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The End is in Sight: Seven Minutes to Listless Posts that Get Read You’ve got an idea for a helpful tip you can offer your subscribers. You sit down to bang it out really quick, but then you recall all the advice you’ve read about blogging and writing newsletters. Everyone knows you’re to avoid big blocks of text—that instead your copy should read like a list. The problem is your idea is more of an insight than a tip. And you’re not sure you can parse it into numbered steps for your readers without distorting it beyond recognition. So why ...
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Hello again - Here is the latest installment of Sitefinity 4 tips. If you have any questions or issues implementing these tips, leave us a comment and we'll be sure to help out! Using the Archive Widget If you drag and drop the archive widget onto a Sitefinity page, it is extremely unclear of how to get it working. After some back and forth with the Sitefinity team, we found that there is a property called "ContentType" in the property list that you need to populate with a value. For use with a Blog, set ContentType to "Telerik.Sitefinity.Blogs.Model.BlogPost". Below is ...
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Most business blogs and email newsletters promise to deliver tips or keys to success. The problem is success is a generic term that tells us nothing about what motivates people, what catches their attention, or what persuades them to make purchases. But motivation is simple, right? Without getting into Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, we know businesses want to make money, while individuals want respect, comfort, entertainment, sex, and, well, money.
But are these the best goals to focus on? What other types of motivation can you focus on to win readers’ attention? Mastery Ever watch your kids playing video games and ...
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This post requires knowledge of HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and some out of the box thinking
I’d like to start this post off with a simple statement. I LOVE CSS3. When I first heard about it I knew I would like the concepts it allows me to do, but there was always one thing that prevented me from falling in love right away. It had nothing to do with CSS3 itself but with certain browsers rendering capabilities (cough IE cough). So I stayed away, thinking it would only upset me to use it but have to make a backup plan for ...
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