Author Archives: Beth Turnage

About Beth Turnage

Astrologer since 1986 and blogger since 2007, I write a lot. Some people like to read it.

Using #GoogleDrive to Create an Automatic #Free #Download

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Building your email list is a key strategy in online sales success. And one of the best ways to build this list is free downloads of a product you’ve written or developed. The thing is how do you deliver … Continue reading →

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#WordPress: I hate Gutenberg (and so will you)

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging by Beth Turnage) Of course, you if use WordPress, you update regularly to the new features and you don’t think much about it. So I updated to the newest version, called Gutenberg on Astrology Explored. It was a mistake. … Continue reading →

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#Blog Promotion: #Instagram, #blogging and You

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Since Instagram’s debut into social media it has grown explosively. Hootsuite tells us that: Instagram users have shared over 30 billion photos to date, and now share an average of 70 million photos per day And: Instagram’s per-follower engagement … Continue reading →

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Astrology Blogging: How Free are “Free” Websites?

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) The temptation is there. I get it. I really do. You’re an astrologer, either full or part-time. Like most astrologers you are not earning six figures. Heck, if you are earning high 30’s you are doing good. So when … Continue reading →

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SEO–How To Capture Readers With Killer Headlines

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Your headline is the point where you convert a person browsing the internet into your reader. But what is a good headline? What is going to grab the attention of both search engine and reader to drive traffic? After … Continue reading →

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It’s the end of the (Feedburner) world as we know it

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) TD Ameritrade’s commercial on the supposed Maya end time prediction has nothing on the impact of Google’s announcement that they shut down the Feedburner API on October 20, 2012. Nor does Google’s announcement mean the end of Feedburner services … Continue reading →

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Blog Promotion and Social Media: What’s Your Klout?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) So you’ve got your Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and various and other sundry social media accounts and you wonder: Is My Message Getting Across?

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Blog Promotion: Learn to Love Your RSS Feed

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) The Age of Aquarius, the Information and Technology Age, brings the advent of a singular phenomenon, the death of single stream news dissemination: newspapers, radios and television. The internet brings a flood of information, literally more than any one … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.3–Mercury Throws Shadows On Code Poetry

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) WordPress’ catchphrase is “Code is poetry”, which is about as romantic as some programmers get. The brand spanking new version of WordPress, 3.3, however, released on the Mercury Station just as Mercury was going direct shows what happens when … Continue reading →

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Blog Promotion: Getting serious about Alexa

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Checking my Google pagerank today for Astrology Explored got me all excited. I was back at a 4! I hadn’t seen that number since the AE dot com days before Google changed its algorithm to penalize blog networks. Of … Continue reading →

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