Erica Martin

Mange Multiple Websites in One Place With MainWP

July 1, 2020 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If you own or manage a few domains, and especially if your domains have subdomains, it can be difficult to manage all those sites at once. Luckily, there’s a plugin that can help you with that – MainWP. It’s a website manager that keeps track of all your WordPress websites and the updates that are available for them, and even allows you to see posts you’ve written. In this post I’ll explain what MainWP is, how to download it, install it and set it up.

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Freelancers: Set Aside Money for Taxes, Time Off and Retirement with Catch

August 22, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If you work as a freelancer, you know how important it is to save money out of your pay for taxes, as well as time off and retirement. But how do you do this? You may have an accountant helping you with this task, but accountants can be expensive. Luckily, there’s an easy way to figure out how much you should be saving for taxes, time off and retirement, and set aside these amounts out of your pay – use the website Catch.

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Check Grammar, Style, and Readability With ProWritingAid

July 28, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If you’re a writer who often uses tools like Grammarly or the Hemingway App to check your grammar and readability, but have wanted to do more, I started using a tool a while ago that’s got all that in it, plus much more. Not only does ProWritingAid check grammar and readability, it also checks other things like

Repeats
Structure
Consistency
Plagiarism (limited)

In this post, I’ll explain more about how to use it and the different things it checks in your writing.

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Add Free, Beautiful Stock Photos to Your WordPress Posts with Raw Pixel

June 24, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If own a blog, one of the most important things you can add to your posts is a nice photo that represents what your post is about. There are many sites you can download photos from. Many ask you to pay, but there are also some that allow you to download stock photos for free. One of these is Rawpixel. We’ll discuss how to create an account at Rawpixel, find photos and add them to your WordPress posts.

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Manage Your Content Calendar and Social Media Posts with Coschedule

May 27, 2019 by Erica Martin 2 Comments

If you’re a business owner, you know how important it is to publish new content on your website regularly. Whether it’s blog posts, social media messages or YouTube videos, content is one of the main things that gets your business noticed, especially when you’re first starting out. One of the most important things you can do is create a content calendar so you know when you want to post certain types of content throughout the year. There are lots of tools you can use to manage your content calendar and social media – all have different functions and different price tags. One of the best and most affordable I’ve found recently is CoSchedule.

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