http://eventurebiz.com/blog A blog about thinking and growing as an Entrepreneur and winning online. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Locking Down WordPress Image by Mr. Mo-Fo Thus far in our securing your WordPress blog series we have seen: Fluffy's helpful tips and a security login plugin - post 1 How to change your username for added security - post 2 How to obscure your database tables - post 3 Today I ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/securing-your-wordpress-blog-post-4-setting-up-htaccess/ We have been talking about strategies for securing your WordPress blog from possible intruders trying to access your files. In case you missed them, here are the first two posts in this series: Post 1 (showcasing a great security plugin) Post 2 (How To Change Your Username) Of course nothing is ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/securing-your-wordpress-blog-post-3-obscuring-your-database-tables/ In the first post of this series on securing your WordPress files from intruders we learned why it's important to create a strong password and how to add a layer of protection for your login page by use of the Login LockDown Plugin. Today I want to show you how ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/securing-your-wordpress-blog-post-3-how-to-change-your-username/ Fluffy thinks outside the box when it comes to defending his blog against attackers. No, this series on how to better secure your WordPress blog from being hacked does not expand on Fluffy's alternative means of defending it. Sorry. However, we will look at some relatively easy things you can do to fortify ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/fluffys-guide-to-securing-your-wordpress-blog/ What is your perception of the world you live in? Image by borzikako Do you do great things or do great things happen to you? What is the foundation of successful thinking? For me it's the way in which we perceive and think of ourselves. I'm not talking about simply thinking happy thoughts and good ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-foundation-of-successful-thinking/ It is my pleasure today to welcome aboard Theresa Hoff to the eVentureBiz team. Yes, you may have noticed her last name is the same as mine and I have a perfectly good explanation why. She's the person who taught me many things in life and along with my father, taught ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/welcoming-theresa-hoff-director-of-incorporation-and-living-trust-services-by-eventurebiz/ My journey takes me along the path of a Web Entrepreneur. My blog follows my journey and forces me to push my creative business ideas and mesh them with what I know about creating a successful website. I've read article after article telling me I need to laser focus my blog's niche ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/ Googlebot reads websites,but not like you. Image by lauradahl #1 on Google, and ok, maybe Yahoo! That's what Web Entrepreneurs want - and we all compete for it. Here are some SEO guides I go by when optimizing a website. Keep in mind though you should always first make sure your website is designed well ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/25-seo-tips-for-getting-ranked-well-in-search-engines/ xml Sitemaps Are Quite UglyClick image to view our Sitemap. Is it necessary to have one? Will it affect my search engine rankings if I don't have one? Will Google visit my website less because I don't have one? Let me see if I can clarify some of the questions people have ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/is-a-google-xml-sitemap-necessary/ Imagine if you were the first company to own a printing press. What value could you bring toyour customers? Courtesy of Wikipedia Sean D'Souza wrote an article on Copyblogger entitled Why Urgency Succeeds Like Nothing Else In A Bad Economy. While I agree with Sean that creating a sense of urgency is ... http://eventurebiz.com/blog/2-keys-to-beating-your-competition-in-business/