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Creating Anchored Menus in Divi

WordPress Wednesday Tip 22: Creating Anchored Menus in Divi

By Raney Day Design | June 7, 2017

When someone visits your website, you want to make sure they have no problem finding what they’re looking for. And having a clear, easy-to-follow navigation menu is key. But what if you only have a one-page site? Is having a menu still necessary? Yes! But not the traditional menu that’s…

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Email Marketing Tips to Boost Your Small Business

9 {Easy} Email Marketing Tips to Boost Your Small Business

By Raney Day Design | May 30, 2017

It’s been the called the cockroach of the internet. It’s officially middle age. It’s {still} the #1 way businesses communicate. And it gives the highest return on investment of all marketing channels available today. What is it? Email!   When done well, email marketing has the potential to: • Generate…

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How to Backdate a Blog Post in WordPress

WordPress Wednesday Tip 21: How to Backdate a Blog Post in WordPress

By Raney Day Design | May 24, 2017

Let’s face it. Sometimes life happens and you just weren’t able to get through your {ever growing} To Do List. And despite every intention, you didn’t publish today’s blog post. You’re pretty bummed because you know consistency is the key to growing {and keeping} your audience, improving your SEO score, and…

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4 tools to manage a small business

4 of Our Favorite {Free} Tools to Manage a Small Business More Efficiently

By Raney Day Design | May 2, 2017

What’s {almost} better than being a small business owner?  Having an entire week dedicated to it!  In case you didn’t know, this week is National Small Business Week – A time devoted to celebrating your hard work, can-do spirit, and a never-say-die attitude! But despite all that’s great about managing…

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Optimizing Posts for Search Engines with Yoast

Optimizing Posts for Search Engines with Yoast

By Raney Day Design | April 26, 2017

In a crowded online world, getting your blog posts found on Google is crucial to your business success. Follow along with this week’s WordPress Wednesday Tip and start optimizing posts for search engines with Yoast today! Let’s get started.   #WordPressWednesday Tip 19: Optimizing Posts for Search Engines with Yoast 1.…

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How to Do SEO: The Technophobe Version

By Raney Day Design | April 18, 2017

I confess.  Three years ago, SEO confused me to no end.  I wasn’t terribly ‘techie’ at the time and just didn’t get it. Or so I thought . . . My, how things have changed! I’ve learned a lot since then. Turns out, SEO doesn’t stand for Something Extremely Ominous. I learned…

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Changing the Author of a Blog Post

WordPress Wednesday Tip 17: Changing the Author of a Blog Post

By Raney Day Design | March 29, 2017

Have you noticed that the author’s name is published underneath the title of a post in WordPress? This is a great way to create an online presence for the author.  But what if someone else wrote the post and you’re just publishing it for them?  You’re named as the author…

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more ways not to curate content on twitter

3 More Ways Not to Curate Content on Twitter

By Raney Day Design | March 21, 2017

Have you ever started following someone on Twitter only to regret it the next day?  Maybe their tweets have overtaken your feed?  Or their links direct you to spammy sites?  Or they don’t practice social sharing etiquette and pass off someone else’s content as their own?  From the popularity of…

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Fixing Link Text Appearing with a Strikethrough

WordPress Wednesday Tip #14 – Fixing Link Text Appearing with a Strikethrough

By Raney Day Design | February 15, 2017

Have you ever been scrolling through the front end of your site and noticed text appearing with strikethrough? You know that you didn’t add it, so what’s going on?  If you have a broken link plugin installed on your site, this is telling visitors that the link is broken. But…

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3 ways not to curate content for your twitter followers

3 Ways {Not} to Curate Content for Your Twitter Followers

By Raney Day Design | February 7, 2017

You work hard to provide valuable and useful information to your fans on Twitter.  But there’s a fine line between being helpful and flat out annoying.  And it’s a surprisingly easy line to cross.  Here are 3 ways not to curate content for your Twitter followers.    3 Ways NOT to…

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