Blog Changes

Just a quick update – I’ve been making a few changes to my blog, I’m beginning to think I’ll never be completely happy with the look of it LOL. Trying a few things and adjusting others. Finally added my optin back to the right hand side of the blog. I’ve set it in an Iframe so that…

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Comments With “Face” Value

If you’ve looked at many blogs you’ve probably noticed in the comments section that several of the comments have an image of the person leaving the comment. Of course not all blogs do this some have a preset image or icon. I’d thought I would share in this post how you can set this for…

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My Top Blog List

I was originally going to do this list awhile back, and make a list from nominated blogs (and I may still do that) but the list I have here is a list of blogs I actually check at least once a month, some of these I check more regularly than others and several I read…

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WordPress Security

Some on recently asked what I use to secure my WordPress sites. Here is a few things I suggest I’m sure there is probably a lot more solutions this is what I find quickest and easiest. First when creating the password for the site and the WordPress user make sure to use a secure password.…

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Webpage Secrets Revealed Webinar Series

Webpage Secrets Revealed starts next Thursday. This course covers many of the techniques I’ve used over the last 10+ years as a webmaster but explained in away anyone can “get it”. The webinar series is a LIVE 90-minute class each thursday evening for 4 consecutive nights covering a lot of things to help you take…

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Web Images Too Big?

In my recent book “50 Biggest Website Mistakes” that I’ve just launched with Bret Ridgway, we talk about problems with website images one of them being website images being the wrong size and taking forever to load. If you’ve run into that issue you’ll appreciate this video. If you’d like to find out more about…

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50 Coolest Marketers

I was surprised to get a Google Alert this evening stating that I had made Red Hot Copy’s 50 Coolest Marketers list. This is quite an honor for me to be recognized along with many of friends and several marketers I look up too. Thanks Lorrie for the honor of being on your 2009 list!…

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Blog Testing…

Ok if you are planning to make MAJOR changes in your blog allow plenty of time LOL. First attempt didn’t go as well as I had hoped so I rolled back for now. This blog has been online for 4 years now and with a lot of plugins and modifications in the past there are…

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Blog Overhaul

It was time for a much needed blog overhaul the old design just wasn’t working in many ways. in watching stats on many things it just wasn’t doing the job. SO, out with the old and in with the new. I’m trying a new highly customizable theme for better SEO and design. I’ve simplified and…

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Do You Share My Frustration?

Just a quick eMail to share a frustration I see my so many of my friends and colleagues struggle with. I get eMails and instant messages from my friends who say they can’t find their web master to get something changed on their website. Obviously I am a webmaster myself but I can’t take on…

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Free Training Classes…

Within the next week or so I’ll be recording a free class or two you decide… What I’m planning on covering for each is: In the wordpress strategies I’ll cover – Installing wordpress – Upgrading wordpress – Installing a template – Ways to use wordpress (sales letter, membership site, replays) – Simple tweaks and reasons…

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