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  • Tips Tuesday – Cloudflare Updates, UpdraftPlus Issues, FSE Themes, iFrame Tutorials

    Tips this week include:
    • New UpdraftPlus problems that may not be an issue with the plugin
    • What was in the WordPress 5.9.2 Security and Bug Fix update
    • New Cloudflare Firewall Tutorials
    • Cloudflare is switching to the Wayback Machine for Always On
    • Why the end of the browser compatibility wars may be near
    • Helpful ways to address blogger burnout
    • 5 tips to become a product review blogger
    • Updated iFrame video embed tutorials
    • Why to take a “no edit” approach to making videos
    • Why Elementor is releasing a new version built on containers
    • Does WP really need thousands of new FSE themes?

  • Tips Tuesday – Image SEO, ADA Compliance, IndexNow, Viral Video, WP Performance

    Tips this week include:
    • Image SEO workshop is this week
    • What’s up with the video platform monetization copycat strategy happening
    • On update on my TikTok journey
    • Why I’m giving up on YouTube Shorts
    • Code Name Ida is revealed
    • What’s coming with WP 6.0 accessibility
    • Why now is the time to go all Gutenberg blocks
    • Update on the WP Performance team and what I’ll be testing
    • Yoast calls out IndexNow to prove its claims
    • Why CVS filing for NFT and metaverse trademarks matters to you
    • Why you need to learn about crypto burner wallets
    • The difference in Web3 and crypto
    • What you can learn and monetize from a sandwich video review that went viral
    • How to create a better course you can charge more for

  • Tips Tuesday – TikTok Success, Web3 Primers, NFT Movies, Blogging Productivity

    Tips this week include:
    • Links SEO workshop is this week
    • TikTok success story
    • WordPress 5.9.1 bug fixes
    • New Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are coming
    • More UpdraftPlus updates, and why
    • Tips for recording faceless videos that work great
    • A huge NFT movie release that will shape things to come
    • How content creators and coaches are using NFTs for special access to them
    • 70+ Web3 terms for content creators
    • 4 Web3 primers
    • What’s in the new Some.Place metaverse
    • Why companies are holding metaverse job fairs – and who they are hiring
    • How to maximize your blogging productivity
    • How to make the most of your content business time

  • Tips Tuesday – Site SEO, UpdraftPlus Security, Delete Act and Ads, YouTube Shorts Shelf

    Tips this week include:
    • Site and Page SEO workshop this week
    • What’s got me making videos like crazy
    • A great piece of advice that brings success on TikTok
    • What was in the recent UpdraftPlus security release
    • How many plugins a day have security issues
    • What the Clarity Ad Blocker plugin does, and why I don’t suggest using it
    • Reaction to plugin ads moving to the Block sidebar module
    • Why you should never ignore notification messages at the top of your admin pages
    • Bugs found in WP 5.9 and when to expect a fix
    • A new way to change text color in Gutenberg since WP 5.9
    • cPanel SEO launches and why I think it’s a dud
    • What Google dropping app tracking means for ad targeting
    • How the Delete Act will impact ad revenue
    • Why I think the ad bubble is close to popping
    • How brands will reach target audiences that means money for you
    • What’s in the new TikTok Community Guidelines that has me excited
    • YouTube highlights quick videos on desktop in a new Shorts Shelf

  • Tips Tuesday – BlogAid YouTube and TikTok, Google Fonts and GDPR, NFTs, 6 Video Styles

    Tips this week include:
    • The new BlogAid Live YouTube channel has launched
    • Track SEO Performance workshop is coming up
    • The BlogAid TikTok channel gets going this week
    • What’s on my new social media landing page and how to build yours
    • New Common Site Audit Fixes doc is available
    • The new quick check schedule I’m putting together for routine maintenance
    • It’s finally safe to update to WordPress 5.9
    • Does your About page need help?
    • Proof that AMP is dead
    • How Google’s strongarm tactics are making the internet more secure
    • What’s up with the new court case on Google fonts being non-GDPR compliant
    • Good news from Genesis, and who created their newest FSE theme
    • Sensei LMS has a new block layout for course material
    • Why you want to check out The Tilt and what I’m learning from it
    • A new twist on how quantity can bring quality content
    • 6 video styles for educational content
    • The Utility NFTs that I’m excited about
    • A primer for how you may want to use NFTs for your digital products
    • Big events come to the metaverse and the bugs they’re finding
    • Why your next Super Bowl party may be in virtual reality
    • VR conferences may be popping up soon
    • What the new crypto pay for Google and Apple means for us
    • Why I’m excited about TN leaning into crypto
    • And why now is the time to adapt and thrive and make money doing it

  • Tips Tuesday – TikTok Videos, Site Owner Guide, Openverse, DeSo Blockchain

    Tips this week include:
    • ADA and UX workshop in the DIY SEO course this week
    • Where I’m at with making TikTok videos
    • Some encouragement for those just starting out with video
    • Why I’m returning Heartwood Art back to a hobby blog
    • Why I’m starting another YouTube channel or two
    • The DIY Site Owner Guide is live
    • Why I hate the new cPanel interface
    • My concerns with ModSecurity
    • What to check when using free images from Openverse
    • Why Meta is focusing hard on videos
    • What Spotify losing artists means for ushering in the Creator Economy
    • Will DeSo be the new decentralized social blockchain winner
    • How streaming bots are disrupting the music industry and what it means for NFTs

  • Tips Tuesday – Technical SEO, Gutenberg Tutorials, Index Now, NFTs Stolen, 700 Content Ideas

    Tips this week include:
    • New Gutenberg Ninja tutorials have been posted
    • Technical SEO Workshop is live this Thursday
    • Why I’m passing on NFT Music for now and what I have planned instead
    • Code Name Ida is about to go live
    • What’s in the new DIY Site Owners Guide
    • Why I’m tickled to see more videos from my peeps
    • The habit you want to start to get in on the new Creator Economy
    • Yoast speaks about the IndexNow plugin, and whether we’ll use it or not
    • Does bold text help your SEO or not – a new test case study
    • What Google’s new Topics from Chrome mean to your bottom line
    • How to easily generate 700 content ideas
    • What’s in the roadmap for WordPress 6.0
    • Why recent WP updates are the death of page builders
    • Why smart designers build Patterns
    • A new Block Theme Generator for designers
    • What’s up with NFTs being all the rage
    • YouTube considers adding NFTs
    • How a multi-million dollar NFT collection was stolen
    • Facebook sells of its Diem cryptocurrency program
    • The O-mee replacement for Facebook I have my eye on
    • What Microsoft buying Activision means for metaverse adoption and your bottom line

  • Tips Tuesday – NFTs, Core Web Vitals, Stop Scrapers, Video Payouts

    Tips this week include:
    • An offer I got to explore the NFT music space
    • Core Web Vitals live workshop this Thursday at an earlier time
    • What’s new in WordPress 5.9 video tour
    • An easy way to make a short and long-term contingency plan for your site
    • Why you can’t stop image scrapers with a plugin
    • How a simple WP setting slows down content scrapers
    • Which video platform pays the most and why
    • NFTs on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
    • Why you want to be cautious about jumping into NFTs