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My sites have happily been on HostGator for six years, but that’s ending. After EIG purchased them, I’ve not been pleased with site performance. In an earlier post, I detailed the troubles and the final straw that made me decide to move. I’m taking my business to A2 Hosting (aff link) and I’m inviting all…
Update 08-07-13: The A2 Migration Guide is ready for download. It will help you smoothly make the transition to new hosting. Just when EIG reported the worst of it was over from the blackout on Friday, they were hit by a massive DDoS attack Saturday morning. DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. Unfortunately, it’s…
Update 08-07-13: The A2 Migration Guide is ready for download. It will help you smoothly make the transition to new hosting. On August 2, 2013 Endurance International Group’s (EIG) data center in Provo, UT experienced a blackout that impacted sites on Bluehost, HostGator, HostMonster and JustHost. Even EIG’s own company websites and phone services were…
WordPress version 3.6 has finally launched! It’s named Oscar and here’s a short video from the developers on what’s in store with the new features. Plus, here are my tips to help you safely make the transition. Backup First Before you make any major change to your site, like updating WordPress or plugins, do a…
There’s a new WordPress news magazine in town called Torque. I first heard about it from Chris Lema, who has written a couple of feature articles for it. The tagline says that it is a WP Engine publication. And the header graphic says that it is The WordPress News Core, featuring the WordPress community experts…
Today, the new MailChimp User Interface (UI) becomes mandatory. You will no longer be able to switch back to the original. A lot has changed, and you may be a little disoriented moving around. See the video below to get your bearings. I’m also fully updating the MailChimp Video Course for the new UI, plus adding new tutorials to help create great looking subscription widgets and emails. It’s a step-by-step course to take your from start to finish with creating a successful email list.
Running an online business means wearing a lot of hats. And, you simply can’t afford to learn it all the hard way. It takes too much time and ultimately costs too much money in doing it wrong, then doing it over, as well as all the money you’re not making in the meantime. At some point you’re going to need to hire someone to help you, whether that’s with site design and use, marketing, social media, copy writing, making videos, the list goes on. But, all gurus are not created equal. Here are a few tips to help you hire the right person and avoid getting ripped off.
Google will shut down its popular RSS Feed reader service in one week on July 1, 2013. The initial news in March only fueled the flames of rumors that Feedburner might be next to get the ax. Mashable reports that 8 million users have switched to Feedly for their RSS subscriptions as a substitute for Google Reader. Many sites, including BlogAid, have taken the opportunity to switch their RSS to email subscriptions to an email delivery system such as MailChimp, not only to hedge from losing Google Reader subscribers, but to cut dependence on the uncertain future of FeedBurner. And podcast producers are at risk of losing Feedburner as their delivery service to iTunes as well. Find out what you need to know about these changes and how they will affect your site and traffic for the rest of the year.
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