Business Quote: Inbound Vs. Outbound
Do well with inbound marketing so you don’t have to do outbound marketing.
BrodNeil
Business Quote: Bad Clients
Resist the temptation of bad clients (or clients who may not be the perfect fit for your business).
Cash Flow: Top 1 Challenge in Business
One of the biggest challenges most SMBs (Small-Medium Businesses) are facing.
Josh Turner: 3 Key Takeaways to Grow Your Business
How to grow your business as recommended by Josh Turner, Connect 365
POS and Inventory System
The fastest way to have your POS and inventory system installed. In need of financial assistance? Fastway Finance and Credit Corporation offers the following options: A Point of Sale (POS) and Inventory System is a computer-based system that combines two important aspects of running a retail business: sales and inventory management. This type of system … Read more
How to Test if XML-RPC Is Working
XML-RPC is Python’s remote procedure call (RPC) protocol that uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport. The protocol specification describes how clients send requests Here is a cool site to test if your XML-RPC is working: https://xmlrpc.eritreo.it/
Facebook’s Ad Guide
You can find Facebook ad guide here: https://www.facebook.com/business/ads-guide/image/facebook-feed/post-engagement File type: jpg or png Landscape Normally I use this image ratio: 1.91:1 for landscape images. So if you have a width of 1200 px. You can divide that by 1.91 to get the height. Ex. 1200 / 1.91 = 628 (height) or 628 x 1.91 = … Read more
How to Make Use of the FB Page Engagements
There are 2 reasons why we would like to invite the people who have engaged in our FB page: Target on fans. The people who did a Like on your FB page are added to your fan base of People Who Like This Page. Then you can run a campaign specifically for your fans. You … Read more
How to Calculate Your KPI or Metrics
There are the most important calculations for your metrics (KPIs).
Weekly Recap: 2020 May 10–16
Here is something to think of. I think this can apply to content marketing as well: If you believe you are doing something good, keep it going and soon the outcome will do you good. BrodNeil If you’ve begun working on your content marketing campaign, check out our regularly updated page at https://www.brodneil.com/content-marketing/. We updated … Read more
How to Add a Nofollow Attribute on All External Links for Specific Domains or URLs
Yesterday, we found a faster way to add a nofollow attribute to all external links for certain (specific) domains. This is applicable for the following scenarios: When you need to apply nofollow attribute to external links of specific domains or URLs because they are sponsored links. When you need to apply nofollow attribute to external … Read more
Weekly Recap: 2020 May 3–9
Late last week, we have updated our content marketing page. The update is yet ongoing as we still have a lot to show like metrics and results of our content marketing experiment.
PEACE Content Marketing
The PEACE criteria in content marketing. Practical = doable or feasible to do, rather than a theory or an idea. Effective = Adequate to accomplish a purpose or a goal. Applicable = relevant or appropriate in the context it’s being used. Consistent = act or do in the same way over a period of time. … Read more
Weekly Recap: 2020 April 26 – May 2
While others sit back during this pandemic, start your content marketing. Marketers know that it takes time to turn a cold audience into a client or customer. While others spend most of their time googling or socializing on Facebook, spend some time promoting your brand, product, or service. When the economy hits the bottom, there … Read more
Weekly Recap: 2020 April 19-25
As promised, we had a good number of posts on content marketing last week. We do hope to continue updating our site on topics related to content marketing and SEO. Though Google Ads (paid search) and Facebook advertising can be the quickest way to drive traffic to your site — content marketing and SEO are still the … Read more
Weekly Recap: 2020 April 12-18
Here is a bit of good news despite the ongoing pandemic. (At least for Team BrodNeil.com, this is good news for us.) It is a light at the end of the tunnel, a hope despite the current situation. Everyone needs something to look forward to. Everyone needs a glimpse of something good especially when things … Read more
Track Outbound or External Link Clicks and Banner Clicks in Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager
Here is a good way to track external links and image banners in Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager: https://www.absentdata.com/track-external-links/ Here might be another page to help you out for the variables you need to implement: https://www.zoomowl.com/link-click-tracking-using-googleanalytics/ You can check it Realtime > Events and should get something like this: Let me know if it … Read more
How to Create an Effective Press Page to Attract Coverage and Links
A press page is a key component of marketing that creates a central location for formal and informal media to connect to your brand. There are often several important components to a press page on a brand website like linking leads, instructions, and brand control. There is some debate on whether to have an entire … Read more
How to Make Content SEO Friendly
SEO is search engine optimization, which is key in marketing to getting consumers and other businesses to find your site on the web. There are several steps to make your SEO more friendly. First, focus on searchable phrases especially if there is little content already available. Second, once you have settled on keywords make sure … Read more
How to Create a Grid Layout via CSS
The grid layout has gained traction and many front-end developers are using it. If you wish to know how they did, this might help you: https://www.developerdrive.com/how-to-create-a-css-grid-step-by-step/ You may also look into this post to learn about CSS grid justification and alignment: https://alligator.io/css/align-justify/ I find the steps very easy to follow. Try it and let me … Read more
Forcing Breaks, Hyphenation, Ellipsis on Long Words and URLs
This usually comes handy when URLs overflow in mobile devices. Replace .dont-break-out with the element in use. Before (mobile version) After (mobile version) Thanks to https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/prevent-long-urls-from-breaking-out-of-container/
How to change the label, Comment, in WP comment section
Thanks to WPSites: https://wpsites.net/web-design/customize-comment-field-text-area-label/
How to Hide a WP Element in CSS for Logged-in Users Only
You can use .logged-in together with an element or class or ID to hide it from logged-in users. An example would be something like this:
Auto-create Featured Image Using Post Title
One of my favorite plugins to create a featured image automatically on posts is the Auto Featured Image from Title. What this plugin does is to create a featured image with your post title over your selected default featured image.
GCash Cash-out Issue
The money did not arrive in the bank after doing a Globe GCash cash-out. Here is what I did to resolve it.
Google Adsense Installation Slows Down My Site or Drops My Google PageSpeed Insights Score Significantly
Below is my Google PageSpeed Insights Score with Google Analytics installed: Mobile PageSpeed Insights Result Desktop PageSpeed Insights Result Below is my Google PageSpeed Insights Score with Google Adsense Installed: Mobile PageSpeed Insights Result Desktop PageSpeed Insights Result As you can see, it is the mobile result that is significantly affected regardless if I installed … Read more
Does Google Analytics Affect Your Site’s Google’s PageSpeed Insights Score?
I personally love to speed up my site (that is to optimize the page speed or load time of my site). There are 2 reasons why I am a bit obsessed with it: It is because it is great for the users’ experience; and It is because it is a Google ranking factor. Because of … Read more
7 Deadly Mistakes That Will Make Your Business Fail
Let’s take a look at the 7 most common and deadliest mistakes in running a business that companies commit to make them fail.
7 Misconcpetions You’ve Probably Believed About Social Media Marketing
Are you making use of social media marketing for your business?
Follow These 10 Steps to Starting a Business
Planning to star a business? It might be good to compare your checklist with these steps: Follow These 10 Steps to Starting a Business.