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Welcome to Step 3 of starting your WordPress blog from scratch, which is by far the longest step in this process, in which we will configure six powerful plugins for your new WordPress blog. If this post is where you've jumped in, you may find Step 1 and Step 2 … Keep reading >>>
Month: September 2015
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Starting your WordPress Blog, Part 2: Installing Plugins
This post is step 2 in a step-by-step series on how to start, launch, maintain, and grow your very own blog using WordPress and Godaddy. In step one, you bought a domain and a hosting plan, installed WordPress, and activated the 2015 WordPress theme. In this step, you're going to … Keep reading >>>
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Starting your WordPress Blog, Part 1: Domain, Host, and Theme Setup
This post is the first in a series laying out a simple course for new bloggers - personal and business - to take in creating, launching, maintaining, and growing a WordPress blog. This step is the only part where you'll need a few bucks. In this step, you will start … Keep reading >>>
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Pitch Practice Recap: Sept 25, 2015
We had a huge crowd of 21 entrepreneurs attend Pitch Practice on Friday! Maybe it was the Bell Street Burritos? Regardless, thanks to everyone who attended, pitched, and participated, and thank you to our sponsors: Atlanta Tech Village and TenRocket. Some familiar lessons emerged as eight entrepreneurs practiced their pitches: … Keep reading >>>
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Like T. McQueen, running that content machine!
Did I hit the mark with that Sheryl Crowe Steve McQueen reference? Regardless, it’s a great song, and works for describing our evening at General Assembly with Steve’s long lost South African third cousin, Tami. All she needs is a fast (content) machine, and SalesLoft has built that machine under … Keep reading >>>
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Q&A with NewStory CEO Brett Hagler on ATL vs. SV
Last week, I wrote about one great startup leaving Atlanta after being part of the YC Summer 2015 cohort, and another startup with solid traction moving into Atlanta from Orlando, Florida. Today is a follow up on the one that got away: NewStory. Brett Hagler, the co-founder and CEO of … Keep reading >>>
Q&A with NewStory CEO Brett Hagler on ATL vs. SV
Last week, I wrote about one great startup leaving Atlanta after being part of the YC Summer 2015 cohort, and another startup with solid traction moving into Atlanta from Orlando, Florida. Today is a follow up on the one that got away: NewStory. Brett Hagler, the co-founder and CEO of … Keep reading >>>
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Pitch Practice Sept 18 2015
Another great session of Pitch Practice in the books on this beautiful fall Friday in Atlanta. Thank you to everyone who attended and to our awesome sponsors, Atlanta Tech Village and Ten Rocket. We opened with our sponsor, TenRocket, delivering the ceremonial first pitch. Ten Rocket builds web and mobile … Keep reading >>>
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A Digital Marketing Experiment on Atlanta Tech Blogs
Since day 1, Atlanta Tech Blogs has been an experiment made up of dozens of little experiments. Today, we're trying something new: user submitted content. But, you ask, how is that different from aggregating hundreds of blogs like you're doing already and have been doing for over a year? Good … Keep reading >>>
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Atlanta: lose some, win some
As Atlanta continues to gain momentum as a technology startup hub, there also continue to be growing pains. It's still tough to see a startup with a great team and tons of promise fade into nothing or individual entrepreneurs check out of the startup world and head into corporate America, … Keep reading >>>