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  • How I Spot an Amateur Website Owner in 2 Seconds Flat

    You may think an ugly theme is one of the standards I use to spot someone new to site ownership. It’s actually not even on my criteria list. But 15 other things are. Me and my clients can spot a newbie in seconds. It takes a trained eye to see all of the money a new site owner is leaving on the table. Take a quick scan of this list and then go review your site and see if you look like an amateur or a pro to your clients. I pull no punches here. This is a reality check about online success. So, if you’re easily offended about your online baby, maybe you should come back to this post when you’re ready to be rich.

  • Get Your Site on a Firm Foundation – Holiday Special

    Do you know if your site is secure all the way to the core? Do you know what all of your plugins do? How about your backup and site recovery plan? Are you ready for the WordPress 3.5 upgrade? If you don’t know the answer to these questions, your site might be in trouble. Protect your investment! Get a 20 point site inspection and tune up next week. It’s the cheapest peace of mind you’ll ever purchase. Get all the details now.

  • BlogAid Podcast with Pro Organizer Alys Milner

    I’m delighted to have Alys Milner as my guest on the podcast. She is the owner of Organized at Heart, whose newly revamped site was recently launched. In this interview, Alys talks about her work as a professional organizer and the process of honing her copy writing skills through her experience with her clients that resulted in powerful content for her site, as well as her use of multiple platforms to display images, which play just as an important role on her site as her text content. Listen to the podcast now.

  • Launch of Dale Carnegie of Tennessee

    I’m delighted to present the launch of Dale Carnegie of Tennessee. Dan Faber, who is the Marketing Director and Head of Digital Strategy for this wonderful organization took the full Scratch to Published for Advanced Site Owners training to develop a site that was independent of the sub-domain sites offered by the national organization because, “We realized that we didn’t have as much control over the site as we would like. So, we wanted to build our own local WordPress site that we could have full control over.”

  • Call to Subscribe to BlogAid

    Important: I’ve made a few changes to my MailChimp RSS-to-email set up. So, even if you think you’re already subscribed to anything from BlogAid, please subscribe again using the subscription form in the sidebar! Don’t worry, it automatically deletes duplicates from the list. As most of you know, I’ve been doing a lot of work…

  • First Look at the Twenty Twelve Theme

    The new Twenty Twelve theme will become the default for WordPress 3.5 when it is released to the public on December 5th. But, this new theme is already available to WordPress.com users. I’m testing the WP 3.5 Beta 2 and have been playing with the theme. It is a bold departure from Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven and will likely become the starting point for designers going forward. In this quick video I’ll show you the new fully responsive design and customizing features. There are a few links to other BlogAid posts mentioned in this video and you’ll find them below the video. Watch the video now.