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Tips this week include:
• Why Substack is courting more video creators
• New Substack how-to guides are on the way
• Why we’re pausing to take a breath in the DIY SEO course
• EZ Metrix Shopify reports for tracking traffic to the store
• Adding AI Search to GA4 and EZ Metrix
• How AI Overviews are changing search
• New guidelines on AI and copyright

Tips this week include:
• Going deep on Substack – and new training ebooks in the works
• Why I’m learning Unreal Engine for videos
• Why I’m relearning Camtasia for video recording and editing
• Why learning then producing works better and faster
• Blogging on Medium workshop this week
• EZ Metrix updates on the way
• AI Summary link clicks are rising – and how we’ll track them
• WP 6.7.2 bug release is coming soon
• Post Status was acquired by Joost de Valk – and what he did with it
• Blocking the new OpenAI Operator bot – and why this is bad news for all of us
• Summary of the 2024 Spam report

Tips this week include:
• Blocking out time to get more done
• Why it’s all about promotion
• Tidbit and tips make for great marketing content
• Track trends in your niche
• Update on the mini video course
• Pinterest SEO – special guest speaker this week
• Google now requires JS for search ranking results – and who is affected
• There’s an easier way to see your metrics
• Healthcheck issues with the wp-options table
• WP 6.8 release update
• FTC takes action against GoDaddy – others may follow
• Where I host my sites
• WP Rocket acquires GTMetrix

Tips this week include:
• 3 live workshops for the DIY SEO course this month
• Reddit dropping in Search fast
• Google drops Search market share for the first time in 10 years
• Fix for the UpdraftPlus / Amazon S3 Issue
• Kadence FSE theme survey
• Why the WP community is splitting
• What comes next for WP
• How much money is on the line for us WP bloggers
• Why we need to keep our eyes on the prize

Tips this week include:
• Quick Checks in progress in the DIY SEO course
• Special guest speaker for Pinterest
• Why we’ll be blogging on other platforms this year
• The roller coaster of Google rankings
• UpdraftPlus issues
• WordPress drama settling down

Tips this week include:
• It’s about eyeballs, not SEO
• You’ve learned something new before – you can again
• The DIY SEO course is changing
• New Video Mini Course Mastermind
• Why you need to fall in love with marketing
• My multiple streams of income with video plan
• The TikTok concern – it’s not what you think
• Your bottom line for ‘25

Happy Christmas Eve, y’all!!

We’ll keep things quick today with a short story of my HVAC breaking down on a cold night this past weekend.

I’ll have my 2025 year predictions for you next week, along with new things coming from the BlogAid family of sites.