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Fix Your Google Accounts Webinar

Do you have a multiple Google Account mess? Get it fixed so you can start enjoying all the great perks on G+, YouTube, Hangouts, and Google Authorship. What: Fix Your Google Accounts WebinarDay: Wednesday, May 29Time: 12:00 noon EDTCost: FreeReplay: Yes, but questions will be taken from live attendees only Learn how to map out [...]

Tips Tuesday and New Web Things Popping Up for Spring

Hello Happy Site Owners! This week’s tips include new audio support coming in WordPress 3.6, a new testimonial plugin, a new Feedburner replacement, a sneak peek at the Genesis 2.0 update and who they just hired as the new Creative Director, a new offer from VaultPress for backing up your site, a real niche site [...]

Set the Time Properly in WordPress for Cron Jobs

Telling your WordPress site the correct time is very important. It affects when your scheduled posts publish, which could impact when your RSS service picks them up. The site time also determines when the regular maintenance duties happen, like your site backup and emails being sent out. By default, WordPress uses a Cron job to calculate time. And, there are two ways to set the time in WordPress, and the Cron job may not recognize one of them, and daylight saving time may not recognize the other. Discover the best way to set this important feature of your site properly. [More...]

USB Microphone Review for G Plus Hangouts

G+ Hangouts and Hangouts On Air are the future of social media. But, finding good gear at an affordable price proved to be tougher than I thought. I tried several mics and cameras in different combos as well as listening devices and finally found the perfect mix for me. See my honest review of the mics I tried and the perfect device I found, plus the settings and mix tips I’m using to produce stellar audio on a budget. [More...]

Tips Tuesday – Blogging Success Help

Hello Happy Site Owners! This week’s tips include the big news for audio and video in WordPress 3.6, new plugins to keep your site safe from the attack bot, a peek into the future of SEO from Yoast, and a batch of blogging tips including creating purpose driven content, and pulling yourself out of content creation hell, as well as when you just need to walk away for a while. And, I have an easy to understand explanation for you about what the canonical version of a URL is and why you need to know about it. Listen to the podcast. [More...]

G Plus Hangout and In Person Video Gear

YouTube and G+ Hangouts are super ways to expand your audience reach and to connect with folks in a more personal way. I’ve been making use of YouTube for posting WordPress video tutorials, and now I’m adding in-person videos. Plus, I’ll soon be doing more G+ Hangouts. It’s been a real hunt finding the right [...]

Tips Tuesday – Plugins for Site Management Ease

tips-tues-200Hello Happy Site Owners! This week’s tips include an interview I’m jumping up and down happy about, updates on the changes coming in WordPress 3.6, news about the new G+ Comments plugin that you must know before you even think about trying it, a plugin to help managing multiple sites, news on plugin security breaches, a new plugin that works like Akismet for the brute force attacks, a post to challenge what you think you know about SEO and online marketing, and updates on the party over at G+. So let’s get started. Listen to the podcast. [More...]

Out with CommentLuv and In with G+ Comments

I’ve had CommentLuv Premium on a trial run for the last several months. It definitely had an impact on the number and type of comments I received on my blog. It’s also caused me a lot of work, which I wasn’t expecting. I’ve decided to remove it and in this post I’ll tell you why, along with tips for how to. And, I’ll give the skinny on the new Google Plus Comments plugin that everyone is talking about and why you don’t want to install it yet, the hurdles it will have to overcome, and why it promises to be a game changer like no other. [More...]