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WordPress Speed: How fast is your blog?

Antti Kokkonen, May 11, 2010 (updated Oct 31, 2010)

Speeding up WordPress begins with analysis and data collection. Check how fast your WordPress blog is now and I’ll show you how you can make it load faster

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Passion, Skills and Knowledge

Antti Kokkonen, May 10, 2010

Take something you are passionate about, something you can and want to become the best in the world in, something you know a lot about and kick-ass.

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Try to please everyone and you will please no-one

Antti Kokkonen, May 09, 2010 (updated May 10, 2010)

Don’t try to please everyone. If you do, you will please no-one. Focus, narrow-down and do less. With smaller audience, you get larger results.

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How to Bid For Writing Projects When You’re a Freelancer

Guest Blogger, May 07, 2010 (updated May 09, 2010)

Being a freelance writer can be awesome, but you need know how to bid for projects and get freelance writing jobs on a regular basis. Here are some tips for that. This is a guest post by Anna Miller.

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How to choose a time for a global webinar

Antti Kokkonen, May 06, 2010 (updated May 09, 2010)

Quick tips, resources and links for choosing a best possible time for a webinar or teleseminar with participants from all over the world.

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.htaccess rules for site speed optimization

Antti Kokkonen, May 05, 2010 (updated Apr 02, 2011)

Easy site speed optimization can be done with simple .htaccess rules. These rules make any website faster by compressing the data and using browser cache.

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An introduction to Disqus blog commenting system

Antti Kokkonen, May 03, 2010 (updated May 09, 2010)

Disqus is an external blog commenting system, giving blogs a way to have a common commenting platform with features for both the blog readers and the bloggers

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