Wordpress Anyone who has read my tutorials knows that I'm a big fan of Gravity Forms. I don't often promote paid plugins because there are just so many good free plugins out there, but when it comes to forms, there is just no easier, more flexible way to create the exact form you need than with Gravity Forms. Because I use Gravity Forms on almost all the sites I create, I use the developer's version, which has some really important features. Anyone who has read my tutorials knows that I'm a big fan of Gravity Forms. How Much Does Social Media Cost Companies in 2012? UPDATE: If you would like to see the newest version of my Social Media Marketing Rate Sheet, please Click Here. Two years ago I wrote a post entitled So How Much Will a Social Media Strategy Cost, which was designed to give businesses and organizations an idea of how much they should expect to pay consultants and agencies for basic social media marketing services. As you might expect, that post was insanely popular, so I followed it up with How Much Does Social Media Cost Companies in 2011 last year, and now this year those prices are being updated again with this post. For all three, these prices are taken from published rates found online, as well as what other agencies and consultants have told me they charge for these services. In general, both posts in 2010 and 2011 were designed to give companies basic price information around the most common services, such as setup and execution of a blog, Twitter and Facebook page, as well as basic Social Media Training. Now, on with the prices.
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Using Great Storytelling To Grow Your Business Every two months, I pull together a community of innovators. We meet somewhere in New York City, usually a boardroom overlooking a park or cityscape. But last month we all found our way into an acting studio operated by The TAI Group to learn about storytelling. The members of this group certainly already know something about the topic. They are senior executives at some of the largest corporations, partners in some of the most prestigious consulting and private equity firms, and several cutting-edge entrepreneurs. But the more you know, the more you realize there is to learn, and this group wanted to learn more about how to use effective storytelling to drive change in and grow their organizations. The experience shocked me, to be honest. 1) Use lots of LOTS. 2) Build on your story spine. Not convinced? Reality introduced: A dark room is filled with 20 executives and entrepreneurs resting on chairs in rows facing two director chairs. [Image: Flickr user saipal]
Nine Tools for Collaboratively Creating Mind Maps Mind maps or graphic organizers can be invaluable tools for visual thinkers and visual learners. The process of creating a mind map can help students gain an overview perspective on complex, multifaceted concepts. Mind maps can also help students outline an essay or story they're planning to write. Wise Mapping is a free collaborative mind mapping tool. Slatebox is a slick tool for collaboratively creating mind maps and organizational charts. Bubbl.us is a free mind mapping/ graphic organization tool that allows users to collaboratively create and edit mind maps. FlockDraw is a simple service that allows people to quickly and easily collaborate on the creation of a drawing. Cacoo is a feature-rich collaborative diagram creation resource. Board800 is a simple service that enables anyone to create a collaborative whiteboard space in seconds. Exploratree is a free graphic organizer creation tool. CoSketch is a free and easy-to-use collaborative whiteboarding tool.
Customize your Wordpress Blog With more and more people building custom WordPress themes, it only makes sense to want to create it more personal. I have found a few ways that I will share with you on making your WordPress powered site more personal. This tutorial will show you how to create a custom WordPress login, and explain how to fit it to your needs. We will then take it a step further and create a custom admin panel footer, and also a custom admin header image for our WordPress site. Let’s Get Started Setting it Up For this example we are going to modify our functions.php file. Add the following to your functions.php file: functions.php Explanation of the Code We are using the functions.php file to tell WordPress to override the default settings for the .css file used to make up the login screen. Please make note that there are some very specific styles within the .css file that MUST be present, and changed accordingly for this to properly work. The Setup Next we will need to do two things. wplogin.css Full Breakdown
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