly having to link to websites. Create Link by Ku is probably the tool I use most out of all the things in my arsenal. In fact I just used it right now to make that link to go download it. Check out the video to see just how easy it works.







The Pros
Compile a large list of links fast
Eliminate many steps just to add a link to your site
The ability to customize the link beforehand to eliminate having to do it later
Simple to use


The Cons
You may have to edit the link because it's based off the page title


The Recap
I have found this tool extremely helpful and easy to use that's why I'm sharing it to you. It may be simple but sometimes the simple ones are the best.

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How to disable and enable Chrome Extensions

Here's a little tutorial video I made to demonstrate disabling and enabling of a Google Chrome Extension:

Disabling
1. Right click on the Extension Icon in the toolbar.
2. Click Disable.

Enabling 1. Right click any Extension in the toolbar.
2. Find the Extension you want to Enable and click Enable.
3. It will reappear in the toolbar.

*As of now there is no way to prevent yourself from disabling Stayfocusd*