Podcast

  • Tips Tuesday – Yoast SEO 11, Gutenberg, WP 5.2, HTTPS Redirects

    Tips this week include:
    • How and why to update to Yoast SEO 11 for better schema markup
    • A Content Revamp How-To Workshop this week for the DIY SEO course
    • A tutorial coming on how to export Yoast premium redirects to the Redirection plugin
    • An update on the Gutenberg course progress, and it’s a big milestone!
    • What I discovered about Yoast and Gutenberg
    • Why I’m staying narrowly focused on video creation for my hobby to money-making site
    • What’s in the re-introduction of the Genesis Authority Pro theme
    • Why the release date for WordPress 5.2 was pushed back a week
    • What’s up with cPanel offering forced HTTPS redirects

  • Tips Tuesday – Gutenberg Course, Genesis 2.10, Chrome Lazy Load

    Tips this week include:
    • An Update on the Gutenberg Course progress you’ll really like
    • A request to tell me your special post/page creation needs for Gutenberg
    • The new videos I made for Heartwood Art and what I’ve learned from that
    • The ongoing tests for the Yoast SEO 11 update
    • What’s coming in Genesis 2.10
    • The Group Block I’m very excited about coming in Gutenberg Phase 2
    • Whether Chrome’s new lazy load function will knock ads stupid
    • A 2019 WP Site Maintenance Survey results post everyone should read

  • Tips Tuesday – SEO, Caching, Images, WP API, Gutenberg

    Tips this week include:
    • Upcoming DIY SEO Workshop series for doing a content revamp
    • WordPress API connection issues
    • Tutorial for how to whitelist your IP address in Cloudflare and why you need it
    • How my move to a new host went and where my sites call home now
    • My final SEO test for lazy loading images with 2 plugins
    • How I achieved a dramatic speed increase on one of my sites
    • What I’m working on now for the Gutenberg course
    • New posts on my woodworking site and how my first storyboarded video went
    • An update on the photo processing tool I’ll be using
    • A tutorial on a new image compression tool I tried that’s fantastic
    • Why I’m switching to a new image file format
    • How my final speed tests are going on my wood site for WP Fastest Cache and WP Rocket
    • What’s in the new Discover report in Google Search Console
    • Why the Google de-indexing bug is being compared to a virus and how it may affect your Search Console reports
    • 7 tools to create better researched content

  • Tips Tuesday – Gutenberg Course, Blog Traffic, Course Creation Frenzy

    Tips this week include:
    • I’m moving to a new host this week
    • The new Gutenberg course is well underway and what’s in it
    • Is there really an online course frenzy happening? I think so, and what I’m doing about it
    • Links to my speed test posts and the new ones on the way
    • A new Pinterest pinning methods post and podcast in the works
    • The latest post in my hobby to money-making site series on how my time in the music biz taught me to write posts
    • The new Block Manager and better column support coming in WP 5.2
    • What you need to know about the new PHP version in the works
    • A super post for designers on the difference in font icons and SVG icons and why they matter for speed
    • 5 easy steps to increase your blog traffic and which ones may not be so easy

  • Tips Tuesday – YouTube Embeds, New SiteGround Features, WP 5.2 Beta, DIY SEO Bonus Session

    Tips this week include:
    • All site speed tests are complete, including YouTube video embeds and caching plugins
    • Why I put off my move to a new host for a couple of weeks
    • Why I’ll be hosting the new Gutenberg course on Teachable
    • Reminder of our DIY SEO bonus session today to discuss Yoast’s updated SEO guide
    • Reminder of our next DIY SEO workshop on Thursday for special formatting to get into voice search, snippets, and more, plus how to make lazy load work for you
    • The new posts on Heartwood Art and my continued focus on video for the fastest way to turn that hobby site into a money maker
    • The micro video production tool I’ll be trying
    • Reminder for Webmasters on the latest survey for your client types, Divi tutorials, and Performance training
    • What you need to remove from your social share and follow icon plugins
    • 3 new features added by SiteGround
    • Why you need to jump quickly on the Kickstarter campaign from She Podcast for their live event later this year
    • A live chat from Ms. Ileane Smith and special YouTube guest on the release of YouTube Studio coming out of beta
    • What’s in the WordPress 5.2 Beta just released
    • The contact form just integrated into the Genesis Revolution theme
    • A new post grid for Gutenberg Atomic Blocks that Genesis theme users will want to know about
    • Genesis designers will want to know about the recent Shapers chat for dev environments and code snippets

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Security, Pinterest Optimization, Site Speed Tests

    Tips this week include:
    • The big plugin hacks and how to protect your site
    • Full review, tips, and settings on the latest version of Social Pug
    • The triple high cost of a site hack repair compared to preventing it
    • The delightful surprise from my site speed tests that you’ll love
    • How my new hosting interviews are going and when I’ll be moving
    • Why I’m focusing squarely on my audience for the wood working site instead of money
    • Why we’re skipping a week in the DIY SEO live workshops
    • Why I’m not backing down on my position for what it takes to learn site security and performance
    • Sitemaps come to the new interface on Google Search Console
    • What’s up with Google Date Algorithm tweak and how it affects your content revamps
    • How to optimize Pinterest for discovery in 2019
    • What’s in the latest Genesis 2.9.1 release
    • Why MailChimp parted ways with Shopify and why you need to care
    • 9 ways to stay inspired and avoid blogger burnout

  • Tips Tuesday – Genesis Themes, Gutenberg Class, Theme Speed Tests

    Tips this week include:
    • Heartwood Art is in full production mode
    • How long it takes most site owners to get into their production groove and why
    • Completion of the Genesis Theme Speed Tests
    • Why I need your help for my fully loaded site speed tests
    • My upcoming session with Kate Ahl on different pinning methods
    • How my new host interviews are coming
    • An update on the timeline of the release of the new Gutenberg course
    • Cloudflare fixed the bug their plugin was having with PHP 7.2
    • Why you should never let any plugin developer change your site security
    • What’s up with Google’s recent change to how they pick up dates to show in snippets
    • Genesis releases version 2.9 and whether it’s safe to update
    • StudioPress releases a whole gaggle of 3rd party themes that have been updated to take full advantage of Gutenberg and find out which top seller is not among them

  • Tips Tuesday – Money Making Sites, Social Share Plugins, Host Security Issues

    Tips this week include:
    • How site audits pay for themselves, big time
    • The best paid social share button plugins to use
    • The big changes coming to the Webmaster Training program
    • Why I’ll be focusing on the new design block suites for my upcoming Gutenberg course
    • 2 new posts in the Hobby to Money-Making Site Series on how to create an editorial calendar and all about branding
    • Whether or not you want to do basic tips posts on your site
    • Why I’m seeking advice and tips about Amazon affiliate links
    • Why you need to update Chrome immediately
    • The conflicting replies SiteGround gave folks about rebuilding their resource meters
    • A super scary hosting security issue that very likely affected you
    • What’s up with a lack of, or delayed emails for comment notification from your site
    • A check on how many plugins you have