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Get Started with Astra and Gutenberg – Chat with Michelle Phillips

Discover how to design a great looking site with Gutenberg blocks and the Astra theme that is fast and meets Core Web Vitals guidelines.

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Tips Tuesday – Summer Sale, Gutenberg Webinar, Astra Theme, Trellis Theme, cPanel

Tips this week include:
• The big BlogAid Super Summer Sales Event is live – but for a limited time
• Last chance to get the DIY SEO course at the current low price
• Free webinar this Wed on the Power of Gutenberg – but you do need to register now!
• Replay is ready on how to avoid DIY theme mistakes chat with Michelle Phillips
• A chat coming on how to get started with Astra themes
• New guide on how to read the metrics of online speed testers
• New tutorial on how to run a site speed test accurately
• New Search Console Core Web Vitals checks in progress
• New webmaster workshops for deep performance checks
• My op ed on the latest Trellis theme from Mediavine beta update
• Why you need to check with your host about their plans for dropping cPanel, and what NameHero is doing for now with it

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How to Run a Site Speed Test Accurately

Discover how to test the page load speed of your site and where to find data in the testers to pin point what the problems are.

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Online Speed Testers: How to Read the Metrics

See an explanation of what each online speed tester checks, what each data point means, and which metrics you need to pay attention to the most to make your site as fast and friendly as it can be.

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Tips Tuesday – Avoid Theme Mistakes, Gutenberg Webinar, Blogging Stats

Tips this week include:
• Avoid DIY Theme Mistakes – live chat with pro designer Michelle Phillips on Thursday
• A live show all about getting started with Astra themes coming soon
• Free Gutenberg webinar on July 8
• Google’s new beta report that combines Analytics and Search Console
• Some seriously eye-opening blogging stats to help you focus your next moves and priorities
• How investing in your site success can shave 2 years off not earning enough money with your blog

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Avoid DIY Theme Design Mistakes – Chat with Michelle Phillips

Discover what you need to know for customizing your own theme to avoid issues with speed, Google Core Web Vitals and User Experience, SEO, mobile responsiveness, and so much more.

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Tips Tuesday – Core Web Vitals, Theme Speed Tests, Gutenberg, XML Sitemaps

Tips this week include:
• New guide on Google Core Web Vitals – what you need to know and do
• A new Core Web Vitals tutorial coming to the DIY SEO course
• Why you can’t wait to jump on getting your site’s Core Web Vitals scores up
• An update on my theme speed tests for Astra, Genesis, and Divi
• Upcoming speed test on Elementor
• Why it’s way cheaper to contact me to set up your new site securely before you even point the domain to the hosting
• The new Nexus Edge CDN from Liquid Web and whether it’s better than Cloudflare
• Why you need to pay attention to the new WordPress minimum requirement for the PHP level at your host
• Why so many content marketers are jumping on Keen – the new link curating app from Google
• What we’ll be doing about native XML Sitemap generation coming in WP 5.5
• An interesting post about the future of building with WordPress and Genesis
• Why now is the time for you to switch to the Gutenberg Editor
• Why now is past time for designers to start building with Gutenberg

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Tips Tuesday – Mediavine Bombshell, Rebranding Replay, Astra 404 Tutorial, Site Refresh

Tips this week include:
• Does inspiration have a time limit?
• Refining work schedule balance
• Replay is up on Rebranding Your Blog chat with Kate Ahl
• Graduation day for the DIY SEO workshop folks
• The difference in building and maintaining an empire
• Why you need to look at your site with fresh eyes
• Why to make it a summer of renewal for your site
• 2 new social media accounts you want to get
• What was in the WordPress 5.4.2 security release
• Why you need the Cloudflare Pro plan now more than ever
• How to create a 404 page in Astra
• What I think of the Genesis Pro plan that just went public
• The bombshell Mediavine just dropped
• Whether you want to monetize quickly or wait
• Why a better user experience makes you more money
• What to do with those fake hack emails that are going around

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