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Having a ton of maintenance plan clients is awesome - especially for the recurring revenue. But with ongoing support clients come with ongoing support requests.Managing this with a dozen or so clients is pretty easy. And as we all know – not all clients ping you every month with requests. But once you get to 30, 40, 50, 100 + maintenance plan clients, you've got to have a system for support.That's why I'm pumped to share this chat I had with Phil Storey, founder and CEO of Glow. This one is interesting because, not only did Phil have some solid advice for handling support requests but it was also a chance for me to learn more about his platform.I've been using ManageWP since 2016 and while it's still my preferred tool for managing multiple WordPress sites, you can't link in non-WordPress sites and there's no native support ticketing system.That's one of the big value-props of Glow as you can add non-WP sites and their big differentiator in the market is the native support ticketing system.We dig into all of that and more!Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/378
Say thanks and learn more about our podcast sponsor Omnisend. On this episode of the WP Minute+ Podcast, Matt chats with Toby Cryns, founder of Minneapolis-based agency The Mighty Mo!, about what it's like to run a WordPress agency for 20 years. From building sites in Flash before pivoting to WordPress after Steve Jobs' infamous “Flash is dead” moment, Toby reflects on the evolution of the web industry, the rise of page builders, and the growing influence of AI on development and client expectations.Toby shares his journey of overcoming fear around AI, his experiments with ChatGPT and Copilot, and how he's using these tools to develop a WordPress-based project management app. He discusses how the small business and nonprofit web design market is shifting, the impact of DIY platforms like Wix and Squarespace, and the growing divide between clients who want $300 websites and those who need reliable long-term partners. Through honest anecdotes and hard-earned lessons, Toby explores pricing strategies, client relationships, project management, and the power of sticking with WordPress – even amid uncertainty in the ecosystem.Key TakeawaysAI and WordPress Development:AI is useful as a junior-level coding assistant but still requires deep domain knowledge.Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot have saved Toby hundreds of hours on plugin development.AI won't replace agencies but it will change workflows and create new opportunities.Adapting to Market Shifts:The entry-level web market is increasingly lost to AI and DIY tools.High-end clients may be exploring prototyping internally before approaching agencies.Adaptation is key: agencies that don't evolve risk becoming obsolete.Running a Sustainable WordPress Agency:Project managers and account managers are game changers for scaling without burnout.WordPress plugins like Beaver Builder and services like ManageWP streamline delivery and maintenance.Raising prices (even a little) can be a healthy, overdue adjustment.Community and the Future of WordPress:Despite recent governance controversies, Toby remains hopeful about the WordPress community.The community is WordPress' greatest asset – leaders must help rebuild trust and direction.Gutenberg may yet become the publishing backbone of the modern web.Important LinksThe WP Minute+ Podcast: thewpminute.com/subscribeVisit Toby's Agency: https://themightymo.com/Connect with Toby on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycryns Support us for as little as $5 to join our members-only Slack group. ★ Support this podcast ★
איך אתם יכולים לנהל בקלות ונכון מאות ואפילו אלפי אתרי וורדפרס בשרתים שלכם: איתי ורצ'יק IVBS SEO / PPC רוצים לדעת איך לנהל בקלות מאות או אפילו אלפי אתרי וורדפרס בשרתים שלכם? בסרטון הזה, איתי ורצ'יק מ-IVBS SEO / PPC יחשוף את השיטות המתקדמות והכלים המובילים לניהול יעיל ומקצועי של אתרי וורדפרס בקנה מידה גדול. תלמדו איך לנהל את האתרים שלכם בצורה חכמה ולחסוך זמן ומשאבים תוך שמירה על ביצועים גבוהים. נושאים מרכזיים בסרטון: בחירת פלטפורמות ניהול מרכזיות: איך לבחור את הכלים והפלטפורמות המתאימים לניהול מספר רב של אתרים, כמו ManageWP, MainWP ו-InfiniteWP. ניהול עדכונים וגיבויים אוטומטיים: איך לבצע עדכונים וגיבויים לכל האתרים שלכם בצורה אוטומטית ובלחיצת כפתור. אבטחת אתרים מרוכזת: שיטות וכלים לניהול אבטחה לכל האתרים בצורה יעילה ומרוכזת. ניהול משאבים ותחזוקה שוטפת: איך לחסוך במשאבים ולייעל את התחזוקה השוטפת של אתרי וורדפרס רבים בשרתים שלכם. טיפים להתייעלות בעבודה: איך לארגן את העבודה שלכם ולנהל את הזמן בצורה חכמה כשמפעילים כמות גדולה של אתרים. אם אתם מנהלים מספר רב של אתרים או מתכננים להרחיב את הפעילות שלכם, הסרטון הזה יספק לכם את כל הכלים והידע לניהול יעיל ומקצועי. אם נהניתם מהסרטון וקיבלתם ערך, אל תשכחו להירשם לערוץ, ללחוץ על הפעמון כדי לקבל התראות על סרטונים חדשים, ולשתף את הסרטון עם חברים ומנהלי אתרים שרוצים לשפר את ניהול השרתים שלהם. נשמח שתשאירו תגובות ושאלות למטה, ונעשה כמיטב יכולתנו לעזור לכם! להרשמה באתר SayV: https://say-v.com כנסו בשביל לקבל עוד טיפים בשיווק: https://itayverchik.co.il/ הצטרפו עכשיו לקהילה של בוני ומקדמי האתרים הטובים בישראל בחינם לגמרי: https://www.facebook.com/groups/israelwp אין לכם עדיין חשבון אחסון אתרים או שאתם לא מרוצים מהאחסון הקיים שלכם? קבלו הנחה לאחסון אתרים קלאודוויז 25% ל-3 חודשים ראשונים: https://platform.cloudways.com/signup?id=314159&coupon=VERCHIK
איך אפשר לנהל הרבה אתרים בבת אחת בקלות ובמהירות: איתי ורצ'יק IVBS SEO / PPC מתקשים לנהל מספר אתרי וורדפרס בו זמנית? בסרטון הזה נציג לכם את הכלים והשיטות הטובים ביותר לניהול מספר אתרים בצורה קלה ומהירה. בין אם אתם מנהלי אתרים או בעלי עסקים עם מספר אתרים, המדריך הזה יספק לכם את כל הכלים הדרושים לניהול יעיל של כל האתרים שלכם.נושאים מרכזיים בסרטון: בחירת פלטפורמות לניהול מרוכז: נסקור כלים מובילים כמו ManageWP, MainWP ו-InfiniteWP שמאפשרים לכם לנהל את כל האתרים ממקום אחד. ניהול עדכונים וגיבויים אוטומטיים: איך לבצע עדכונים וגיבויים לכל האתרים שלכם בצורה אוטומטית ובזמן קצר. ניהול משתמשים ותוספים: איך לנהל משתמשים ולהתקין תוספים בכל האתרים בלחיצת כפתור. מעקב אחרי ביצועים ואבטחה: טיפים למעקב אחרי הביצועים של כל האתרים שלכם ושמירה על אבטחתם. שיטות לארגון וניהול זמן: איך לארגן את העבודה שלכם בצורה חכמה כדי לנהל מספר אתרים בקלות ובמהירות. בסוף הסרטון, תדעו כיצד לנהל מספר אתרי וורדפרס בצורה מקצועית, חכמה ויעילה, ותוכלו לחסוך זמן ולהתמקד בפיתוח העסק שלכם. אם נהניתם מהסרטון וקיבלתם ערך, אל תשכחו להירשם לערוץ, ללחוץ על הפעמון כדי לקבל התראות על סרטונים חדשים, ולשתף את הסרטון עם חברים שמנהלים אתרי וורדפרס. נשמח שתשאירו תגובות ושאלות למטה, ונעשה כמיטב יכולתנו לעזור לכם! להרשמה באתר SayV: https://say-v.com כנסו בשביל לקבל עוד טיפים בשיווק: https://itayverchik.co.il הצטרפו עכשיו לקהילה של בוני ומקדמי האתרים הטובים בישראל בחינם לגמרי: https://www.facebook.com/groups/israelwp
Te voy a compartir sobre ModularDS y te voy a recomendar que apoyemos esta beta y hagamos todos juntos una mejor alternativa a MainWP y ManageWP
Te voy a compartir sobre ModularDS y te voy a recomendar que apoyemos esta beta y hagamos todos juntos una mejor alternativa a MainWP y ManageWP
Síguenos en: Sin duda uno de los temas que más preocupa en WordPress es la seguridad, su popularidad lo hace vulnerable y es importante tener algunas cosas en cuenta en el mantenimiento y configuración para tener las nuestras instalaciones y las de los clientes protegidas. Hoy comentamos cómo lo hacemos nosotros para nuestros proyectos y los de los clientes. Pero antes, como siempre.... ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Actualizando WP con versiones anteriores a 5
Síguenos en: Sin duda uno de los temas que más preocupa en WordPress es la seguridad, su popularidad lo hace vulnerable y es importante tener algunas cosas en cuenta en el mantenimiento y configuración para tener las nuestras instalaciones y las de los clientes protegidas. Hoy comentamos cómo lo hacemos nosotros para nuestros proyectos y los de los clientes. Pero antes, como siempre.... ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Actualizando WP con versiones anteriores a 5 ???????? Semana Nahuai Lidiando con varias capas de caché al pasar un rediseño a producción. Organizando la vuelta del la Meetup de Terrassa. Contenido Nahuai 3 nuevos tutorial en Código Genesis, de los cuales destaca: Tema de la semana: Hosting: la primera capa de seguridad de un sitio es un hosting de calidad, con una buena configuración y protección para ataques e infecciones. Plugins: los plugins de seguridad habituales suelen incluir: Seguridad del login (url personalizada, passwords seguros, limite de accesos, limitar por IP, Two-factor authentication…)Configuración de seguridad: revisar permisos, deshabilitar editor de plugins y themes, deshabilitar XML-RPC, Https…)Site scan (file change) Activity MonitoringLockouts (banear usuarios, ataques de fuerza bruta..)NotificacionesOtras utilidades: DB backups, SSL, Geolocalizacion Los que solemos utilizar son: WordFence Security: escaner muy completo / uso fuerte de recursosITheme Security: muy amplio y completoSiteground Security: ligero y concreto (bastante reciente) Además, si usas ManageWP: puedes activar el módulo de seguridad para detectar vulnerabilidades. Novedades Llamada a voluntarios de la WordCamp Europe 2022. Tip de la semana Colección de ilustraciones personalizables https://iradesign.io Menciones Juan Luis nos comparte su sistema de gestionar conocimiento. Whatsapp para ideas y tareasUnclutter para cosas que hacerNotas y Keynote para guardar cosas Miguel Alanís nos comenta que usar Notion y Simplenote de Automattic. Elías nos comenta que para tareas Todoist y para almacenar información y notas Obsidian (viene de Notion). Usa la metodología P.A.R.A. (Proyectos, Áreas de responsabilidad, Recursos, Archivo). Gracias a: Este episodio está patrocinado por StudioPress, los creadores de Genesis Framework, el entorno de trabajo de temas más popular de WordPress. Ya está disponible Genesis Pro para todo el mundo, 360$ anuales que dan acceso a: Genesis FrameworkChild themes de Genesis de StudioPress1 año de hosting en WP EnginePlugin Genesis Pro (Diseños y secciones, restricción de bloques por usuarios…) y Genesis Custom Blocks Pro.
U 154. epizodi Pojačalo podkasta gost Ivana Minića je Ivan Bjelajac, tech executive i investitor, te direktor digitalne agencije MVP Workshop, koja se bavi validacijom ideja i razvojem startupova. Ivan se više od 20 godina bavi internetom i tehnologijama, a na početku same epizode pobliže objašnjava šta je tačno njegov fah. Takođe, govori o svojim uzorima tokom odrastanja, prvom poslu, kao i celokupnom razvojnom putu, od Reutersa do Devane. Potonja kompanija je razvila proizvod ManageWP, koji služi za rukovođenje WordPress sajtovima, te upravo je to naredna tema za razgovor. Ivan otkriva koji su bili najveći izazovi u razvoju i kasnije radu sa istim, te kako su tekli pregovori i preuzimanje od strane GoDaddyja. U nastavku dotičemo se blockchain tehnologije, a Ivan će nam iz prve ruke ispričati kako je to rukovoditi Web3 kompanijom. Sa gledaocima i slušaocima deli kako je počeo da se zanima za blockchain, po čemu se Ethereum razlikuje od Bitcoina, te ko je taj njegov klijent “težak” 5 milijardi dolara. Teme u podkastu: - Uvod i predstavljanje - Ko je Ivan Bjelajac - Kad porastem biću... - Uzori tokom odrastanja - Prvi posao - Najveći izazovi za ManageWP - Kako se postaviti prilikom prodaje kompanije - Najveće vrednosti rada u GoDaddyju - Početak interesovanja za blockchain tehnologiju - Po čemu se Ethereum razlikuje od Bitcoina - Klijent od 5 milijardi dolara - Profil ljudi koje tražimo - Za 10 godina sebe vidim… Podržite nas na BuyMeACoffee: https://bit.ly/3uSBmoa Pročitajte transkript ove epizode: https://bit.ly/3KfRA1V Posetite naš sajt i prijavite se na našu mailing listu: http://bit.ly/2LUKSBG Prijavite se na naš YouTube kanal: http://bit.ly/2Rgnu7o Pratite Pojačalo na društvenim mrežama: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FfwqCR Twitter: http://bit.ly/2CVZoGr Instagram: http://bit.ly/2RzGHjN
Esta semana te enseñamos algo imprescindible para tu web de fotografía. Seguro que ya sabes que tener una página web de fotografía es necesaria si quieres plantearte de forma sería el vivir de la fotografía. Y al igual que cuidamos nuestro equipo fotográfico también hay que cuidar la web ante posibles problemas y caídas. Y para ello te contamos un plugin que te va a solucionar este y otros muchos problemas. Pero antes nos me toca recordarte que en la academia tienes cursos sobre como crear tu propia web de fotografía con WordPress, como crear el diseño o que plugins son imprescindibles. ManageWP un plugin esencial para tu web de fotografía ManageWP es un plugin creado por GoDaddy para WordPress que te monitorea tu web y te permite hacer muchas cosas de manera automática y recibir información al instante. Entre todas las funcionalidades quiero destacar 3 que hacen que sea un imprescindible para tu web de fotografía. Por una parte, te informa al instante de cuando tu web esta caída para que puedas solucionarlo. También te notifica, vía email, de cuando tu web está en peligro o hay algún problema con ella. Y por último también quiero destacar que te permite gestionar y automatizar varias webs desde un mismo panel. El Uptime de tu web de fotografía El uptime es el % del tiempo que tu web está online. Te puedes llevar sorpresas conociendo el tiempo que tu web esta caída. Depende mucho del hosting que tengas. Por eso es imprescindible que ManageWP te informa al instante de que tu web esta caída, cuando vuelve a estar online y el tiempo que lleva caída. Si un posible cliente entra en tu web y se encuentra con que esta caída, puede pensar que la tienes abandonada, que ya no trabajas o que no eres muy profesional. Por lo que es esencial solucionar lo antes posible que tu web esté caída, avisando a tu hosting para que te lo solucione. O si conoces tu el problema lo arregles por ti mismo. La importancia del hosting de tu web de fotografía El porcentaje de Uptime de tu web depende mucho de hosting por lo que quizás descubras que donde tienes contratado tu alojamiento web no te da un buen servicio. Algo que sin esta herramienta no sabrías. ¿Y qué debe tener u ofrecer un buen hosting? Un buen hosting te debería asegurar un número lo más cercano al 99% de uptime.Que tenga soporte 24h por tlf o mail y en tu idioma. Esto son tan solo cualidades importantes que debe tener el hosting, pero si quieres saber más sobre alojamiento web escucha el episodio 64 donde analizamos que como elegir un buen hosting para tu web de fotografía. Te avisa de problemas en tu web Otra funcionalidad imprescindible en tu web de fotografía es que te notifique de posibles problemas. Estos avisos son al instante vía email. Y entre los muchos avisos de problemas destacaría los siguientes: También te monitorea por si a tu web está fallando. Si tienes alguna incompatibilidad entre plugins Si tienes una versión antigua de php y debes actualizarla. Muy útil si tienes varias webs Y por último si eres de las personas que te dedicas a más de un nicho de fotografía y, por tanto, tienes dos páginas webs, también te será muy útil. Ya que te permite gestionar ambas webs desde un mismo panel de control. En vez de ir a mirar cada una de tus páginas puedes trabajar en las dos a la vez ahorrando tiempo. Gracias por suscribirte a los cursos, por tus valoraciones en Apple Podcasts, comentarios y me gusta en Ivoox, por escucharnos y seguirnos en Spotify. Un saludo y hasta el próximo lunes a las 07:00.
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Today on the WP Builds podcast we're talking about health. Not your health, but the health of the WordPress sites you build or manage. Turns out that there's a boatload of things that need to be done regularly to keep your sites fighting fit. From backing them up to monitoring their uptime. Checking that they're okay after updates to keeping up with the latest SEO trends. I could go on for a lot longer, in fact David and I do in the podcast. From an agency perspective, this episode is particularly interesting because many of the things that we discuss today are areas which you can productise and sell to your clients; because honestly, they're unlikely to be something that your clients are interested in, they'll just want to know that it's done. Go check out the podcast today.
✏️ Deja tu comentario Dedicamos el episodio de hoy para hablar acerca de la escalabilidad de negocios digitales y de los pasos para conseguir una marca personal de valor que nos permita monetizar en un futuro. Además hablaremos de las últimas novedades de WordPress y de nuestros proyectos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1C0TVSZF0 Novedades Elías si desinfoxicándose mientras le da caña a sus conocimientos sobre Airtable, y es que ha realizado su primera consultoría centrada en Airtable. Además ha estrenado un nuevo formato de noticias para los directos de su faceta de DJ. Y esta semana nos trae algunas noticias muy interesantes sobre las novedades de WordPress. Comenzamos con WordPress 5.7 y sus nuevas funciones para incluir atributos defer y async a los scripts. Algo que pudimos ver en el siguiente artículo. https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/02/23/introducing-script-attributes-related-functions-in-wordpress-5-7/ También os recomendamos que paséis por la guía de novedades de WordPress que recopila muy bien los últimos avances publicados. Aquí la tenéis. https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/02/23/wordpress-5-7-field-guide/ Trello intenta captar usuarios que no requieran su clásica vista Kanban con tarjetas y añade nuevas opciones de visualización. También mejora la información dinámica que se presenta en las tarjetas con lo que llaman "Tarjetas inteligentes". https://eliasgomez.pro/curacion/%f0%9f%86%95-trello-anade-tipos-de-vista-y-tarjetas-inteligentes-en-sus-planes-de-pago-se-acabo-lo-de-vista-tipo-trello-que-por-cierto-se-llama-kanban/ Celebramos los 15.000 suscriptores del canal La Máquina del Branding y os traemos como siempre los nuevos contenidos publicados tanto en la web como en el canal de YouTube. En LaMaquinaDelBranding.com tenemos esta semana, 3 tips o consejos rápidos y 1 tutorial muy completo acerca de cómo realizar una portada web con un diseño personalizado y un scroll navigation de Crocoblock. Resultado del tutorial de Scroll Navigation https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/diseno-de-portada-con-scroll-navigation-y-mascara-fixed/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/query-de-fechas-con-la-funcion-strtotime-de-php-en-los-listing-grids-de-jet-engine/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/utiliza-jet-skin-manager-para-migrar-el-panel-de-opciones-del-cliente/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/elementor-no-te-deja-editar-posibles-soluciones/ Y en el canal de Youtube, esta semana tenemos un poquito de historia. Yannick nos resume la historia de WordPress desde 1999 hasta nuestros días. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbor4XFOdKA Negocios escalables y marca personal En nuestro tema central tararemos los siguientes puntos acerca de cómo montar un negocio escalable, pero como veréis el branding y la marca personal tendrán mucho protagonismo. PREPARACIÓNDescubriendo tu pasión (no basta con ser bueno)Fortalezas y debilidadesAnalizando la competenciaDefiniendo a tus futuros compradores (comunidad)Diseñando un producto o servicio escalablePUESTA EN MARCHACreando a tus futuros clientes (comunidad)Aportando un valor ÚNICOEn contenidoEn tonoEn funcionalidadMarcando bien las diferenciasUtilizando las redes socialesCreando un sistema de indicadores del éxitoEvolución de la comunidad (seguidores)Detección de puntos fuertesDetección de puntos débilesMONETIZACIÓNContenido exclusivoProductos y serviciosColaboraciones y afiliadosAnuncios y patrociniosGASTOSGastos fijosDominio y hostingAsesorCuota de Autónomos / Gastos de Sociedad(Posibles) Herramientas de pago (plugins, Quaderno, Vimeo, etc)Gastos variablesComisionesCampañas de publicidad digitalColaboradores Regreso al futuro Elías trae de vuelta un tema comentado la semana pasada. Se trata de la instalación de plugins desde ManageWP cuya fuente de obtención del archivo es Google Drive o Dropbox. Enlaces Introducing script attributes related functions in WordPress 5.7 – Make WordPress CoreWordPress 5.7 Field Guide – Make WordPress Core
✏️ Deja tu comentario Analizamos un tema que nos toca de cerca a todos, pues ya conocemos los plugins, pero no de la forma en que hoy trataremos. Y es que hablaremos con Elías acerca de cómo funcionan internamente sus actualizaciones y cómo podemos disponer incluso de nuestros propios repositorios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHFU6OSdvAU& Novedades Yannick ha probado la función de Full Site Editing para WordPress que verá la luz oficialmente este verano. El experimento nos permite atisbar que el futuro pasa por aquí. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmnIsgwPHX8 Os dejamos también como cada semana los nuevos vídeos de La Zona Premium de La Máquina del Branding. Esta semana tocamos algo de código en el Curso de WordPress desde Cero y también diseñamos la ficha de una habitación en el proyecto Arkham de Hotel y Restaurante utilizando incluso un tema hijo para personalizar algunos aspectos de WooCommerce Booking. https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/tu-primera-media-query-para-responsive/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/tu-propio-plugin-para-crear-un-custom-post-type/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/crea-la-single-para-el-cpt-y-anade-las-funciones-para-titulo-imagen-destacada-y-campo-personalizado/ https://lamaquinadelbranding.com/diseno-de-single-con-estilos-globales-de-elementor-css-y-tema-hijo/ En cuanto a Elías no nos trae muchas novedades pero bastante tiene el hombre ya con prepararnos este pedazo de episodio con todo lo relativo a la actualización de los plugins. Actualizaciones de plugins Esta es la estructura con la que abordaremos nuestro tema central de la semana: Introducción ¿Qué es un plugin?¿De dónde podemos obtener plugins de terceros?¿Cómo se identifican los plugins en el propio repositorio?Por el nombre de archivo, un plugin llamado wordpres-seo.php que esté vacío se actualizará con la última versión de Yoast SEOExcluding your plugin or theme from update checksIncluye tu identificador para evitarlo¿Por qué actualizarlos?SeguridadFuncionalidadEstabilidad y rendimientoCompatiblidad Cómo se actualizan los plugins ManualmenteDesde WP AdminPor FTPCon Subir Nuevo (antes Update Theme and Plugins from Zip File, ahora en WP integrado)WP-CLIAutomáticamenteWordPress!ManageWP y similaresPlugin: Easy Updates Manager¿Cómo se actualizan los plugins externos al repositorio?GitHubGitHub Updater: A simple plugin to enable automatic updates to your GitHubWordPress GitHub Plugin Updater: This class is meant to be used with your GitHub hosted WordPress pluginsWP Pusher: actualiza los plugins de TUS repositorios de GitHubPremium¿Cómo podemos tener nuestro propio repositorio privado (inc. premium GPL)?UpdaterPressWP CoreWP Pusher (con BitBucket o similar)¿Qué son los MU-plugins? Consejos Usar sitio de pruebas si el plugin es muy importanteUsar WP-Rollback¿Cómo funciona el plugin WP Rollback? Controlar las actualizaciones automáticas Habilitarlas en WordPressPlugins: add_filter('auto_update_plugin', '__return_true');Themes: add_filter('auto_update_theme', '__return_true');Plugin:WP Updates SettingsEasy Updates Manager Herramientas RecutCon esta herramienta podremos eliminar automáticamente fragmentos de vídeo donde no haya sonido. Enlaces Diseño de SINGLE con estilos globales de Elementor + CSS y TEMA HIJOCrea la single para el CPT y añade las funciones para título, imagen destacada y campo personalizadoTu propio PLUGIN para crear un Custom Post TypeTu primera media query para ResponsiveAsí funciona GUTENBERG Full Site Editing para WordPress - Tutorial Masterclass Express 2021Excluding your plugin or theme from update checksEasy Updates ManagerWP PusherWP-RollbackWP CoreWordPress GitHub Plugin UpdaterGitHub UpdaterManageWP
I'm sure that we've all had experiences with our WordPress websites where things went wrong; the site was hacked, something got deleted. In most cases we can recover, but if the worst comes to the worst we need a backup to save us. As with all things in the WordPress space, we're spoiled in the number of backup options available to us. There's plugins backups, our hosting backups, 3rd party SaaS backups and more. So which should we use? In this episode of the WP Builds Podcast we explore the pros and cons of the different backup types and why you might want to pick one over another. Have a listen to our thoughts on the podcast...
Does your WordPress membership site have sufficient security measures in place? Many membership site owners live in fear of their website being attacked, and for good reason... If someone manages to hack into your Wordpress website, install something nasty or delete or steal your data, it could cripple your membership business. That's why it's so important to be extra vigilant and make sure you take adequate steps to keep your site secure... In this episode, I'm sharing my top tips for keeping your membership site secure and advising which plugins and services you can use to help. Essential Learning Points: Whether or not WordPress is an insecure platform to build your site on Why it's crucial that your membership site has security measures in place The eight top tips to proactively safeguard your membership site What you can do if the worst happens and your site is hacked Important Links & Mentions: https://managewp.com/ (ManageWP) https://sucuri.net/ (Sucuri) https://www.wordfence.com/ (Wordfence) https://wpengine.com/ (WP Engine) https://www.liquidweb.com/ (Liquid Web) https://ithemes.com/backupbuddy/ (BackupBuddy) https://www.wpfixit.com/ (WP Fix It) https://www.fixrunner.com/ (FixRunner) Key Quotes: “The fact that WordPress powers 455 million sites definitely makes it more of a target. The counterbalance to that is that there's also a lot of people involved in keeping it secure and responding extremely quickly to any issues.” “If you need to give admin access temporarily to your web designer, or maybe someone from tech support at your plugin company, make sure you remove their account after they no longer need it. It's not about not trusting those people, it's about there being an additional potential account that someone could get into.”
ManagerWP es una excelente herramienta que nos permite administrar todas nuestras webs desde un solo panel.
ManagerWP es una excelente herramienta que nos permite administrar todas nuestras webs desde un solo panel.
Main talking points include:Pritesh's background is working in mobile app startups – starting with virtual reality software, mainly around facial recognition and then mobile locations."The number 1 challenge for most retail businesses is acquisition and number of transactions.” – Pritesh VoraSpeaking to your end clients gives you an insight into what your potential clients need. This gives you valuable insight – as an entrepreneur you can then pivot to address this need. Uninstall.io allowed retailers to track their uninstalls and give them an indication of how to reduce this rate.BlogVault has just acquired the brand of WP Remote to bring their service level up to a competitor of MainWP or ManageWP. This also gives the company the ability to develop additional features on the top of the platform – visual regression is the first of these updates.BlogVault spends ZERO external dollars on marketing their business. Content marketing has been their main traffic driverNow seeing 1million visitors per year"Discovery is the number one problem for product creators.” – Pritesh VoraMalcare soft-launched through content (driven by BlogVault) and through an AppSumo Deal. Along with the AppSumo deal, the team developed an upgrade path. All AppSumo sales were not to make money but for two things: 1. Get users – who may upgrade2. Get referralsAfter that - this was designed to speed up the development cycle. In 1 month they got the users they would have ended circa a year to acquire.Their content strategy includes:SEOLink BuildingTheir content uses the piggy-back method – they enabled a badge that gave them a backlink. This was completely optional, but gave them an influx of backlinks in 2 to 3 months.Twitter: @priteshvora Join our Facebook Group! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Esta semana tenéis uno de esos episodios que sin pretenderlo inicialmente, posee auténtico oro en forma de píldoras. Consejos para realizar algunos proyectos de WordPress, consejos de marketing online con una increíble herramienta para compartir contenidos de terceros, estrategias relacionadas con el ciclo de los clientes y tips sobre la política de cookies. Comenzamos el programa como viene...Origen
De una u otra manera, no hemos podido evitar el asunto del Coronavirus. Pues ha afectado a nuestros trabajos, nuestras rutinas y nuestra vida en general durante los últimos días. Aún así aquí tenéis vuestra ración semanal de WordPress, Branding, Marketing y Negocios. Comenzamos el programa hablando del teletrabajo con Nely Hernandez y explicando las consecuencias que millones de personas están...Origen
En este episodio os contamos qué ha ocurrido con ManageWP durante esta semana y revisamos las novedades de Gutenberg, WordPress y otras herramientas como JET Engine, que lanza su versión 2.2 con una potente herramienta para crear un panel de usuario en el frontend. Comenzamos el programa hablando de Google I/O 2020. Y es que Elías ha recibido una invitación que le otorga la posibilidad de ir a...Origen
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Cómo estáis! os traemos otro episodio cargado de novedades. Repasaremos el lanzamiento de WordPress 5.3, veremos qué novedades ha implementado YouTube en su diseño y analizaremos un proyecto web de Yannick. Todo esto y mucho más en el episodio 73 de Negocios y WordPress. Interesante hasta decir basta es también el episodio 24 del podcast Un billete a Chattanooga. En él, cuentan con Rocío Valdivia...Origen
Os traemos un episodio ligerito con un montón de noticias, una hoja de ruta para SEO y una sección con proyectos de la comunidad. Los más frikis de WordPress verán interesante el artículo que ha encontrado Yannick en Kinsta, a través del repositorio de noticias de ManageWP.org. Se trata de un extenso artículo con estadísticas de WordPress donde podréis ver qué plugins son los más utilizados...Origen
Stewart m'a demandé quels plugins j'utilise sur mon site WPMarmite : je lui réponds dans cet épisode 56 de #DisVoirAlex ! ## Je vous en parle dans la vidéo, voici nos plugins fétiches, dont on ne se sépare plus sur WPMarmite : ⏩ Admin Columns Pro : https://www.admincolumns.com/ ⏩ Advanced Gutenberg Blocks : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-gutenberg-blocks/ ⏩ Akismet : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/ ⏩ AMP : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/amp/ ⏩ Archived Post Status : https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-archived-post-status/ ⏩ Cocorico Shortcodes : https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/cocorico-shortcodes/ ⏩ Collect.chat : https://wordpress.org/plugins/collectchat/ ⏩ Custom Login Page Customizer : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/login-customizer/ ⏩ DeepL pour WordPress : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdeepl/ ⏩ Download Monitor : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/ ⏩ Duplicate Post : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/ ⏩ Elementor : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/ ⏩ Favicon par RealFaviconGenerator : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/favicon-by-realfavicongenerator/ ⏩ FeedPress : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/feedpress/ ⏩ Glue for YoastSEO & AMP : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/glue-for-yoast-seo-amp/ ⏩ Gravity Forms : https://www.gravityforms.com/ ⏩ Imagify : https://imagify.io/fr ⏩ Instant Articles for WordPress : https://wordpress.org/plugins/fb-instant-articles/ ⏩ Loco Translate : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/ ⏩ ManageWP : https://managewp.com/ ⏩ Members : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/members/ ⏩ Monster Insights : https://www.monsterinsights.com ⏩ OptinMonster : https://optinmonster.com/ ⏩ PastaCode : http://pastacode.wabeo.fr/ ⏩ Polylang : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/ ⏩ PrettyLinks : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/ ⏩ Q2W3 Fixed Widget : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/ ⏩ Redirection : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/ ⏩ Regenerate Thumbnails : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ ⏩ SecuPress : https://secupress.me/fr/ ⏩ Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/coming-soon/ ⏩ SendinBlue Subscribe Forms & SMTP : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/mailin/ ⏩ Smart Podcast Player : https://smartpodcastplayer.com/ ⏩ Social Warfare : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/ ⏩ Subscribe to Comments Reloaded : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/ ⏩ User Switching : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/ ⏩ Widget Logic : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/ ⏩ WP No Base Permalink : https://bel.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-no-base-permalink/ ⏩ WPRocket : https://wp-rocket.me/fr/ ⏩ WP Sitemap Page : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemap-page/ ⏩ WP Time Capsule : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-time-capsule/ ⏩ WP-Page-Navi : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pagenavi/ ⏩ Yoast SEO : https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ ## Vous créez des sites WordPress régulièrement ? Inscrivez-vous au Bouillon, la newsletter premium de la Marmite. Dedans, vous recevrez tous les 15 jours les dernières actu WordPress et les ressources essentielles à tous les créateurs de sites WordPress : ⏩ https://wpmarmite.com/bouillon/ ## Et n'oubliez pas de vous abonner à la chaîne de la Marmite pour recevoir tous mes conseils WordPress ! ⏩ https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WPMarmite
En este nuevo episodio de negocios y WordPress repasamos algunos conceptos y herramientas a la hora de trabajar con imágenes en nuestras páginas web. Una semana un poco complicada para Yannick que ha estado enfermo y no ha podido dedicar demasiado tiempo a sus proyectos. Aunque sí ha podido invertir bastante tiempo en YouTube. Nos contará cómo va cambiando su percepción acerca de los directos...Origen
Thanks to all the people who helped fill in Jim's chair while he was off teaching high school kids how to write code! 4:00 What Jim learned while he was gone. 6:50 YouTube Chat and Hangouts 10:00 Maybe try Streamyard 13:00 Hangouts going away? Separating Shows For a Separate Channel? 22:00 Charitable has an outage - this means your audience can't download your show 23:20 YouTube Chat has people putting nasty comments from Bangs naughty Bits 32:49 Ross fills us in on Steamyard https://streamyard.com/pricing 40:34 Thanks to our awesome supporters 42:25 How to learn Narrative podcasting? From the Football History Dude Mike Rowe the Way I Heard It Book: Out on a Wire Out on the Wire Podcast Ghost of football episode on Radiolab Cathy Heller Interview on School of Podcasting Carolyn Cole from Boomertank 57:00 Jim's Wife on his podcast 57:34 School of Podcasting Top Peeves POST SHOW 01:00:00 Jim's mega subscribers 01:01:18 Sonaar.io Wordpress Themes for Podcasters 01:02:00 Why Dave's had it with Divi 01:05:00 I love Managewp and is Pretty Links written Poorly? 01:06:03 Maple Grove Partners is a great web solution (if you're not using Siteground or Coolerwebsites.com) 01:09:20 Jim's thoughts on Spotify 01:12:00 Soundcloud next? - Anchor actually had a sponsor that wasn't anchor 01:14:00 Best Live Platform? from Johnson of No Cupcake Zone Youtube is what we are using and C920 WEbcam Rode Rodecaster Pro Mixer/Recorder/Headphone Amp/Jingle Player Check out Streamyard for Free Live Streaming 01:24:00 The Live Show Items to Consider 01:28:10 is it possible to make a living as a podcaster? Connect With Jim and Dave Find Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv Work with Dave Jackson at the School of Podcasting or let him be your podcast mentor
Welcome to episode 52 of The Blogger Genius Podcast. Today I'm interviewing Andrew Wilder from the site NerdPress, previously known as The Blog Tutor. In this episode we discuss the simple technical mistakes bloggers make and how they can easily fix them. We talk about how Andrew started as a food blogger, then when other food bloggers kept asking him for technical help, he found his new career. We talk about techy stuff like site speed, recipe markups, and what he thinks of the new WordPress editor called Gutenberg. Make sure you're covered on the technical aspects of blogging, so definitely listen to this episode! Resources: Blogger Genius on iTunes Blogger Genius on Stitcher Blogger Genius on Google Play The Blog Tutor (NerdPress) Eating Rules International Food Blogger Conference Metorik Woocommerce ManageWP 1Password Dashlane First Contentful Paint WP Recipe Maker Google Search Console ShortPixel Imagify Gutenberg TinyMCE Food Blogger Central Facebook Group Transcript - What Are Simple Technical Mistakes Bloggers Make with Andrew Wilder Host 0:03 Welcome to The Blogger Genius Podcast, brought to you by MiloTree. Here's your host, Jillian Leslie. Jillian Leslie 0:13 Hey everyone, welcome back to The Blogger Genius. I have to tell you, I'm incredibly excited for this year. We've got some really cool things in the hopper. If you have not subscribed yet to the podcast, please do so. You can subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play -- really anywhere you get your podcasts. And that way, you won't miss an episode. Today, I am interviewing a guy named Andrew Wilder. Andrew started as a food blogger and then what happened was he was really good at the technical side of blogging. So when people kept asking him questions, he decided to create a new business called The Blog Tutor where he helps people with the technical side of blogging. In this episode, we are going to be talking about how to get traffic to your blog, easy wins for SEO, what you need for 2019 to keep your blog up-to-date. Andrew is not only delightful, but he shares so much that will be useful. So if the technology gives you a headache, like it does me, please listen to this episode because I know you're going to really enjoy it. So without further ado, here is Andrew Wilder. Andrew, welcome to the show. Andrew Wilder 1:40 Thanks. Happy to be here. Jillian Leslie 1:42 Okay. So I have to just say how we met which is you not only are a food blogger but you also run it, you you have a service where you help bloggers with the technical side of blogging, and we'll get into that. But you had recommended MiloTree to a customer, the customer reached out to me and said, "Oh, I'm excited about MiloTree. Andrew recommended this..." you know, our pop-up tool. And so I emailed you and said, "I just wanted to say thank you," and then I said, "Hey, would you come on the show?" Andrew Wilder 2:14 And I said I'd love to. How did your food blogger journey start? Jillian Leslie 2:15 I love that. Okay, so we have to discuss how your blogging journey started and also then how you also have this whole other business. So, tell me. Andrew Wilder 2:26 Sure. So I'm in the middle of my second and third career simultaneously. So I originally started-- Jillian Leslie 2:33 Wait. What was your first and second? Andrew Wilder 2:35 Well, my first career was as a theatrical lighting designer, so I did lighting for live events and theater. And I actually worked for a while designing shows for Princess Cruises and so I was I was traveling the world on cruise ships for a while, and it was awesome in my 20s. Then by the time I got to my 30s, not so much. And I kind of burned out on that, decided to move on. And around the same time, this was in the late 2000s, I was out of a long-term relationship and I wasn't feeling great, I wasn't taking great care of my body and I realized something needed to change. I kind of had an aha moment after reading Michael Pollan's work and I sort of had a year of transformation where I got healthy and started exercising pretty much for the first time in my life. Jillian Leslie 3:21 Wow! What kind of exercise? Andrew Wilder 3:25 I started with yoga, that's a great way to get into it. Jillian Leslie 3:28 Yoga works? Wait. YogaWorks? Andrew Wilder 3:29 Actually, I was doing yoga at home. I found a video podcast called YOGAmazing. And they were, like, 20 minute yoga sessions, so it was super great for beginners. I could, you know, do it in my living room and fall over and nobody would be looking, which is really nice. So, it's great If you're really just starting out. And I really liked it, my body really responded well to it. I actually started running after that. And I was the kid who would throw up after running a cross country in PE. It was horrible. And I went to a very sports-focused school and I was the kid in the theater who was puking. So I got over that and I actually started running and enjoying it. I realized as I was transitioning out of my writing career, I'm like, "Okay, I don't know what to do next." And everybody always says follow your passion and the money will come, right. I'm like, "Okay, well, what am I passionate about?" I'm really focused on all of this and I want to help other people. And so I decided to start my own blog about healthy eating and diet and nutrition. So I actually started my blog, which is called Eating Rules. The double entendre is intended, right? So I started that in April of 2010. Jillian Leslie 4:37 Wow. So a while ago. Andrew Wilder 4:40 Yeah. Well, what's funny is, I thought I was late to the blogging party at that point. I went to the International Food Blogger Conference that summer and I was meeting people like Elise Bauer and David Lebovitz who started in like 2004-2005. And I thought I was, like, late. And turns out, there is an attrition to blogging, right, and now I'm, like, old guard. So there is that. Yeah, it feels like I've been blogging forever. I mean, it's what, almost nine years now. So yeah, when I started I was, like, nonstop. I was writing six posts a week. I wasn't doing anything else other than working out, so I had time. That quickly went to 5 times a week and then 4 times a week because, you know, it's hard to maintain that. Jillian Leslie 5:31 And now where is it? Andrew Wilder 5:34 Once every six months. Jillian Leslie 5:35 Ooh! Okay. Got it. Andrew Wilder 5:38 But yeah, we're not going to talk about that so much. So that's because I'm busy with the third career really. Ever since I was a kid, I was always interested in computers. And in the '90s I had started building websites, and actually, throughout the 2000s, I had a one e-commerce client that I just kind of had as a client on the side while I was doing all the travel. So when I started my blog, I had an advantage because I knew the tech already, and so that definitely helps. I was sort of inherently focused on SEO and speed and various things like that, so it made it a lot easier for me to get started. But then when I got into the food blogging community, which is amazing, I got involved with the Food Bloggers Los Angeles group. And I went to the Camp Blogaway conference, which was up in the mountains, about three hours east of LA. That conference isn't running anymore but it was awesome. It was about 100 bloggers in a mountain retreat for a weekend. And most of those folks were LA-based because it was hard to get to otherwise. From there, they asked me to speak at a Food Bloggers LA meeting and I put together this presentation on Google Analytics. I didn't know what I was getting into, so like, I did a deep dive. I printed out 14 pages of stuff for everybody because I didn't have a projector. It was, like, three hours and people just hammering me with questions about Analytics. Afterwards, people swarmed me. They're like, "Hey, can I hire you to fix my blog?" And I was like, "No, no, no. Don't pay me. I'll be happy to help you out." And people were like, "No, no, I'm going to pay you. What's your rate?" and they insisted on paying me. That's kind of when the light bulb went off and I'm like, "Hmm, wait a minute. Maybe there's something to this." And from there, Blog Tutor was born. Jillian Leslie 7:24 Which is your third business. Andrew Wilder 7:26 Which is my third business. I was just doing, like, hourly fixing stuff. I was doing blog redesigns and just helping people out with the stuff that came up. Over a couple of years of that and working on, I don't know, dozens or maybe a hundred sites, I started to see patterns of what everybody kind of needs to be doing but isn't. And I'm like, "Oh, I'm setting this up on every site," you know. Why you need to make backups of your site or blog And like backups is a perfect example. Like so many people don't make backups of their site. And so I would set up backups and I found the backup systems that worked reliably and were also easy to restore if something happened, because that's also really important. So out of that, I kind of started to standardize what I was installing and setting up, and I turned that into a maintenance and support subscription. So instead of working hourly for folks, which is very unpredictable for me and for my clients, instead, it's a fixed monthly rate. We include various services with it. And that's really been a game changer for everybody. It allows me to help more people because it's consistent and I can optimize what I'm doing on my end and I can hire people to help me with some things, so I can help more people that way. It's also made my income more regular and predictable, which is I've never had that in my life. Jillian Leslie 8:47 Nice, nice. Andrew Wilder 8:49 I can run a report on Metorik, I'm not sure how he pronounces it, which is a WooCommerce website. M-E-T-O-R-I-K dot com. A game changer. Bryce (the guy behind that) is brilliant, so I'm going to give him a shout-out on that. Jillian Leslie 9:04 Great. And I'll link to it in the show notes. Andrew Wilder 9:07 Excellent. So yeah, I can go to Metorik and see exactly, you know, if nobody signs up for my plans and nobody leaves, I know exactly how much money I'm going to earn in the next 12 months. Jillian Leslie 9:15 That's amazing. How many blogs would you say you manage? Andrew Wilder 9:19 We are managing a little over 200 sites right now. Jillian Leslie 9:24 That's amazing. Andrew Wilder 9:26 That's also why I'm spending 12 or 13 hours a day, every day in front of my computer. Jillian Leslie 9:30 I get it. Why it's important to hire help when you're a blogger Andrew Wilder 9:31 So I'm tired. But I've actually hired help. I have two guys working with me who are awesome. I brought Sergio on about a year ago in October of 2017. He and I met at WordCamp LA, which is a WordPress conference. We ended up sitting next to each other at a session on the WordPress command line interface and he showed me some tricks. And I'm like, "Hey, you're cool and you're generous, and let's talk." We just totally hit it off and became friends. And he's awesome. Then my more recent hire is Ben Meyer who is also a food blogger. He found me through Food Blogger Pro. He's active in the forums there and I'm one of their resident experts. I had been planning on like working on hiring somebody in October and he reached out in September, just sent me a cold email. I had seen him around, but his email was excellent. You know, so he wrote a really good cover letter and I'm like, "Wait a minute, let's talk." So both Sergio and Ben kind of fell into my lap, so to speak, and they've been great. And, you know, I could not be managing this many sites on my own at this point. Why solving a problem for others can turn into a business Jillian Leslie 10:42 I bet. A couple things that you said that I really resonate with. One, people came up to you and said, "Hey, help me with my blog." And boom, there's the problem, you're the solution. Like, there was your business. So again, I always say this to people, which is, look for what people are responding to you about your... you know, it could be something, you know, here you are this food blogger wanting to talk about health and healthy eating and then who knew that people would want this other service from you. So that was terrific that you saw that opportunity and seized upon it or seized it. Andrew Wilder 11:16 I mean, it's just kind of the path. You know what, you have to be out there doing stuff, right? Jillian Leslie 11:20 Yes. Andrew Wilder 11:21 And if you're doing that, then paths will appear and then you get to choose which path you want to take. Jillian Leslie 11:25 And people will appear because as you just said, "Wow, I met this guy at this conference, or this guy reached out to me." So just my piece of advice is: be open. Andrew Wilder 11:35 One thing, one piece of advice I like to give about going to food blog conferences. So I love going to conferences and, at this point, I tend to like going for the social aspect because I get to see a bunch of people I don't see very often. Right? How to meet people at a conference But when I started, when I went to that first IFBC conference, I didn't know anybody, literally. Like I started using Twitter a week before and through Twitter, actually, I found I was sitting on the same exact train going into the city with another blogger from LA and we happen to have been on the same plane. So we connected and walked to the hotel together. But so, you know, finding ways to reach out and connect with people is amazing. But what I started doing at the conference was we have these, like, 15- or 20-minute breaks between sessions and I would give myself the assignment of go and meet three new people. Jillian Leslie 12:19 Oh, I like that. Oh, it's so uncomfortable. Andrew Wilder 12:22 Totally uncomfortable. But you know, people are really friendly. Jillian Leslie 12:24 They are. Andrew Wilder 12:26 And, you know, as long as you're nice, people are going to be nice to you, I think, or I believe. And so, what I would do though is I go introduce myself politely. I wouldn't like burst in and interrupt a conversation or something. But after a couple of minutes, we'd exchange cards. I'd say, I'd literally tell people, "I've got to go meet two more people. It was nice meeting you. Let's talk soon." And I go meet two more people. And people actually got a kick out of it. So like, you know, so I also didn't get stuck talking to one person and as opposed to, you know. And from that, I met some very dear friends who, you know, I consider my closest friends now. Jillian Leslie 12:59 Right. And what I find... and again, I've talked about this on the podcast. I also like going to conferences and meeting people that I may know virtually, but all of a sudden, you meet them in real life and it just takes everything to a whole different level. And bloggers do share. Like, they're kind and they they will help. I have found that there isn't this feeling of like, "Oh, I have to keep all my secrets to myself." The people are very generous, like, "Oh, I've been doing this on Facebook and it's been working," or, "You should try this with your email," or whatever. And I have always found that so helpful and generous. Andrew Wilder 13:40 I completely agree. And it's amazing because food blogging is incredibly competitive. You know, like, I like to say there's room for all of us, but realistically, there's only 10 search results on the first page. And there's only so many pins and so many eyeballs. And so, you know, clearly it's a huge market and there is room for anybody who's really dedicated. But it's amazing to me how supportive bloggers are of each other when you're supporting your competition. And I can't think of any other industry that's like that. Jillian Leslie 14:10 And there are ways that if you work together, you can help each other grow. Andrew Wilder 14:14 Absolutely. And what's really special. I mean, I love working with food bloggers, like, they're nice people and they're nice clients. When I started working, when I was working for the cruise ships, they would take six months to pay us and it was like an ordeal, we'd have to helm that. And like, food bloggers pay me in advance, and I solve a problem and then I get, you know, a huge thank you. It's nice. I'm not, like, banging my head against the keyboard, you know, and it makes me want to keep helping people. Jillian Leslie 14:41 Totally. Now, back to what you had mentioned. Okay, so people came to you and you kept seeing certain problems over and over again. One was backups. But what other... So again, we all need to be backing up our sites. Andrew Wilder 14:55 Yes. Jillian Leslie 14:56 And can you talk a minute about that? But also, what were these other problems or mistakes or things that people were struggling with? Technical mistakes bloggers make Andrew Wilder 15:04 It sort of falls into, I don't know, three or four buckets. So backups is one of them. The key with backups is, well, first of all, you have to back up files and your database because you need both of those things for WordPress to be complete. And then you have to back them up off-site and it should be on schedule. Like if you just had a calendar reminder to do it once a week, that's not sufficient really because you're going to forget. And the last piece of that is you have to know how to restore your site if something goes wrong. So backups are a little tricky to do. The other thing is, don't ever trust your host to do backups. Some hosts do backups and especially the Manage WordPress posts. But unless you are absolutely sure that they're doing backups and you can access them, and it's not just like the whole server disaster recovery kind of backup, that's not usually sufficient. I had one friend who had a hosting company. Her hosting company disappeared overnight. It was a smaller company, obviously, and she didn't have any backups and her site was gone. Emails started bouncing. Like, nothing. She totally lost her entire site. Jillian Leslie 16:06 Wow. The need to backup your site Andrew Wilder 16:06 That's like the extreme horror story, right? So I can't emphasize backups enough. The other reason I start with backups is you can screw anything else up, your site can get hacked. It doesn't matter if you have a backup you can restore from, you can get back in business. So it's this massive safety net. Jillian Leslie 16:23 I think we back up our sites every day. Andrew Wilder 16:26 I hope so. On my services I take backups so seriously that I actually am doing three different backups nightly. We're using ManageWP now to do incremental backups through a plugin. We're also using CodeGuard, which is a third-party service that doesn't require a plugin or Wordpress's system. It's blogs directly into the server against the backup. And we're also using UpdraftPlus to make a local backup nightly, which that one's more for convenience than security. But that way, you can just make a really quick backup before making any changes or anything. So that's that's how seriously I take backup. Jillian Leslie 16:59 Okay. So everybody, take that seriously. Okay. And then what are the other mistakes or problems that people are facing or were facing when they reached out to you? Making sure your site is secure Andrew Wilder 17:11 Security is a big one. WordPress is not inherently insecure, right? It's an active product that's being developed, but vulnerabilities are discovered. Vulnerabilities and plugins are discovered. Basic stuff like not sharing passwords through email. It's a big one. Email is not secure and that password will sit in both people's archives forever. Reusing passwords is a bad practice, right? Like, what was it, Target that got hacked? If your email address and password were hacked in the Target breach and you use the same email address and password on other services, it's not hard for hackers to make that connection. So using strong passwords and unique passwords on every platform, it's important Jillian Leslie 17:52 My husband who is a technologist forced me to start using 1Password which is a password service and it's not an easy system to use, but it makes everything that much more secure. Andrew Wilder 18:14 Are you on Mac or PC? Jillian Leslie 18:15 Mac. Andrew Wilder 18:17 I'm on PC and I don't love 1Password on PC. I've heard its really good on Mac, but maybe not. Another good one is Dashlane. I also found a free one called Buttercup recently and I started playing with it. And it looks like it might actually be good. So that's another one people could check out. Jillian Leslie 18:32 Yeah. At least with 1Password, and I think 1Password has like kind of a subscription plan that makes it easier, but I will say it's a little bit of a learning curve to use it. But once you do, then you don't know how you'd ever live without it. Andrew Wilder 18:48 Exactly. It's once you get it set up, it makes your life not only more secure but it actually makes your life easier. Jillian Leslie 18:54 It does. So I would recommend investing the time in some sort of password plugin or program or something like that. Andrew Wilder 19:04 Absolutely. And then security scanning is also important, having a good firewall. There's all this technical stuff you can do to help protect your site. Update your site often to fix security vulnerabilities Then the next big, big thing that people aren't doing and should is updating their sites. There's all these plugins and updates are released regularly for a lot of them. Sometimes updates are just new features. Sometimes though, they're fixing security holes. As soon as there's an update to fix a security vulnerability, that becomes a known vulnerability. So hackers actually know this and they can start testing that for sites that haven't updated yet. So one of our tiers of our support plans, we take care of the updates. The other part of it is if something breaks during an update, we'll fix it. That's part of the the peace of mind aspect. Because what happens when you hit update and there's a bug in the new update and you get a white screen of death, if you don't know how to fix it, you're going to be stuck and your site's going to be down. So we're able to take that burden off of people. One of the other advantages of working on so many sites is we see patterns emerge very quickly. So for example, there was a vulnerability in a GDPR plugin, the WP GDPR compliance plugin recently. It was a very bad one, actually. And we were able to find that very quickly. Then we just found all of our sites that were running that plugin and updated them immediately so that they wouldn't get hacked. Jillian Leslie 20:32 Can we talk about plugins in general? Andrew Wilder 20:34 Sure. Jillian Leslie 20:34 Okay. So I know as we just talked about previously, for MiloTree, we built MiloTree so that it was incredibly light and incredibly fast. And the big, I guess, criticism of plugins is they slow down your site and you don't want too many. So can you speak to that and what that means? And how many plugins you'd recommend? Andrew Wilder 20:55 Sure. With plugins, it's not about quantity, it's about quality. You know, most people don't realize how complicated WordPress itself is. I've actually been wanting to do a search and figure out how many millions of lines of code there is on WordPress. And a plugin could be literally two lines of active code, or it could be... so it could be a very lightweight plugin that doesn't do much. And that will be, you know, assuming it doesn't, like, have some problem with it, that won't slow things down at all, you know. But it could be a very large bug. Like, Woocommerce is a huge plugin, right? It's a good plugin but it's huge because it does a lot of stuff and it takes a lot more work for your server to process that. Pick WordPress plugins based on their quality and speed So really focus on quality and size and scope of plugin, you know, if it's well coded and fast. You know, MiloTree has been designed from the ground up to be fast, right? Jillian Leslie 21:49 Right. Andrew Wilder 21:50 So that makes a big difference. I've seen a lot of pop-up plugins that really bog things down, or sometimes they'll keep track of their stats, and I'll log in and check the database and their stats database will be like 200 megabytes, and it's slowing everything down because of that. I can't give you a number of like "Oh, it's okay, to have this many plugins." You know, in general, less is more; and fewer plugins, it's going to be faster because it's less for your site to do. But you really want to focus on on the quality and the speed and the weight. The other thing to consider is, what does the plugin do? Does it add a feature in the dashboard? Or does it add a feature on the front end? Or both? Adding stuff to the front end will add, you know, maybe JavaScript and stylesheets and other stuff. Some plugins are very greedy. The EasyRecipe plugin, for example, I think it added four stylesheets and four Javascripts to every page load, whether there's a recipe on it or not. And in this age where Google and everybody's pushing for more speed, you don't want to bog your site down with that. Does site speed matter? Jillian Leslie 22:53 Can we talk about that? Because my husband is like a speed freak, okay. All he cares about is site speed. He will get mad at me if our photos are not resized, that kind of thing. Could we talk about why speed... like, is he right that speed is so important? Andrew Wilder 23:15 Yes, to a point. So, speed is critical. It is a ranking factor for Google. But it's also good for users. If you click through on a search result to a chocolate chip cookie recipe and you see a white screen for five seconds and then you see an ad pop-up before anything else, you're going to click away before you even get to the recipe, so it needs to load fast. People are on their phones which don't have as fast a connection to the internet and a slower processor. So part of it is just thinking of the user and making sure the site loads quickly because people don't have time, you know, in this millennial age. If it's not there, almost instantly forget. They're going to hit the back button and try a different search result. At the same time, you don't have to be obsessive about speed. In terms of SEO and ranking, actually you don't get a boost in the rankings for being faster inherently. You actually can be penalized for being slow though. And that's also relative to your vertical. So you want to be faster than other food blogs. Jillian Leslie 24:23 Got it, okay. Andrew Wilder 24:26 If you're running a food blog. Jillian Leslie 24:27 Okay, okay. Andrew Wilder 24:29 But faster is better. The other places with a lot of confusion is people are like, "Oh, my page took 20 seconds to load." The total page load time is not really a useful metric. Because what happens during those 20 seconds? What you want to have happen is your page starts showing something very quickly. Within two seconds, the visitor has to see something happening. Within three seconds, they should be starting to read your content. So you want to be looking at, like, First Contentful Paint. It's like basically the first time the browser paints anything or draws anything. Because if your header image and your post title and your first picture, and some of your actual blog post content starts showing up within three seconds, your site's going to be crazy fast to the visitor. Then if other stuff around it kind of loads while the person is reading, they may not even notice. So it's not so much the total time, but it's more about the perception of speed. Jillian Leslie 25:22 Oh, interesting. Andrew Wilder 25:24 And starting to really break down what's important on the page. Jillian Leslie 25:27 Interesting. Okay, so we've touched on, wow, okay, so we've touched on security, we've touched on site speed, we've touched on backups. Anything else that bloggers struggle with? Why you need recipe markups if you're a food blogger Andrew Wilder 25:45 Recipes and recipe markup -- that's a challenge. Jillian Leslie 25:49 Can we talk about what that is? Andrew Wilder 25:51 Yes. Most people, I think, are aware of this now, where you want to use a modern recipe plugin that basically lets you format your recipe on the page. And it looks good, like you have your recipe card, as it's usually called. But it also in the code has markup to tell Google, "Hey, this is the ingredient, this is the description, this is the cook time, the prep time. This is the number of ratings it has." All that stuff is actually in the code and it gives that information to Google. And if you have enough of that information in, Google will reward that by showing what's called a rich snippet in the search results. The little thumbnail image and the rating and, you know, the cook time and stuff. And the more of that information you have in the search results, the more likely somebody has to click on it because it looks much more appealing. So the trick is, you need to fill out all the information or as much of it as possible. If you consistently don't fill out the cook time, you're missing out on opportunity. So it's real tedious to go through and make sure everything is, you know, filled out completely or as completely as possible. But it really does pay dividends on that. Jillian Leslie 27:01 What is your favorite recipe plugin, card plugin? Andrew Wilder 27:05 So there's a few good ones. The one I currently include with my support plans is WP Recipe Maker. The other one I'd recommend is Tasty Recipes. That's from the the same folks who do Food Blogger Pro. Jillian Leslie 27:17 Yeah, I know them. Andrew Wilder 27:18 I know them, I like them a lot. Jillian Leslie 27:20 Me too. Andrew Wilder 27:21 When I started doing WP RM, it was the only plug-in at the time that was fully Google compliant So I started including that as a service for my client. You know, I see that sort of as a value add with my services. It's not sort of as much as of a core component. But it's really helpful. For folks who have ZipList Recipe still or EasyRecipe Plus, you're going to see a big improvement by converting over to WP Recipe Maker or Tasty Recipes. What I always recommend is when somebody's doing a conversion, they do them one at a time; they test for accuracy and completeness. That's the same time you go through and say, "Oh, wait, this is missing the prep time," and you add that or it's missing keywords, or whatever information it is. Jillian Leslie 28:05 Interesting. So, keep going. Andrew Wilder 28:08 I was going to say, then you can also... if you have your site configured in Google Search Console, it'll show you a report of which recipes are missing information. It does take a week or two to update sometimes, so you have to be patient, it's not an instant thing. But as you're working through stuff, you know, once a week check on your Google Search Console and you'll start seeing, "Oh, these recipes are all complete now." Why MiloTree is such a powerful plugin to grow your social media followers Jillian Leslie 28:31 "I wanted to take a short break to talk about how powerful MiloTree is. And why is it so powerful? Because MiloTree is taking your traffic -- people who have been on your site and converting those people into followers and subscribers. And what happens when you take people who love you, who know your content, who then become followers, what happens is those people become engaged. Those people interact with your content on social. And what that does is it signals to the social networks the your accounts matter and will show your content to more people. So these aren't just any followers and subscribers. These are the cream of the crop. And that's what MiloTree does. So I invite you to head on over to MiloTree.com to sign up for your 30-day free trial to see how it works for you. And it also will work on WordPress, we have a WordPress plugin. But there's also a simple line of code that you can install on your Shopify store or any platform where you own your site." And now back to the show." Now, here's the thing. The name of the game -- I was just having this conversation with David, my husband and partner -- and what we were saying is, it doesn't matter how great your site is. What really, at the end of the day, matters for you to make money is traffic. So when you think about that for Google so that you can get traffic, what are your strategies? What are your tips for how to use your blog technology to drive traffic to your site? Andrew Wilder 30:24 It's a lot of what we just talked about from a technical perspective. You know, the site has to be fast, it has to be up and working. And it has to be mobile-friendly. Beyond that, you have to have great content. That is still the number one thing, is great content. When you're optimizing for SEO or any traffic, the most important thing is, think of your visitor. Are they having a good experience? Is it immediately obvious what your site's about, who you are, I can't believe how many people still don't have a smiling picture of themselves at the top of the site. People want to know who they're reading. Why it's important to show Google you are an authority in your niche And Google is also focused on expertise, authority and trustworthiness (the E.A.T). So when Google is looking at your site and humans from Google look at your site too, they want to see that you are an authority and you're trustworthy and you're an expert. So you have to kind of drop those clues. Having a nice picture of you smiling at the top. "Hi, I'm Andrew. Welcome to Eating Rules." It doesn't have to be much. In fact, it shouldn't be much. But rather than some random chocolate chip recipe, it's, "Oh, hey, this is my daughter in my food blog," or whatever your hook is, right? You got to hook people and draw them in and then you have to give them some good stuff. Edit out your redundant blog photos -- show the steps One other thing I've been paying attention to a lot is your photos. You know, everybody knows you have to have great photos, right? But when you take 12 pictures of that cake, with the perfect slice cut out of it, and all the pictures are almost identical and you put all of them in the blog post, you're not really adding value for the reader. Instead, you have one beautiful shot at the top of that cake, right. And it's like, "Oh, want to make that." And you start scrolling, scrolling, you know, reading through the blog and you talk a little bit about how you make the cake, and maybe the process shots of, you know, step-by-step photos of how to make the cake. So like, if you're layering, you know, raspberry filling or whatever in the middle, show a picture of that so people can see how it's done because then you're providing value. And make sure that picture looks nice and it's compelling. That way, you're kind of holding people's hand through this experience of making the cake and they're going to get better results because you're showing them how to do it better and they're going to trust you more. Jillian Leslie 32:29 Right. And especially because people consume content on their phones. So to have photo after photo after photo that's just a slightly different angle, you know, I'm on my phone so I don't want to be scrolling through those photos. Andrew Wilder 32:44 And I know it's hard for people to edit. You know, you get the cake to look beautiful, you set up your light. You've got the camera, you've got all the gear. And, you know, you shoot 200 pictures of this. Show three. Jillian Leslie 32:59 Yes. In fact, I was given that piece of advice for SEO, which is to take out really, like be hypercritical taking out photos in your posts. You know, back in the day it was like throwing in the kitchen sink. And it reminds me, I was a writer in Hollywood and there's always that thing about you need to be able to kill your babies, which means you have a joke or a piece of something and you love it so much. And to become a better writer, you need to learn to delete stuff even if it's good. Andrew Wilder 33:33 Exactly. So, from a user perspective, it's good to get rid of those photos. You know, I don't want to scroll through 12 of the same picture. As I'm scrolling on my phone, those pictures all start to look the same anyway. But from a speed perspective, it's huge too. You know, images compared to anything else are enormous. You know, you might have a 200 kilobyte image. And if you have 12 of those, just the images in your page are over a megabyte, which is slow anywhere. And all the Javascripts and all the HTML probably won't even add up to that much. Jillian Leslie 34:03 Right, yes. Aren't there plugins that resize photos and things like that? Andrew Wilder 34:09 Yes. Jillian Leslie 34:10 And you recommend the? Use an image optimizer to reduce the size of your photos Andrew Wilder 34:11 I do. Actually, I include image optimization on my Inner Peace support plan because it's such an important thing. So not only will we compress the photos, we will actually scale them down, if needed, as well. Because, you know, if you upload right out of your camera, you might be uploading a 4000 by 3000 pixel image that's four megabytes. There are some ways to mitigate that with image source set, which usually only works on mobile. But still, you're better off scaling the image to the size it's going to be displayed. Optimizing it or compressing it with the JPEG compression before you even export out of Photoshop or Lightroom or wherever you're editing. And then when you upload to have an image compression plugin, like ShortPixel or Imagify, that will squeeze out a few more kilobytes and optimize the image. The other reason it's really good to have an image optimization plugin is when you upload an image to WordPress, it generates thumbnail images. So it will basically take your, let's say, your 700 pixel wide image that you upload. It might also create a 500 by 500, and it might create a 300 by 300, and a 150 by 150. So it creates these little thumbnails that are used in various ways. Which images it creates basically depend on your plugins and your theme. But those images will also be optimized by the plugins. So it runs in the background automatically. So once you have it set up and configured, you don't have to do anything, which is really nice. It doesn't add any burden to your workflow. It doesn't make life harder. Jillian Leslie 35:39 Right. Andrew Wilder 35:41 So, ShortPixel is my favorite one. Jillian Leslie 35:42 Okay. And we'll have all these in the show notes. Okay, so here is my next question. So it seems like every so often, pretty often, there are new technical things that come out. Like Google doesn't want you to show intrusive pop-ups on mobile or GDPR. Like, I feel like people's heads exploded. What do you see coming down the pike? What do I need to know about Gutenberg, the new editor is WordPress? Andrew Wilder 36:04 Well, the big, big, big one is Gutenberg. So Gutenberg is the new editor in WordPress. It's been under under development for well over a year. It was originally going to come out this past spring and then it was going to come out the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and then it was going to come out the Monday after Thanksgiving. And it is still not out yet. I'm very glad they didn't release it right before Thanksgiving. It is a beautiful way to create content. It's sort of similar to Medium, if you've ever seen their editor. And it thinks in terms of blocks. So paragraph is a block, and image is a block. Jillian Leslie 36:41 Isn't it very similar also to say like MailChimp or any of those email services where you're constantly adding the blocks? Andrew Wilder 36:49 Yes. Mad Mimi works kind of the same way. So, I think Gutenberg is a great thing for the future. It's, you know, the old editor, the TinyMCE, that's what it's called, is kind of clunky. You can't really do much but write paragraphs and dropping some pictures. It's hard to extend and do things like tables or, you know, three columns or something like that. So, Gutenberg is going to add a lot of that functionality and really modernize things. The trick is, any plugin that works in the editor has to become Gutenberg compatible. They're catching up but Gutenberg has been changing so rapidly that it's been very difficult for plugin authors to keep up. So what my recommendation is, is basically I'm bullish on Gutenberg long term, but I'm bearish in the short term. If you've got an existing site, it may not be worth changing to Gutenberg just yet. So what's going to happen is right now, if you want to use Gutenberg, you have to install it as a separate plugin. When WordPress 5.0 comes out, it will be built in and it'll be the default editor. If you want to stick with what you've got, you can install the classic editor. It's a plugin to the repository that basically as soon as you install it, it just keeps things as is. You can install that now before 5.0 is released. Then when 5.0 comes out, you can update and you'll still have the classic editor. So what I recommend is doing that now, you know, especially in Q4 when everybody's got crazy traffic from the holidays, like don't break anything right now. Then in January or February, we can revisit this and then maybe time it to test out Gutenberg. Okay, so don't rush. Don't rush into it. There's there's going to be benefits but at the moment, you could really kind of shoot yourself in the foot. I had one client who installed Gutenberg and it seemed to be working. and then they had their VAs going through and editing lots of recipes for two weeks and then they discovered problems where things weren't saving properly. They had to go back and fix a lot of stuff. Especially if you don't catch a problem right away, it's really hard to restore from a backup and they had to fix all of this manually and it was a lot of work. So, tread lightly. Gutenberg is going to be great but it might not be there yet. Jillian Leslie 38:58 Right. My husband has a similar philosophy like when iOS comes out with new versions, he waits like a month or two or three or I don't know how long because everybody gets excited and downloads it, but then typically, they kind of fix stuff in the beginning. So patience a little bit kind of can get you further. Andrew Wilder 39:22 I actually set up a playground for my clients where they could log into just a fresh WordPress installation that has Gutenberg installed so they can tinker with it and get a feel for it without having to risk breaking their own sites. Then I installed common plugins like I installed Tasty Recipes and WP Recipe Maker which we both now... yep. So both of those plugins are Gutenberg compatible now officially. Jillian Leslie 39:44 Okay, got it. Andrew Wilder 39:46 But, you know, that's only until Gutenberg changes something and it breaks something in the plugin, and plugin authors have to fix it. So, it's going to be a little rough for a little while. Jillian Leslie 39:54 I get that. Now, here's a question. I know of a blogger who recently changed their theme and their Google traffic like halved. Is that a common thing? Andrew Wilder 40:09 It shouldn't happen. But I wouldn't say it's not common. You know, it's hard to say. It depends what changed. And I'm not a forensic SEO expert, I could refer that person to some great people who might be able to pinpoint what happened and what went wrong. It could be a number of things. It could be that their speed suddenly tanked and the new theme was actually much slower. Or it could be that there was a technical problem or maybe they changed their URLs by accident and didn't realize it. There's so many variables here that it can happen for sure. If you do it "right", it shouldn't happen. If anything, Google, should... you know, you should be making things better, not worse. So, you should long-term at least be rewarded. You know, sometimes when there are big changes, Google will kind of drop things until it gets a chance to re-index. So it might just be like a dip for a couple of weeks. That can happen too, so don't panic necessarily. It could also be bad timing. It could be that there was a Google algorithm change around the same time and, you know, you think it's because of your theme but it's not; it's because of something else. Jillian Leslie 41:19 Interesting. Okay. What's interesting is you're technical and you're a food blogger. So how do you think about social media from a blogger perspective, a technical perspective, or however you want to answer that question? Andrew Wilder 41:34 So I burned out on social media, to be honest. I may not be the best person to ask because I'm kind of down on social media. Jillian Leslie 41:42 As are a lot of people, yes. Andrew Wilder 41:45 I know Instagram exploded and I found it wasn't doing anything for traffic, so I kind of lost interest. You know, Twitter doesn't drive traffic for the most part, so it's really all Pinterest. You know, Facebook drives very little traffic. If you make videos, Facebook is great, but otherwise, forget it. Jillian Leslie 42:03 But I would say that Facebook is good at rewarding your Facebook page, but not necessarily driving traffic even with videos. Andrew Wilder 42:13 Yeah. You know, because they want to keep people on Facebook to get their advertising dollars. Right? Jillian Leslie 42:18 Exactly. Andrew Wilder 42:20 So, you know, on my own food blog, I did okay on Pinterest but I never quite cracked the Pinterest code, to be honest, you know. I was kind of phasing out of Eating Rules and more focused on Blog Tutor. And for Blog Tutor, I'm not really doing a lot of social media because I don't need to. My business is growing organically through referrals. You know, because food bloggers all talk to each other. So I'm blessed that I don't have to do a ton of marketing right now. You know, where I do use social media is Facebook for support groups like Food Bloggers Central is a great place for folks to get advice. Jillian Leslie 42:58 Is that a Facebook group? Big Facebook groups for food bloggers to check out Andrew Wilder 42:59 Yes. There's a few really big Facebook groups of 2000 or 3000 or 4000 people in them, but they're very active. So if you have a question you could ask there and get an answer very quickly. I often answer questions in there to help people out which is of course, great marketing for me. So Facebook groups are really, really useful. I mean, that's sort of replaced other forums. But yeah, if you can tell me Pinterest secrets. I will be listening to that podcast. Jillian Leslie 43:27 We do. Well, actually, Pinterest is very, very important for Catch My Party. In fact, we're approaching a million followers. Andrew Wilder 43:34 Oh, Mazel Tov. Jillian Leslie 43:36 Thank you. And again, we take what Pinterest says very seriously. When Pinterest talks, we listen. That drives millions of page views for us and that's how we ended up building MiloTree was to support, to keep our Pinterest followers growing. So I was curious, especially since you're a food blogger and, you know, Pinterest is I think such an important platform for food bloggers. Andrew Wilder 44:04 I think for me, some of it is it's the the cobbler's kids' shoes. Jillian Leslie 44:08 Yes. I so get that, the manicurist's nails. Yes. Andrew Wilder 44:13 I'm so busy working on other people's sites that it's hard at the end of the day, you know, to spend any time on my own. Jillian Leslie 44:18 I get it. Andrew Wilder 44:20 And that's okay. I've made peace with that. Jillian Leslie 44:22 I get that. Okay, so what is one, just randomly, one piece of food advice that has helped you that you think has really helped your health? Andrew Wilder 44:33 Recently, I've cut out carbs. I don't want to say I jumped on the keto bandwagon. But I feel much better. I think it's because I'm eating more vegetables instead of bread and cheese when I'm working all day and I have to go grab something out of the fridge real quick. When I grab carrots instead of crackers, that makes a difference. Jillian Leslie 44:55 And have you lost weight? Andrew Wilder 44:56 I have. Jillian Leslie 44:57 Naturally without trying? Andrew Wilder 44:59 Yeah. I'm using a meal delivery service for lunches called Territory. It's expensive but it's really good. It's great because I get my five lunches a week delivered and the food's excellent. It's basically lots of vegetables and various proteins, and they have keto-friendly ones, or low-carb ones ready. Because I've been so swamped with work that it's sort of an indulgence, you know, to not have to cook for myself, but it's actually kind of necessary because I don't have the time right now. Which leads me to one big point actually that, like, I'm hiring help. And right now, the help I need is for somebody else to make me lunch. Jillian Leslie 45:47 I like that, I like that. I'm a big believer in that. Advice: Learn to hire people for your business Andrew Wilder 45:54 Inherently, everybody I'm working with, they've learned or they started to learn to hire help because I'm the help they're hiring. And it's something that I've been trying to learn in my own business. It's like, "you know what? Just because I can do this doesn't mean I should." Jillian Leslie 46:05 Right. And there is a process of letting go and that somebody might not make your lunch the exact same way you would and that's okay. Andrew Wilder 46:15 Although, at the same time, I'm often pleasantly surprised that, like, they might make the lunch better than I would. Jillian Leslie 46:22 Exactly. Andrew Wilder 46:25 That's something I've been working really hard on leaving the door open to like because I'm kind of a control freak and I'm, I'm pretty good at a lot of stuff. I like to say I'm good at a lot of things. I'm not excellent at everything. You know, like, I'm not super niche down. So it's hard for me to find people who can do the breadth of stuff, but I'm finding people who can do certain things much better than me. And that has been so liberating, and to take that kind of stuff off my plate which frees me up to do other stuff. And so, you know, it takes time and and leaps faith sometimes to find that but when you do, it's so great Jillian Leslie 47:04 It is. And if you can find the one thing that I am very careful of, intentional about is the people I hired to help me and if they are people that I like and that do great work, and they make my life so much more pleasant, and so I would say take the time to really find those gems because they're out there. Andrew Wilder 47:31 What's the phrase? Hire slowly but fire quickly. Jillian Leslie 47:34 Yes, I believe in that. Andrew Wilder 47:36 Easy to say but hard to do. If it's not working, cut it off. Jillian Leslie 47:40 Immediately, because it's not going to work. No matter how much you try to make it work, you will know, I believe, and it's just, you know, I believe that in so many areas of my business, try something. If it's not working, pull up, pull up, pull up. So well, I have to say, this has been such a treat and I'm sure that a lot of my audience is going to go "How do I reach out to this guy? How do I learn more of what he's talking about, what he's doing? How do I hire him?" So could you share how people can find out about you? Andrew Wilder 48:12 Sure, you can go to BlogTutor.com. That's B-L-O-G-T-U-T-O-R dot com. Then there's some information on the homepage. But then if you need WordPress help, there's a big old button that says "Get WordPress help" and that will show you all the information about our support plans and our pricing and the various plans that are available. Then you can sign up from there or reach out to us. You can also reach us at support@blogtutor.com. So you can just shoot us an email with some questions. So, Ben, Sergio, and I all check that inbox, so we're all we're all working on that. I will drop a little hint. I'm actually about to change the name of the company. It's a long time coming. But you know, when I started, I was originally going to write courses for food bloggers, actually very similar to Food Blogger Pro. They did it better than I ever would have. But that's why I called it Blog Tutor and, you know, it's kind of a descriptive name. We do do sort of a lot of tutoring in our emails back and forth with our clients. You know, I believe in explaining what we're doing to our clients so that they're empowered to know what's going on with their sites. We don't just fix something and then say, "okay, it's fixed." We tell you what we did so you can learn from it. But we've kind of outgrown the Blog Tutor name. So I'm in the trademarking process right now so I can't tell you yet what the name is, but it's so much better than Blog Tutor. So I don't know when this is going to air. Jillian Leslie 49:29 Probably in maybe four weeks or so. Andrew Wilder 49:33 Okay, great. I am hoping to have changed the name by then. Jillian Leslie 49:35 Okay. Well, you know what, if you reach out to me with the new name, I'll add it so that people can read the show notes and see. Andrew Wilder 49:44 Excellent, and I'll set up a redirect from Blog Tutor, so you'll be able to find us through BlogTutor.com either way. But I'm super excited about the name and I can't wait. That waslike my last big project for 2018, so I'm coming down to the deadline and we'll get there. Jillian Leslie 49:59 Nice. Well, Andrew, thank you so much for being on the show. Andrew Wilder 50:03 Well, thank you for having me. This was a pleasure. Please spread the word about The Blogger Genius Podcast Jillian Leslie 50:06 "If you're liking the Blogger Genius Podcast, there are many ways to support the show. The first way would be to share about it. 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The episode is sponsored by Plesk and Freemius. This week I welcomed back Jean Galea to the podcast as we found some time to discuss the plugins we're using at the moment, and why we chose them. Although Jean and I work together, we rarely find the time to have discussions such as these since we tend to focus on different projects, so this was an opportunity to see what each of us was doing. At the same time, we're hoping to give you a better idea of how we run our websites and perhaps point out some plugins you weren't aware of before. Throughout our discussion we focus on plugins and a few SAAS tools that have integrations with WordPress. Since the WordPress sites that we run are focused around either content (WP Mayor) or e-commerce (WP RSS Aggregator, EDD Bookings), our choice of plugins is also centred around these markets. Even if your sites are not focused around heavy content or e-commerce specifically, there are some great little nuggets in there for you. I won't list down all the plugins we use here, but here is a quick overview of the main ones we have used on all or most of our sites over the years. Content & Subscriber Management Nelio Content to manage our posts more easily Replyable to be able to reply to post comments through email, without having to log in to the dashboard Akismet or Anti-Spam to prevent spam comments from, well, spamming your site MailPoet to send out newsletters and to reach out to subscribers Optin Monster to run various campaigns on our sites to attract subscribers SEO Framework or Yoast SEO to ensure that our content is as optimized as possible Forms Ninja Forms as our main go-to plugin, having been introduced to it by James Laws, the other founder of this podcast Gravity Forms is an established solution we used before and still do on some sites E-Commerce & Marketing Easy Digital Downloads and its extensions WooCommerce and its extensions Official extensions Trusted 3rd-party WooCommerce extension stores Analytics Monster Insights, a great tool from Syed Balkhi Hotjar Connecticator to connect to the Hotjar service for heatmaps, site visitor recordings, polls and more Social Media SNAP by NextScripts Affiliate Management AffiliateWP to run our affiliate programs on-site Thirsty Affiliates to store affiliate links from other programs and cloak them Impact and Shareasale as alternative ways to run an affiliate program when you need a more professional solution Backups & Security BlogVault to manage our site security and backups in a simple and reliable way ManageWP to manage multiple sites from one dashboard, including running updates WP Security Audit Log to track how multiple users are using our websites, which is especially useful when you have multiple authors or editors Others Advanced Custom Fields to be able to customise our websites with custom fields where we need them Elementor as our page builder of choice when we need to create a quick website for which a default theme won't do the job Classic Editor; given that we are unsure of what Gutenberg will bring with it in WordPress 5.0, this is a safety net of sorts PerfMatters, probably the most important of all, to control on which pages certain plugins run, which is essential if you have certain functionality that you only need on a few pages (giving you better performance site-wide) We mention a few more plugins throughout the show that meet certain other needs, so be sure to listen in and learn more. Are there any other plugins which you use religiously on your WordPress sites? Let us know in the comments to give them the exposure they deserve.
NovedadesElías ha vuelto de Estados Unidos y nos resume un poco como ha sido su experiencia, nuevamente, en este evento de Google en el que ya es un habitual invitado. Tras volver de Estados Unidos le esperaba un Amazon Echo Dot. Lo ha probado y nos cuenta qué le parece y si es mejor o peor que el sistema de Google. Gutenberg llega a su versión 4.2. Actualizaciones leves que os dejaremos en la sección de...Origen
Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my September Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! If you want to learn step-by-step how to build a website so that you can start a side hustle and make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER I sent out a market research survey to my email list. I blocked time for planning 2019. I launched the Web Designer Academy with an email series and a no-pitch webinar. I went to Austin for a long-weekend for a mastermind retreat. I brought on an intern. I brought on a new VA/project manager. Notes I found to myself in my planner: “I have another commitment.” *Schedule MY time* REVIEW OF MY GOALS My goal each month has been to generate $10,000 in revenue because my rough breakdown to replace my old paycheck, cover business expenses and pay taxes is: $5000 – Income to cover my old paycheck. $2500 – Expenses $2500 – Taxes WHAT I FOCUSED ON IN SEPTEMBER Coming off of August into September I was still totally in GO mode. I was determined to plan out my entire 2019, so I blocked a few days in the first week of the year to review my metrics and send out a market research survey to my email list all about their opinions on the 5 Day Website Challenge and my Serious Side Hustlers membership. In that first week I also contracted with a new virtual assistant who is all the things that I’m not: organized and detail oriented, and now I have enough hours of help every month. I also posted a listing for an intern at a few of the local colleges and received a few excellent applications, and got some interviews scheduled for the end of the month. I knew I would have to slow down enough at some point to train and onboard people… but instead of slowing down I just added more hours to my day. The second week of September I immediately got to work on my Web Designer Academy launch – which coaches web designers through marketing their businesses and managing clients and projects. In August I’d written a few blog posts related to running a freelance web design business and ran Facebook ads to them in an unsuccessful attempt to start building up an email list before my launch… More on that later… And then in mid-September, I kicked off the launch using a strategy that I’d never tried before – a 3-week long email-only launch with a no-sales-pitch webinar in the middle of the launch. The launch campaign itself was designed only to be sent to people who continually expressed interest in the content all along the way – instead of spamming everyone with irrelevant emails – which felt amazing to me!! I spent quite a bit of time visioning my ideal client for the Web Designer Academy and writing emails that I felt would really speak to them and what they could get out of the program. For the first time since I launched the program the very first time, it felt really authentic and not salesy. During the launch I had several small client projects that booked, and also continued to work on the new project that was booked in August, and I was still recording 7 episodes of my podcast, Pep Talks for Side Hustlers, every single week. Go. Go. Go. And just as I was at the point of opening the cart for the Web Designer Academy, I hopped on a plane to spend a weekend in an AirBNB with 5 girls I’d never met before to mastermind and talk about the future of our businesses… Which was the reset button that I needed. More on that later. Upon returning from the mastermind weekend, I interviewed a few interns (although one really stood out and I hired her on the spot). And then I wrapped up the most successful launch of the Web Designer Academy to date! So with that, here’s how much I made in September of 2018, my ninth month of running my online business full time. INCOME BREAKDOWN PASSIVE INCOME: Affiliate Income – $2340.49 5 Day Challenge Upgrade – $406 Serious Side Hustlers – $899 Individual Courses – $0 Individual Serious Side Hustlers Workshops – $70 Web Designer Academy – $2907.88 Websites That Make Money Beta – $194 WordPress Protection Package – $299.65 PASSIVE INCOME TOTAL: $7407.02 TIME FOR MONEY INCOME Done For You Projects – $3090 Consulting – $2500 TIME FOR MONEY TOTAL: $4267.25 TOTAL INCOME: $11314.27 EXPENSES BREAKDOWN TOOLS 1Password for Teams – $0 AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $56.96 Amazon Web Services – $0.77 (no idea what this is for LOL!) Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11 Bluehost – $15.99 ContentSnare – $29 Cookiebot (GDPR Compliance) – $24 Drift Pro – $50 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 Elegant Themes – $89.00 Flywheel – $110.00 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GoDaddy – $45.51 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 HelloSign (Contract Software) – $300 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.34 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $30.00 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $109.07 Smart Podcast Player – $12 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Temi Transcription – $3.20 Typeform Pro – $35 Zapier – $15.00 Make Developer Renewal – $224 TOTAL: $1614.59 Marketing Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 HauteStock (Stock photos) – $0 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Tailwind (Pinterest) $29.96 Facebook Ads – $315.26 Creative Market Templates, etc. – $8 TOTAL: $443.22 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Bench Accounting – $135.00 TOTAL: $135.00 HELP: Subcontractors TOTAL: $1623.05 LEARNING/MENTORSHIP Misc Audiobooks – $0 Courses – $97 TOTAL: $97 TRAVEL $198.09 – Southwest Fees Girlboss Retreat in Austin in September FEES Credit Card Processing Fees: ~400 OFFICE SUPPLIES $0 TOTAL EXPENSES: $4111.05 NET PROFIT: $7203.22 BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED I had a freaking awesome month revenue-wise. In fact, it’s the best month I’ve ever had in my business. I’m gonna pat myself on the back for this one… My Web Designer Academy launch was the most successful yet, and it was the smoothest launch for me because I felt awesome about HOW I was promoting the program, and at the time of this recording we’re a month into the program and the students are amazing. That work fuels me! But my “success” came at a physical cost. At the beginning of the month, I was worn out physically. My eyes hurt and felt heavy. I was EXHAUSTED constantly. Even more alarming, my left thumb was really sore and it was hard to move my fingers on my left hand… Am I seriously working so much that I’m going to get carpal tunnel and have to wear a wrist brace like all the secretaries at my first job? And then I went away to the mastermind weekend, and was challenged on the way I was thinking and working, and reminded that I’m in control of all of this, and I have to take control of it starting now. I needed to take more time for myself. For self care. For the reason that I started this business in the first place. And for me, that meant going from 7 podcast episodes a week down to 3 so that I could go to hot yoga twice a week and actually move my body aside from walking my dog. And to put intentional effort into mentoring my team so that I have people I can rely on to help me. Nine months in, I feel like I’m really hitting my stride, and despite all the ups and downs mentally and physically, I wouldn’t trade this or go back to my day job for anything!!
Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my August Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! If you want to learn step-by-step how to build a website so that you can start a side hustle and make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST I booked one new Done For You client. I participated in the Thrive Virtual Conference. I worked 12 hour days, 6 days a week. I came to the realization that I needed more help in the marketing/admin side of my business. Notes I found to myself in my planner: “Take the first estimate that comes into your mind and double it. That’s how long it will really take!!!!” “ASK FOR HELP!!” “Today will be calm chaos.” “I need someone who can work 15 hours a week for me – maybe start with an intern?” “I own a web design agency instead of I am a web designer” “Hold your boundaries and guard your time like a bulldog, not a butterfly” REVIEW OF MY GOALS My goal each month has been to generate $10,000 in revenue because my rough breakdown to replace my old paycheck, cover business expenses and pay taxes is: $5000 – Income to cover my old paycheck. $2500 – Expenses $2500 – Taxes WHAT I FOCUSED ON IN AUGUST As I mentioned in my July income report, once my vacation was over in July, I jumped right back into the grind, working 12 hours a day 6 days a week in an attempt to do all the things. I put a ton of time into my Pinterest scheduling. I didn’t have many guests scheduled for my podcast which meant I was writing every episode myself. I had booked a new client who was very, very eager to get started, which is awesome, but on the flip-side when I’m already at capacity, it was challenging to fit the work into my schedule. I felt like I was all over the place and not very focused at all in August. I was just trying to keep up with all of my commitments in August and not let any of the balls I agreed to hold on to drop. That being said, here’s how much money I made in August 2018: INCOME BREAKDOWN PASSIVE INCOME: Affiliate Income – $1735.30 5 Day Challenge Upgrade – $319 Serious Side Hustlers – $1111.00 Individual Courses – $144 Individual Serious Side Hustlers Workshops – $0 Web Designer Academy – $197.00 Websites That Make Money Beta – $594.00 WordPress Protection Package – $419.38 PASSIVE INCOME TOTAL: $4519.68 TIME FOR MONEY INCOME Done For You Projects – $3090 Consulting – $2500 TIME FOR MONEY TOTAL: $5590.00 TOTAL INCOME: $10109.68 EXPENSES BREAKDOWN TOOLS 1Password for Teams – $43.16 AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $54.73 Amazon Web Services – $1.47 (no idea what this is for LOL!) Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $45.00 Bluehost – $0 ContentSnare – $29 Cookiebot (GDPR Compliance) – $24 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 Flywheel – $110.00 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 HelloSign (Contract Software) – $300 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.34 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $30.00 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $98.60 Smart Podcast Player – $12 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Zapier – $15.00 Misc Plugins – $89.00 TOTAL: $1305.11 Marketing Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 HauteStock (Stock photos) – $99.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Tailwind (Pinterest) $29.96 Facebook Ads – 31.50 Creative Market Templates, etc. – $0 TOTAL: $250.46 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Bench Accounting – $135.00 TOTAL: $135.00 HELP: Subcontractors TOTAL: $1470.55 LEARNING/MENTORSHIP Misc Audiobooks – $7.00 Courses – $97 TOTAL: $104.00 TRAVEL $11.20 – Southwest Fees Girlboss Retreat in Austin in September FEES Credit Card Processing Fees: ~ $200 OFFICE SUPPLIES $0 TOTAL EXPENSES: $3433.16 NET PROFIT: $6676.56 BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED As I review my numbers for August, I totally hit my revenue goal!! Which is super exciting, because that means that all my my hard work, hustle and 12 hour days resulted in me reaching my goal. However. That pace isn’t sustainable. It cost me physically. I was exhausted. I got sick that first week in August. I wasn’t making time to walk Scarlett every day so I’m literally sitting at my desk or on my couch for 12 hours a day. That’s not healthy. And while I have an awesome VA team, I really needed more time from them than I could afford at their current rates. Which sucks, because I love them, but running a business is about making decisions that help me create a stable, sustainable business. When led to the note in my planner about bringing someone on for 15 hours a week instead of the 15 hours a month I was currently getting. I have to be strategic, and I have to look out for myself, and so you’ll see in September’s income report the changes that I made. So this out of control, exhausted, overworking myself thing comes up for me from time to time in my business. It’s a conversation I’ve had several times with my business coach and that’s why I have the note “Guard your time like a bulldog, not a butterfly” written in my planner. I have a tendency to say yes to everything, and then put my own wellbeing aside to make sure things happen for other people. And it’s not a selfless thing. It’s actually very selfish, because I get a lot of validation from coming through for people. It makes me feel important. It’s 100% my ego at work. I had a call with my business coach in August where we talked about how much I’m working, and she asked me a question that was really hard to hear: Who is Shannon when she’s not working? What kinds of things does she like to do? And I couldn’t answer her. It made me feel really sad that I couldn’t. Because what is all of this for? My why has always been freedom, flexibility and financial independence but for some reason I keep trapping myself. So my homework has been to take Friday afternoons off and go do something by myself, in my city, that I like to do. Like, go be a tourist in Columbus, Ohio. Because this is a totally awesome city, I’ve lived here all my life and there are so many things that I’d love to do that my friends aren’t into, my husband’s not into, but I never make time to do myself. And so that’s what I’ve been doing. Exploring my city, taking time to do things by myself and just spending time not working. I’m a work in progress. I know I’ll never have it all figured out, but the important thing is that I know how I want to feel, and how I don’t want to feel, and as long as I’m taking the time to reflect and make adjustments, I’ll be okay. Change doesn’t happen overnight, which is something I keep reminding myself. Three years ago I dreamed of today. And then I made it happen. So if I can dream of the next iteration, and really focus on how I want it to feel and start putting a plan into motion, there’s no reason why I can’t work less and live more. Today’s pep talk is brought to you by Bluehost. Go to www.peptalksforsidehustlers.com/bluehost and get 36 months of web hosting for just $2.95 a month. That’s less than one trip to Starbucks a month – and if you’re anything like me, you’re at Starbucks more than that! Then you can sign up for my Free 5 Day Website Challenge at www.peptalksforsidehustlers.com/5day and I’ll show you step by step how to get started building your new website for your side hustle.
Watch the video of this podcast here. A Brief Background for Monique Dubbelman Monique Dubbelman has played a role in design for a few decades now. Back in the late ‘80s, she trained to be a graphical engineer. That role eventually led to management positions in the print industry, which eventually gave way to the digital world we all know and work in now. After print died down, Monique made a decision to move away, both literally and figuratively, from her work. She moved to the countryside in the Netherlands about 15 years ago and built her own webshop for organic gardening. And this was just the start. Life Before the Blueprint Monique officially began building websites with BOE!media in 2011. While she was happy working as a designer and a builder, she found that her business model was not scalable. She was working on demand and compromising on price for the small business clients she worked for. So, she began looking for the next phase of her career. It was at that time when Beaver Builder pointed her in the direction of WP Elevation and the Blueprint program. She was skeptical at first though, saying: “You get lots of opportunities and big promises [from programs like these], so I was a bit sceptical in the beginning.” Skeptical of the Blueprint It’s not uncommon that we encounter people who are skeptical of the Blueprint. For WordPress professionals and consultants that are in a tough spot - feeling burned out, overloaded, and bleeding money - the investment in WP Elevation might seem like an unwise choice. However, once they start looking at what they get in return, it’s when that skepticism will begin to fade away. That’s exactly what happened for Monique. After examining the Blueprint further, she asked herself, “Will this help me get the right mindset and actually do the work?” The answer was, “Yes”. Making Positive Changes with the Blueprint As Monique so deftly pointed out, the Blueprint program works because it motivates Elevators to actually use the tools and strategies provided to them. Although Monique only began the Blueprint about six months ago, she’s already been able to make positive changes to her business. Here are some ways in which the Blueprint has helped her: She did away with clients that didn’t fit well with the new way of working. Other clients who didn’t understand the value of her services left on their own accord, leaving her free to connect with better clients. The free giveaway guide inspired her to bring some of her ebooks out of retirement and put them back into circulation. She has used a number of tools and materials provided by the Blueprint, translated them for her audience, and really made them work for her specific business. While she has gone through the Blueprint and made big strides with what she’s done so far, she continues to return to it to find new ways to improve her workflow and make it work for her clients. Her Take on the Community The WP Elevation community has proven to be a welcoming environment for Monique to trust in as she hones her business model. As she explained in the podcast, everyone in the community is open and stands on equal footing, no matter how long they’ve been at this. And because it’s okay to be vulnerable and talk about the bad as much as the good, it has encouraged her to do more with the Blueprint. Monique's accountability partner has also been helpful in motivating her to work through it. Hers happens to live near her in the Netherlands and they meet (by video chat now) every two to three weeks. They talk about what they’ve been doing as well as plans for the future, supporting each other along the way. Favourite Tools There are two tools Monique gives a special shout-out to. The first is ManageWP. As she explained, she’s now hired someone to handle the maintenance side of her business. However, she still really enjoys how easy ManageWP has made it to care for multiple client websites at once. She also is a big fan of Beaver Builder, the company that referred her to WP Elevation in the first place. While she’s spent a lot of time exploring page builders, in general, she appreciates Beaver Builder’s continued embrace of web developers as users. As other builders move further away from web development in the hopes of making more universally user-friendly tools (ahem… Gutenberg), Beaver Builder is one that continues to support the way she prefers to work. A Personal Approach to the Blueprint That’s one of the key things Monique has gotten from the Blueprint: the fact that you don’t have to grow your business in the same direction as everyone else. You can use it to improve your workflow, but do it in a way that makes sense for the way that you want to work. Although she was tempted to get carried away with the Blueprint at first, she quickly realised that she needed to consider what was the most important to her. Then, she could take those elements from the Blueprint and put them to work. As such, she still works on her own and doesn’t have any major plans for expansion. While she outsources maintenance to someone else (because it’s something she dislikes), she’s reluctant to hand over the design piece as it’s something she’s always had a passion for. Wrap-Up In the near future, Monique plans to do more strategic one-on-one work, which means that she may have to outsource that piece eventually. For now, she’s designing her business the way she wants to with the Blueprint. We hope other Elevators are encouraged by this who may feel intimidated by others whose aspirations appear larger or more impressive in scope than their own. The future looks different for everyone and you can shape it however you see fit with the Blueprint. P.S. We've created a 10% discount code for the listeners of the WPE podcast. Simply add the code GOELEVATE upon payment of the Blueprint course. The deal is valid until the 21st September 2018.
Bienvenidos a otro episodio de Negocios y WordPress. Otro episodio más en el que Elías y Yannick nos invitan a una amena charla sobre marketing, negocios, branding, y por supuesto WordPress. Comenzamos el programa con las últimas novedades. Ya sabéis como va; primero las novedades y noticias acerca de tecnología, negocios y WordPress. Y finalmente las reflexiones profesionales.Origen
Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my July Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! You can check out Part 1 where I review my income and goals here. If you want to learn step-by-step how to build a website so that you can start a side hustle and make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! EXPENSES BREAKDOWN TOOLS 1Password for Teams – $143.64 AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $54.73 Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11.00 Bluehost – $0 ContentSnare – $29 Cookiebot (GDPR Compliance) – $24 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 Flywheel – $100.00 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.34 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $20.64 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $98.89 Smart Podcast Player – $6 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Zapier – $15.00 Misc Plugins – $135.00 TOTAL: $1091.98 Marketing Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Tailwind (Pinterest) $0 Facebook Ads – 186.66 Creative Market Templates, etc. – $34.70 TOTAL: $311.36 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Bench Accounting – $135.00 TOTAL: $135.00 HELP: Subcontractors TOTAL: $1645.00 LEARNING/MENTORSHIP Misc Audiobooks TOTAL: $39.98 TRAVEL $300 – AirBNB for Girlboss Retreat in Austin in September FEES Credit Card Processing Fees: ~ $200 OFFICE SUPPLIES $0 TOTAL EXPENSES: $3618.16 NET PROFIT: $3859.01 Save BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED As I reviewed my numbers for July, I see that my expenses are still higher than I want them to be for what I’m generating in revenue. And while I do believe that I must invest in my business in order to grow, I have to invest wisely, with focused intention. That philosophy applies to both time and money, because not only am I spending more money than I want to and not getting the ROI I want to get, I’m also spending more time than I want to and also not getting the ROI… So you know whose fault that is? Mine. My July income report is a clear representation of me winging it. Giving into the relief of not worrying about money and then making totally random decisions about how I spend my time (I’m looking at you, Bluehost Birthday Sale) and chasing shiny objects (Pinterest, that’s you. Definitely important, but I didn’t plan for you, Pinterest!). Yes, I’ve got my schedule and I was planning my week every week, but if how I’m spending my time doesn’t tie out to an overarching, clear goal? What’s the point? Oh my gosh, imagine what I could do with solid systems, a concrete plan, and laser-focus? That’s exciting to me. And that’s why I’m planning to do my own little mini-retreat so that I can go off and make some decisions about what I want to focus on for the rest of the year and in 2019 and create a plan, a budget and BOUNDARIES to make it happen. And as I plan for the rest of 2018 and for 2019, while I have a strong focus on increasing revenue, I’m going to look at realigning my spending on expenses to make it happen.
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Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to Part 2 of June Income Report where I’ll tell you exactly how much money I spend and what I spent it on, plus lessons learned along the way! Check out Part 1 of the June Income Report where I break down my income and how I earned it in Episode 115. If you want to build a website and learn how to make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! EXPENSES BREAKDOWN TOOLS AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $54.73 Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11.00 Bluehost – $0 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 Cookiebot (GDPR Compliance) – $24 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $330.66 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $16.83 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $101.61 Smart Podcast Player – $6 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Zapier – $15.00 Client Plugin Renewals – $30.00 TOTAL: $1108.09 MARKETING: Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Tailwind (Pinterest) $8.61 Facebook Ads – 241.89 Creative Market Templates, etc. – $108.59 TOTAL: $449.50 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Bench Accounting – $135.00 TOTAL: $135.00 HELP: Subcontractors (VA Team, Graphic Designer, Web Developers) TOTAL: $940.55 LEARNING/MENTORSHIP Brock Johnson Hashtags – $27.00 TOTAL: $27 TRAVEL None FEES Credit Card Processing Fees: ~ $200 OFFICE SUPPLIES Toner, 2019 Planner and replacement Command key for my laptop: $196.54 TOTAL EXPENSES: $2515.71 NET PROFIT: $5656.04 BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED June started out tough, then I had a turning point mid-month and it ultimately ended on an amazing note. AN EMOTIONALLY TOUGH MONTH It was tough because I had to come to terms emotionally with having to cancel a couple of large contracts. Even though they were monthly, cancel at any time contracts, I just felt like I was letting those people down and not meeting my obligation to them. But once I cancelled them, I felt such a sense of relief knowing that I’m doing what’s right for me and my business so that I can grow and I can actually help others achieve their goals. That sense of relief helped me come out of a fog of fear that had settled over me since I first left my day job in January. I hadn’t realized how negative my mindset had gotten because I was constantly worrying about whether I’d be able to pay myself on the 1st and the 15th of the month. And because I was in a constant state of worry, I was consuming as much information about business as I could, hoping that magic answer that would just make it all come easily would be out there. I was also gaining weight from the stress, which to me was crazy because the main reason I started my business was so that I could be in control of my time so that I would have time to eat healthy and work out. I had removed every single roadblock to losing weight, and yet, I still wasn’t doing what I know I needed to do to make it happen. I was still making excuses. BUSTING MY EXCUSES So one morning while we were camping, I opened up a Google Doc and I just started typing out every single reason why I couldn’t lose weight. I mean, I just let everything out on the page. Every single excuse that had piled up over the years, I just listed them out, one by one. And after I ran out of excuses, I went back to the top of the list, and starting with excuse number one, I wrote down all the reasons why that excuse wasn’t true. It was as if I wasn’t talking to myself, it was like I was talking to my best friend who I knew was struggling and really needed someone to give it to her straight in a really caring, compassionate way. And for the next week, every morning before I started work for the day, I pulled out that list and read it. It was a long one too. And before I knew it, those excuses began to sound ridiculous. And the truth I wrote below the excuses started to become my new story. And oddly enough, my actions began to follow. All the things that were hard before just weren’t hard. I just did them. And that continues still today. MY NEW BUSINESS STORY Seeing how much mental relief and traction I got from busting all my weight loss excuses, I decided to write down all the things I believed were making it really hard for me to reach my income goals each month. All my stories. All of my excuses. And then, like a kind friend, I told myself all of the reasons why those things weren’t true or they really didn’t matter. And I wrote my new story. I read it a few times a week in the morning to remind myself of what’s true, to keep me from slipping back into the fear. CHASING RELIEF After writing my new business story and ditching all those fearful excuses and beliefs, I felt even more relieved. I didn’t have too many projects vying for my attention in June. It felt like things slowed down a bit. More relief. Who is putting all of this pressure on me, anyway? Hmm… That’s a question I’ll have to explore another time
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Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Expenses Breakdown Tools: AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $64.48 Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11.00 Bluehost – $79.76 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GDPR Compliance Plugins – $76.61 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 HauteStock (Stock Photography) – $99.00 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $341.45 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $8.00 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $102.77 Popup Ally Annual License Renewal (List building plugin) – $99.00 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 WP Imagify (Speed Optimization) – $9.99 WP Rocket – 2 Licenses (Speed Optimization) – $78.00 Zapier – $15.00 Client Plugin Renewals – $263.30 Total: $1381.10 Marketing: Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Total: $90.00 Professional Services: Bench Accounting – $135.00 Total: $135.00 Help: Subcontractors (VA Team, Graphic Designer, Web Developers, Pinterest Specialist) $2040.00 Learning/Mentorship: Mindmeister Annual Subscription – $35.94 Sally Hogshead How to Fascinate – $27.99 Total: $63.48 Travel: None Bank/Credit Card Processing Fees: Credit Card Processing Fees: $188.74 Office Supplies: None Total Expenses: $3898.32 Net Profit: $5656.04 Biggest Lessons Learned The biggest lesson I learned as I reflected back on May is that when I protect my time, I feel more in control. When I started scheduling and blocking my time in this new way, I felt more in control. When I was able to work on the projects that I love, like the 5 Day Website Challenge and Pep Talks for Side Hustlers and marketing, it all feels right and worth it. And that it’s very important that I write these income reports and review them sooner than three months behind. Because they help me get so much perspective and even some clarity about what to do next. Remember how I almost spiralled out of control in April from taking on too much client work? Well, I was still hungover from that in May and it really clouded my decision-making. I had a few Done For You proposals still out there that I decided to put some intentional effort to follow up on these projects and book them… “but if I do this,” I thought, “I’m going to need to bring on a project manager to manage them.” And I was really torn, because I know bringing someone on is going eat into my profit and I NEED to put a paycheck into the bank every two weeks… But I’m also trying to put my time into raising my passive income, and part of that could be hiring a team to run the Done For You projects, raising prices and me just selling them and coaching a team through the actual work. I don’t have to be the one doing all the things, I just need to slow down enough and make space to hand things over to people who are better suited to do them than I am – and on a per project basis rather than a monthly contract until I have a consistent, stable income. I can’t (and shouldn’t) do every single thing in my business. That’s how I end up making $15.62 an hour. Because honestly, I feel like if I give up on client work, I gotta shut down the Web Designer Academy too. Right? And am I ready to do that? No, I love mentoring other web designers that are just getting started. I would NEVER coach them to build the situation I had created for myself. But for some reason I was just not taking my own advice!!! So I posted a position to my Web Designer Academy students, and three amazing candidates applied!! “Okay, so now what? How do I choose?” I thought. Oh, and I had no guaranteed work to give to them because these proposals – where I had gotten a verbal yes that prompted me to even post this job description – hadn’t yet signed a contract or paid a deposit – which means they’re not actual jobs on my schedule. So I asked each candidate if they would be willing to do a trial project and I told them that it wouldn’t be until I booked a new project. Guess what? I didn’t book a single new project in May. And I’m not at all surprised. The energy I was putting out closed off any possibility of that happening. In fact, I was relieved. Relief wins out over everything. But I felt bad about getting three awesome people all excited to work with me and then womp womp, nevermind! I don’t have any projects for you after all!! Running a business is HARD when there are other people besides me involved! So I put my head down into redoing the 5 Day Website Challenge and adjusting the marketing, the sales funnel and the pricing strategy. I took a deep dive into Nathalie Lussier’s AccessAlly and implemented all kinds of new features that weren’t there when I first started using it three years ago. It was a total blast, and things started to feel right again. But I knew deep down, I was still going to have to make some cuts, that my expenses were still way too high especially with no new Done For You Clients coming in to cover them. And when you look at my income reports, you can see that there’s one clear place to make a few cuts that have a big impact. Independent contractors. The people I pay to help me with day-to-day stuff and DFY projects. Ugh, these are real people whose contracts I need to cancel. It’s not like just cancelling a subscription, it’s like telling someone “Hey, remember I used to pay you X? Well, you can’t count on that anymore… Hope you can still pay your bills!!” And I know it’s my own hangups around money that make me feel terrible, that make me dread having those conversations, because I feel like I’m putting that person in a bad spot. And because I’m afraid of not having enough money and I’m projecting it onto other people. But it’s not personal, it’s business. But it is personal, to me. I’m sensitive. I care about stuff like that. But I also have to put myself and the health of my business first. So I cancelled my Pinterest management contract and took that on myself with the goal of learning exactly what I was outsourcing. I honestly feel like I made a mistake jumping into that one so quickly, but that’s a blog post for another time. And again, I felt relieved. Some of the financial pressure was lifted. I had two more contracts to cancel… But those, I still had to muster up the courage and it took me until June to do it. All in all, I’m proud of myself. I have consistently shown that I know how to make money. When I quit my day job because I had maxed out my ability to grow my side hustle, I thought “If I just had more time I’d be able to generate $10K a month.” And I was right. But it didn’t turn out the way that I thought it would. It’s not all smooth sailing. And the reasons why I love writing these income reports is because most of the time, this feels hard. Like, when I’m in the thick of it. But then when I reflect back on the month, I think: “Wow, Shannon. Look what you were able to accomplish in 30 days. And you’re pushing through the hard stuff and you’re not giving up. And here’s a little perspective for you: And in the past four years, you haven’t gone into debt, you haven’t dipped into personal savings, you’ve been profitable from day 1, and you haven’t missed a paycheck. You are so powerful. You are going to eventually get this working the way you want it to work so that it FEELS the way you want it to feel and you’re not worried about money all the time. I wouldn’t change a thing about this journey. Not one thing.
Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Expenses Breakdown Tools:AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $64.48 Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11.00 Canva for Work Annual Subscription – $119.40 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 Elegant Themes Marketplace – $7.00 GoDaddy (Domain Names) – $40.17 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 Gravity Forms Developer License Renewal – $97 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.44 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $94.78 Social Warfare Pro License – $29.00 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Zapier – $15.00 Total: 932.01 Marketing:Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Recurpost (Social Media Scheduling) – $25.00 Total: $115.00 Professional Services:Suzanne Dibble’s GDPR Pack – $228.80 Bench Accounting – $135.00 Tax Filing Fee – $145.10 Total: 508.90 Help:Subcontractors (VA Team, Graphic Designer, Web Developers, Pinterest Specialist) $2040.00 Learning/Mentorship:Nathalie Lussier – Online Courses Simplified – $97 Travel:None Bank/Credit Card Processing Fees:Credit Card Processing Fees: $188.74 Office SuppliesOne giant box of mechanical pencils because Scarlett keeps stealing and ruining mine: $23.64 Total Expenses: $3905.29 Net Profit: $5111.42 Biggest Lessons Learned I met my goal, but at a great emotional and physical cost. Nine projects is way too many to manage at one time. I did have one awesome person helping me, but it was still too much for both of us. I began to feel very overwhelmed at the thought of taking on even one more client, and fearful of what would happen if the few proposals out there actually booked…it might send me over the edge. That energy definitely leaked out into my interactions on client consultations that I did in April. I spent most of the first camping trip of the year working on writing blog posts and producing Pep Talks for Side Hustlers, and creating a content calendar for the quarter, not relaxing or just chilling out like I used to do. While it felt freeing to be able to nap whenever I wanted, it should have never gotten to the point where I needed to nap. My written planner in April looks a hot mess. It’s chaos. It reflects someone who is barely hanging on. I was eating like, a quesadilla a day, drinking too much on the weekends, and gaining weight. I took on GDPR full force. I spent at least 25 hours researching and writing an epic blog post on it for my community and planning my re-engagement campaign. Feeling the way I felt in April is not why I left my day job. It felt very much like having no freedom, no flexibility and no independence. What am I creating? Is this what I want? Is this worth it? I started discussing with my business coach that I was struggling with managing all the client projects. I shared that while I felt that the new Done For You Method I had created resulted in projects that were on track, my prices aren’t high enough for it to be worth it to me to feel this way, and they weren’t high enough for me to be able to bring someone on And people knew I was totally frazzled, but I would brush them off. I would say things like, “I’m at this weird place in my business where I have too many clients but I can’t afford help, so I can’t complain. It’s a good problem to have.” No, Shannon. It’s not a good problem to have. It’s a problem that’s grinding you into the ground and you have to do something about it. My mindset at that point was again to wrap up these client projects and simply not take on any more. I couldn’t fathom in my brain how to make it worth it. I thought about raising my prices since I do so much more than just web design for my clients, but the bully in my head got to me. “No one’s going to pay you that much for a website…” he said. I thought about bringing on a project manager, but my expense budget was already totally out of hand. So I tabled that idea. I wanted to shift my efforts into growing the passive income side of my business so that I wouldn’t need to work 80 hours a week and feel stressed and exhausted. I had a frank discussion with my business coach about it, and she told me that in order to do that, I needed to prepare for a significant drop in income because right now, these projects are my bread and butter. I should have moved more swiftly to cut back expenses so that I could start that shift, but I wasn’t mentally ready to face it, as you’ll see in my May income report. So yes, I had a totally profitable month. I’m grateful that I netted over $5,000… but working 80 hours a week? That’s $15.62 an hour. I don’t want to work 80 hours a week, and my time and expertise is worth way more. So, you’ll see how I’ll start to dig my way out in the coming months!
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On today's show I'm coaching Guy Hauptman, a science teacher who has built several different online courses on several different websites and hosting accounts. He needs help managing all of them before he burns out, so I'm giving him strategies to streamline his business, as well as some advice and mindsets for outsourcing help. You can find Guy's sites at ChemVideoTutor.com, BioVideoTutor.com, PhysicsVideoTutor.com, AlgebraVideoTutor.com, and GeometryVideoTutor.com. In this episode I recommend checking out ManageWP.com, a tool that allows you to manage and switch between multiple WordPress websites from one dashboard. I also recommend an app called 1Password for managing passwords safely with multiple team members. If you want to be considered for a coaching session, apply via the form at AskPat.com. Today’s sponsor is FreshBooks, who make the best financial management software out there. It’s ridiculously easy to use and their interface is highly-visual and super-intuitive. You can actually get an unrestricted, thirty-day trial for free; just go to FreshBooks.com/askpat and enter “Ask Pat” in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Expenses Breakdown Tools: AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $64.48 Bluehost (Web Hosting) – $30.87 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 FreeConferenceCall.com (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GoDaddy (Domain Names) – $5.17 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.43 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $88.09 Templates, Graphics, Fonts, Etc. – $54.81 Zapier – $15.00 Misc Plugin License Renewals (for clients to be passed on to them) – $257.90 Marketing: Facebook (Ads for Website Monetization Master Class) – $493.02 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Recurpost (Social Media Scheduling) – $25.00 Websites That Make Money Design – 162.00 Business Cards – $63.12 Help: Subcontractors (VA Team, Graphic Designer, Web Developers) $1607 Learning/Mentorship: Online Courses – $1451.99 (Amy Porterfield’s Webinars That Convert plus Templates, Jenna Kutcher’s Pinterest Lab, Udemy CSS course) Travel: Thrive Conference/Bluehost Meeting in Austin – $303.83 not including flight and hotel – Hotel was $600 and paid back in December, for the flight I used Southwest points Refunds for duplicate payments: $58.00 Total Expenses: $5163.40 Net Profit: $3791.78 Biggest Lesson Learned I’m writing this income report in mid-April, so I’ve learned a lot of lessons in my first three months in business which I outlined for you here in this blog post. My biggest takeaway in analyzing February’s income report is that I invested over $2000 into promoting Websites That Make Money, from investing in a course to help me improve my webinar game, creating new graphics and content and spending money on Facebook ads. My goals were to have 500 people register, 150 attend live, and make 10 sales. Here’s what really happened: Registered – 368 Showed Up – 114 Watched Full Webinar Live – 39 Watched Replay – 74 Sales – 1 I didn’t meet my goals and I didn’t come anywhere close to recouping my investment in the program with my big, tech-troubled launch. However, instead of deeming it a failure, feeling like I wasted $2000, and moving on to the next shiny new fun project that’s going to be a sure-fire success (like I might have done in the past), I made the decision to leave the program open and promote it monthly with webinars. In other words, I’m playing the slow and steady game instead of trying to create windfalls – and that $2000 really was an investment in the foundation of the marketing of that program. So obviously my expenses in February were double what my benchmark expenses are, and while I know I needed to make an investment into Websites That Make Money for the long-term, I didn’t specifically plan to do it in February. In fact, buying the webinar course and investing that much in Facebook ads was a knee-jerk reaction to the uneasiness I felt about meeting my income goals rather than a planned expense, and if I continue to operate that way going forward, I’m going to see some tough times ahead in my business. I also can look back on these spending patterns and see that just like I was winging it with my content and marketing, I was also winging it with my spending because I didn’t have a real plan in place. I still paid myself two paychecks of $2500 in February, which was more than my net profit, however, I planned ahead before quitting my day job and do have money set aside in my business for this exact scenario so that my income remains consistent when my revenue and expenses are not consistent. Thankfully, I’ve gotten a handle on my anxiety, I now have a spending plan and creating these income reports is a fantastic way to keep myself accountable and on track! So thanks for reading, and I can’t wait to continue sharing this journey with you!
Today on episode 18 of Web Hosting Podcast, I continue the discussion of the wordpress hack dissection. I have been asked, since the last episode, about ways to harden and secure a wordpress install and what I recommend to do about managing updates. Also in this episode, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Are you ready ... Read more Harden and secure wordpress, using managewp.com and GDPR.
Completísimo noveno episodio en el que Elías y Yannick nos traen un enorme carro de novedades, plugins y noticias relacionadas con WordPress. Para empezar nos invitan a WordCamp Irun 2018. Y es que si eres de la zona norte, como ellos, no tienes excusa para acercarte a este genial evento el 2 y 3 de Junio. Y hablando de eventos, ¿conoces WPCalendario?. Esta página web (aun en fase de desarrollo)...Origen
Last week we talk about media hosts, this week we are talking about your Web Host, and what to do if you hate yours. Sponsor: Podcast Movement I am so looking forward to Podcast Movement. This is the largest Podcast Event that is solely geared toward podcasting. Being face to face with people is the best way to grow your network, and take advantage of all the opportunities. Starting a podcast is a great way to build your network, and coming to an event is like building your network on steroids. I got to talk to Marc Maron a couple of years ago. He just showed up to one of the networking parties, and I said hello and started talking. 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To this I say, would you buy a car from a person selling them out of a tent? If you ever plan on telling people where to find something, you NEED a website. Case in point, if you do a real estate podcast and say "Find me in Apple Podcasts" you have a very good chance of not being found. Not because the search tools bad (it could be improved) but because there are so many real estate shows. The same goes for Entrepreneur shows. The solution is instead of saying "Find me in (whatever) app" is to say go to mywebsite.com/subscribe and I've got a tutorial that will walk you through the process. You Can Get A Website For Free Of the media hosts I recommend (Libsyn.com, Blubrry.com, Podbean.com) they all have a basic website that comes with your plan. How basic is basic? You can listen and have people subscribe to your show. If you're looking to add products, newsletters, scripts to see what they click on, etc, then you need your own website. You can do some of that with their basic site. For example, while you can't put a MailChimp sign up form on a site that doesn't' allows javascript, you can use the link they provide to link to your sign up form that mailchimp provides. With this in mind, there are ways to work around some of the things that are out of bounds. What Do You Need On Your Podcast Website? A Play button. An About page A Contact page A subscribe page A Play Button You need a play button because asking someone to subscribe to a show they've never heard is like asking someone to pay for a sandwich they've never eaten. Your play button is like the person at the mall who gives out samples of chicken at the food court. They give you a sample and hope your purchase. With podcasts, you make it easy to play and hope they subscribe. One other note, there are still some people who do not have smartphones. An About Page Your About page should explain how your audience is going to benefit from listening to your show. Think of your target listener looking at your listing. What are you going to say to convince them? I recently look at my description of the School of Podcasting and it needs work. In the first sentence, I mention that I've been podcasting since 2005. I often introduce myself that way is it speaks to my experience, but I'm not sure that is the first thing to lead with. In general, most people don't' care how the sausage is made. Explain what they are going to get, how they are going to benefit or fell upon listening to your show. The beauty of this is you can always change it late The tough part is some consultants have a website for their consulting, and then add a podcast. Do you have a paragraph for the show or for the host? The answer is both. The harder question is which one is first? If your goal is to get hired as a consultant, then put your paragraph first. If you are hoping to use your podcast to build that relationship that leads to more consulting, then maybe you put the podcast paragraph first. Your Contact Page I put every way you can contact me on my contact page. Email, voicemail, social media, etc. This way if someone wants to contact me, they only need to look in one place. If you are using some sort of form, be sure to use the form yourself and make sure you get the message. A Subscribe Page As more and more podcasts are added to different directories, telling people to find you is becoming less and less of a good thing to say. As more NEW podcast listeners get involved with podcasting telling them to subscribe may fall on deaf ears. Instead, make a page that shows people how to subscribe to your show with links directly to your show on the top platforms. Currently, in 2018 I recommend Apple Podcasts/iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, and Google Play Music (I have tutorials for all of these inside the School of Podcasting) Web Hosting Has a New Breed In past, I've used Hostgator (and was even a reseller), and BlueHost (I've never had great luck with them), Godaddy (I am a reseller at www.coolerwebsites.com). Recently I new breed of websites came on board and these were geared to host sites built on Wordpress. I tried a few using Godaddy as a platform and thought I saw some increase in speed. Then I put a Wordpress website on what I will now call "Traditional" hosting, and can say the difference is notable. The fees are typically a little higher (A few dollars more a month), but the speed is higher. That's the good news. The bad news is most of these Wordpress Hosting Packages come with email addresses. This was the case when I hosted a WP Engine. I solved this by getting email through Google at the price of $5 a month per email. WP Engine is a fine company, but to make a long story short, if you get any kind of traffic you pay through the nose (At one point I was paying between 50-70 a month). This is why I liked Godaddy's Wordpress Hosting as it was around $10 a month for 400,000 visitors. I've been using them (again my reseller is www.coolwerwebsites.com) but then I heard about Siteground. Siteground has Wordpress Designed packages, and they offer your email addresses as well. I moved some sites to their platform to test, and again noticed a speed increase with my pages loading. I finally chose to move the School of Podcasting to their platform (from WP Engine) and again saw an increase, plus I got as many email addresses as I want. Their support is AWESOME And I couldn't be happier. Oh yea, the price? $11.95 a month. I am very happy to be saving some cash each month and getting more services. How Do You Move Your Site? The good news is most web hosts will move your site for free. Siteground did the School of Podcasting for free. However, I wanted to move more sites. They charge $30 to move your site over. So here is how I did it. I used ManageWP. I love this service. I installed a free plugin to my site, and paid $2 to back it up. I then installed WordPress with a few click on Siteground and updated my domain name to point at my blank site. Here is a video that shows the power of Managewp I know, there are all sort of ways to do this without having your site go offline, but this is a way to do it without having to go into a cpanel, use ftp, etc I put a message on the front of the website saying we are moving and we would be going temporarily offline. I would refresh my screen every five minutes, and the minute I saw the deal Wordpress screen, I went into ManageWP and had them restore website from my backup. It worked flawlessly. So instead of paying $30, I paid $2. If I had used their service, they probably could do it without the site going offline, but you can choose your own path. How Many Sites Can You Have on One Site Ground Plan? (images at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/603 ) Currently, on their biggest plan I loaded the following sites: http://podcastreviewshow.com http://betterdave.com http://davesblanksite.com http://feedingmyfaith.com http://podcastingresources.com http://powerofpodcasting.com As you can see on the left, I've got some room to grow. Most of these sites are fairly dead. You can see this information by going into the cpanel and looking on the left-hand side of the screen. Wherever you host your website, be sure to have a backup, keep your themes and plugins up to date, and remove any plugins and themes you are not using (don't just deactivate them). Adding Apple Podcasts Episode Numbers How Last year Apple added the ability to add episode numbers to your show. These may come in handy later with different apps. Currently, you can now ask Siri to subscribe to your show. That makes it easy. In the future, there is speculation that you will be able to request an episode number if it is in place. There is also speculation that this field may be used by Amazon in skills for your podcast. What if you already have a bunch of episodes? If you're on Libsyn, currently ask Rob Walch (rob@libsyn.com ) to send you the secret link (as it's not public) and he will send you a link that makes it super easy to add your episodes to your entire back catalog in minutes. If you're using Blubrry, you can edit your episode to enter the information In terms of where do you start? I would start with the latest episode and work backward. It's not as easy to count that way, but for me, I feel your latest episodes are getting the most attention. If you are using Wordpress, you can right-click on the edit link and open in a window. This keeps you in the same location. 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Hoy , en Club WordPress "El podcast", tendremos la primera entrevista! Empezaremos con Keiner Chará, desde Colombia. Un emprendedor que pudo mejorar su situación personal y la de su familia trabajando en lo que le gusta gracias a su pasión, constancia y alegría! Enlaces y herramientas comentadas: Salsacrack: App para móviles Donde Keiner a participado en la gestión del proyecto y maquetación web. Zencastr : Una herramienta para podcast y grabar entrevistas, añadir efectos de sonido, entre otros. ManageWP : una herramienta para gestionar varios wordpress a la vez, un centro para actualizaciones en masa entre otras muchas funcionalidades. WP Optimize : para optimizar la base de datos de tu blog WordPress sin conocer código ni MySQL. Fácil y Sencillo. Table of Content Plus : es un plugin para WordPress que te permite insertar de manera automática una tabla de contenidos dentro de tu web o blog en el apartado del contenido para facilitar al usuario navegar por tu página. Machete : es una colección de herramientas ligeras y sencillas que solucionan molestias comunes de WordPress usando tan pocos recursos como sea posible, como puede ser limpieza de código innecesario en cabecera, aviso de cookies, integración código analytics, modo de mantenimiento, entre otros... GTMetrix : una herramienta muy completa y fácil de usar para analizar la velocidad de carga de tu web. Responsinator : es una interesante herramienta para diseñadores que quieran llevar a cabo una sencilla y rápida prueba sobre su proyecto web. Su manejo es tan sencillo como tipear la URL de nuestro site, para que de forma automática podamos obtener una simulación de como se ve en los principales tipos de dispositivo como smartphone, teblet, pc... Wailux : Gestor de redes sociales automatizado para Twitter y Facebook. Podrás encontrar a Keiner en... Web personal > https://keinerchara.com Podcast > https://Emprendiendoenmarketing Tutoriales para Mac > https://tutorialesmac.com Mil gracias por escuchar el programa! Podéis dejar vuestras valoraciones de 5 estrellas en iTunes y vuestros me gusta y comentarios en iVoox. Os esperamos el viernes que viene con mucho WordPress y una sonrisa. Feliz fin de semana! ¿Quieres aparecer en este podcast o patrocinar un episodio? Escríbenos en https://clubwpress.com/contacto/ Un millón de gracias a la música creada por @UbisoundsValencia (página facebook)
Watch the video of this podcast here. Nemanja explains ManageWP started the way a lot of companies begin: someone was looking for a solution that wasn’t yet available in the marketplace. The solution they were seeking was an all-in-one service that minimizes some of the day to day tasks of the typical WordPress professional. Today ManageWP is a service that does just that; it helps WordPress professionals handle things like logging into multiple websites with one click, backing up hundreds of sites with one action, etc. It was an idea that took off! As of now, the service helps 27,000 people manage almost half million websites! They grew so much that GoDaddy took notice and last September acquired ManageWP. One of the misconceptions people had when this occurred was that it was an exit for ManageWP when in fact, the opposite is true. ManageWP had grown to a point where they realized they were more than just website management. Nemanja says they knew if they wanted to change people's lives, they had to figure out more ways to provide a higher quality service. For example, they experimented with hosting. It worked really well, and they wanted to start offering it but realized they would need to add a lot more people to their staff. About that time, GoDaddy approached them about an acquisition. ManageWP could see the GoDaddy team was excited about doing positive things, and that they had big plans for the future. Nemanja and the rest of ManageWP wanted to join forces and be a part of those possibilities with GoDaddy. According to Nemanja, the acquisition has been fantastic! In the past ManageWP has always been learning as they go, but with GoDaddy's help and their Silicon Valley expertise, the staff of ManageWP now have easy access to a goldmine of answers to their questions and challenges. When Kristina asked him how he’s changed, grown and evolved over the years in business so successfully, Nemanja had some simple yet wise advice: put yourself in a position to learn. Nemanja was nowhere near the tech industry originally, but he got involved when he started building websites as a hobby. Then he was given the chance to join the ManageWP team, and he jumped on it. Like most of their team, he started in tech support. At ManageWP they believe you can't do anything within a company if you don't understand the users, their needs and how products help them. So that was his training ground before moving to the growth team where they handled business analytics, marketing, and content. He grew into that role and became the leader of a 5-person team until they were acquired by GoDaddy. Now he is part of 5,000 strong multi-national teams! Nemanja says that what he has realized from all of this is that it’s important to look for jobs that are learning opportunities. Every time he pushed himself outside of his comfort zone he learned a lot, he recommends you do the same. Put yourself in a position to learn; and if a job doesn't help you learn, consider changing it. Also on today’s show, Kristina and Nemanja talk about WordPress Camp in Europe and why it’s in Belgrade, Serbia. You’ll also hear about the cool stuff they have planned at WP Manage including a new hosting option for WordPress professionals. It’s all on today’s episode of the WP Elevation podcast!
Como cada jueves damos respuesta en WordPress Diario a una consulta que nos ha llegado a través de Twitter o por correo electrónico. En esta ocasión nos aprovechamos de una pregunta lanzada al aire a través de Twitter ayer mismo, y que he aprovechado para poder darle respuesta en el episodio de hoy del podcast. Hablamos de […] Contenido publicado en Fernan Díez - fernan.com.es. #159 ¿ManageWP o MainWP?
Maybe you are a creative person, and you came up with a great product. The bad news is you're not a sales person, and you need some help with your marketing. Script Engage can help with this. Here is how it works. You enter your target audience (the avatar) and fill out a survey about your audience and what your product does. Script Engage has Copywriting Templates that then take the information you've entered, and created great Sales Copy that is going to convert. In watching the video, I like the idea. I don't buy into the "click a button and it's done theory." There was a tool I looked at previously called Script Doll. This is very similar, but the interface seems a little easier to use (not that Script Doll was hard) I think the bottom line with tools like this is they well take you further than you would on your own, and then you can add the special details that are specific to you and your product. Check out the video www.weeklywebtools.com/351 Keep Your Wordpress Websites Up To Date I let an old website die on the vine and it got hacked, which lead to more of my sites getting hacked. Here is what I learned. The site lock protection that Host Gator sells for $10 is good against "baby" issues, if you need a real person to clean your site, you are looking at $80/month per website. For the record Site lock's support was great, but I was not happy when I found out the service I bought was more reactive, than protective. I ended up using Sucuri who I've used in the past. Their support is good, and it is going to cost me around $200 a year. It's a pricey lesson learned. So always keep your site up to date. I'm using manage wp for that, as I can login and update all my sites in one place. Also on my " do not use this anymore" list is bluehost. My sites are taking 10-15 seconds to load. When I get on their chat and wait 30 minutes, they are no help. I can barely do a post. I've heard alot of good things about Siteground as of late (and I have my Godaddy Reseleler at www.coolerwebsites.com) If you use this link, you can save 10% off Managewp.com Support the Show at www.weeklywebtools.com/support
For this week’s show, I sat down with one of WP Elevation’s business coaches, Kristina Romero, to speak with Jeff and Vlad. We started off by asking them about their backgrounds. Now, if you’ve ever used ManageWP, you probably already know about Vlad and how he became an entrepreneur. But just in case you haven’t, here’s the scoop: he was working as a developer in 2007 when he quit his job and decided to start a blog. Like so many of us, he tried out a number of different platforms until he found WordPress. It felt so natural and easy to use, he was hooked. From there, was inevitable that he would branch out into creating plugins, becoming a consultant, and even authoring books on the subject. Now, he’s the head of ManageWP, a simple and elegant platform for automating workflows and keeping clients’ WordPress sites up to date. Jeff, on the other hand, has a very different background. As a nerd growing up in Silicon Valley, he came of age during the dot com boom, working first at a small startup and then moving on to eBay, where he would spend the next 10 years managing the company’s products. When he was offered the opportunity to work at GoDaddy, his reaction was one that might seem strange to some of us: he knew the company had a poor reputation in the industry and saw that their products were “a disaster.” So he jumped at the opportunity to turn things around. After an exhaustive process of soliciting and listening to customer feedback, he began to reshape GoDaddy’s products from the ground up. During this process, he kept one important idea in mind: small business owners are busy, and they need help. Most of them will hand off their web development to someone else as soon as they have the budget. So he wanted to do everything possible to support the market of designers and developers who would be supporting those clients on GoDaddy – naturally, ManageWP seemed to be the perfect partner for the job.Why Did GoDaddy Acquire ManageWP? At this point, I had to stop and ask, “Why would you buy ManageWP and not just build it yourself? And why would Vlad decide to sell?” Their answers made a lot of sense – Jeff knew his team had the capability to build their own managed WordPress platform, but the team at ManageWP already had the experience and had already developed the solutions. GoDaddy could dramatically accelerate its strategy by acquiring a solution rather than engineering one themselves. At first, Vlad told us, he was a little nervous about the offer. He’d heard what others had to say about GoDaddy’s services. But when he visited their Sunnyvale offices, he realized everything he thought about the company was wrong. He told us what the experience was really like behind closed doors – and it’s nothing like we imagined. If he stayed in Serbia, he knew his opportunities for growth would be limited, so he took a gamble and decided to say yes to GoDaddy’s offer. Not that it was easy for his customers to accept. As soon as ManageWP announced the detail, the company’s blog blew up with negative feedback. Still, Vlad didn’t doubt he’d made the right choice. He left the negative comments online, telling his team simply: “Even if we were acquired by Apple or Tesla, there are still customers who would be upset.” For his part, Jeff sees the acquisition as an opportunity to finally turn GoDaddy’s reputation around. We talked about Jeff and Vlad’s plans for the newly acquired business, including how ManageWP will continue to operate independently following the merger, how the company will prioritize new features and updates, and how the acquisition has changed ManageWP’s operations.Questions from the Audience We also took a number of questions from the audience, including: Has GoDaddy Pro Connect been reduced to a business directory? What plans are there to improve 1st level support at GoDaddy? What about support for other products like SSL and DNS? Is GoDaddy killing off its reseller program? How do you prioritize what to fix next at GoDaddy? Are there any plans for badging and certification in the Pro Connect directory? Why does GoDaddy install plugins automatically on new WordPress sites? How can resellers add other services to the client reporting? During the rest of the session, we heard about Jeff’s relaunch of GoDaddy Pro and how it will help connect small businesses to the professionals they need to scale up their businesses – rather than simply relying on word of mouth. We also learned about GoDaddy’s “secret weapon” – its 3,500 member customer support team – and how they’ve dramatically changed their training and certification to provide world-class support to every customer. Finally, Jeff and Vlad gave us a sneak peak into what we can expect in 2017 from GoDaddy Pro and ManageWP. Just listen to the podcast or watch the video for the full details.
Dave explains how Zapier seems more "business oriented" see Zapier and ManageWP - Automation and Time Savings Both IFTTT and Zapier have free versions. Dave uses Zapier To add customers from Appointlet to his Freshbooks Adds new students from Thinkific to Nimble Then adds a task to Nimble to check on the entry It will tweet out when a new episode is out from Weekly Web Tools For more information go to zapier.com Manage WP is Wordpress Automation That is Awesome Check it out at www.weeklywebtools.com/managewp Support The Show. Visit www.weeklywebtools.com/support
Rachel Smets is the author of Awaken Your Confidence and stops by to share some insights into building your confidence. You can find her at Racehsmets.com as well as @rachelsmets and Facebook. and YouTube We talk about overcoming imposter syndrome, and how telling someone "just start" doesn't work. Here are three things you can do to help boost your confidence: Don't compare yourself to others. Start Small Failure is Feedback On this Week's taping of the Ask the Podcast Coach show Carlos asked, "how do i become a popular podcaster when i was the most unpopular kid in high school?" to this point to the following people who were not popular in school: Steven Spielberg says, " “I was a nerd in those days. Outsider, like the kid that played the clarinet in the band and in orchestra, which I did.”" Taylor Switft says, " I remember when I was in school, the whole reason I started writing songs was because I was alone a lot of the time. I’d sit there in school and I’d be hearing people like, ‘Oh my god, this party that we’re going to is gonna be so awesome on Friday. Everyone’s invited except for Taylor Charlize Theron - “I didn’t have any boyfriends in high school. I had a massive, massive crush on this one guy. He was a couple of years older than me and I did not exist in his world. Selena Gomez " “I was bullied every second of every day in elementary and middle school.” Lady Gaga " “Being teased for being ugly, having a big nose, being annoying. ‘Your laugh is funny, you’re weird, why do you always sing, why are you so into theater, why do you do your make-up like that?’" Jessica Alba " “I’d eat my lunch in the nurses’ office so I didn’t have to sit with the other girls. Apart from my being mixed race, my parents didn’t have money so I never had the cute clothes or the cool back pack.”" Cameron Diaz " “I’m a dork! When I was high school, I was a total goon! All the kids used to make fun of me. I was like all skinny and gangly and guys were like no thank you.” Jennifer Garner - I was a real nerd. I wasn’t the popular one, I was one of those girls on the edge of the group. I never wore the right clothes and I had a kind of natural geekiness. I was in the school band and I think that has a bit of a stigma at the age of 13. If you’d asked me what I wanted to be, I would have said something like a librarian. Kate Winslet - Winslet was bullied and teased for being chubby. Her nickname at school was Blubber, and she was once even locked in the art cupboard Miley Cyrus - At school, there was an “Anti-Miley Club” full of “big, tough girls” who were “fully capable of doing [her] bodily harm” and went above and beyond in their bullying pursuit. Cyrus was once locked in a bathroom during class: “They shoved me in. I was trapped. I banged on the door until my fists hurt. Nobody came.” Other incidents included challenging Cyrus to a fight, which only ended when the principal stepped in. And when Cyrus wasn’t being physically abused, she was being teased, with classmates telling her, “Your dad’s a one-hit wonder. You’ll never amount to anything — just like him President Bill Clinton - As a junior high schooler, he was picked on relentlessly for being a “fat band boy” with bad taste in clothes. He was also known as a band geek. Michael Phelps - He was taunted for his “sticky-out ears” and lisp, as well as his long arms, which ultimately took him to greatness. Tom Cruise - His Dad had the family moving a lot to find work. Tom says, " I was always the new kid with the wrong shoes, the wrong accent. I didn’t have the friend to share things with and confide in.” And at each school, he faced the fresh experience over and over again. He was small for his age and easily pushed around." Walt Disney He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked. COMMENTS: 888-563-3228 A Podcast Can Be A New Start When you start a podcast all of the stupid people who didn't know the "true" you are gone, and you can start from scratch. Don't let your past dictate you future. Podcasting has boosted the confidence of many leaders in their field who say the practice of talking into a microphone. It has helped people be better speakers as they are familiar with coming up with presentations. So jump into the podcasting pool. The water is warm and friendly. File For Download Only and Other Mistakes Others are Making If you are using Libsyn.com (if you're not use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month) there is an optoin called "File For Download Only." This is useful for people who have membership sites, or VIP groups and they don't want the general public to have access to the file. The only want certain people to have access. The problem is two very popular consultants are telling their clients to use this all the time, and that is just bad advice. While this works for them (where they have multiple shows, and other outside circumstances) its not a good idea for most. Here is why: If you want to use any of the automation at libsyn, you've somewhat shot your self in the foot If you go back later and want to add this feature it's not easy. So as you Mom use to say "If Johnny Johnson jumps off a bridge are you?" I ask, "Just because Cliff Ravenscraft uses file for downloads only, doesn't mean you should as well). Keep Your Wordpress Website and Plugins Updated I had a handful of people contact me this week when the name of their podcast changed to "No Title" in iTunes. The reason? They were running an older version of the PowerPress plugin. Now the PowerPress plugin is not bad, but you HAVE TO keep it up to date alone with your Wordpress install. If you don't you are asking, no, BEGGING people to hack you and give you headaches. Then always have a backup of your website. I use Backup creator. I've used Backup Buddy. I'm looking into ManageWP which just joined Godaddy. Why I'm Changing the School of Podcasting I recently changed the School of Podcasting to try a "Scarcity" strategy. To make a long story short, it didn't work for me. I apprecaite all those who wanted to help my business, but as a teacher the one thing I want is eager students. Now when I get them I have to tell them to wait 9in some cases months) until the site reopens. For more details, read this post on my blog International Podcast Day is September 30th Check out the Gratitude Award we you can get an award for having a wide variety of Review (Via My Podcast Reviews - free). 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Welcome to Episode 30 of Mastermind.fm! Jean is with us as always, and we welcome James back this week after a 2 episode break. Today Jean and James will tackle some updates on what is happening in the WordPress community, a bit of business related talk, and what James has been up to for the last couple weeks. Join us now for this week's Mastermind.fm! Talking Business If you've been with us for the last couple weeks, you've noticed that James hasn't been. He's been off monitoring the launch of the newest iteration of Ninja Forms, Ninja Forms THREE. It was a massive overhaul, a complete rewriting of the codebase, and required his hands-on attention during the launch period. Welcome back, James! On Jean's end of things, he's just released a major update to the EDD Bookings extension, adding compatibility to Easy Digital Downloads' own Front End Submissions extension. Both Jean and James give their take on the Apple Conference. Listen in to hear what they think! WordPress News GoDaddy Acquisition of ManageWP The buzz around the WordPress community right now is the GoDaddy purchase of Manage WP. The news has been met with a lot of mixed reviews both from people very excited about the acquisition and, on the polar opposite side, quite a bit of venom. GoDaddy of course is a major webhost that has recently broken into managed WordPress hosting. ManageWP is a smaller, focused managed WordPress hosting company. Both Jean and James see some real upside to the acquisition with modest internal reservation. Listen in to hear their thoughts and rationale, and what they feel the acquisition means for WordPress! Headway Themes News has been buzzing out of Headway Themes in the last couple of weeks about rumors of staff not getting paid and an uncertain future. While no one is absolutely certain about the circumstances, James' take here is a lesson in clear communication. The silence out of the company is breathing life to rumors. Hear the rest of the story, and more, in the podcast! Featured on the Show: Ninja Forms THREE EDD Bookings EDD Front End Submissions GoDaddy ManageWP Headway Themes
Varmt välkomna till det andra avsnittet av WordPress-podden – en ny, månatlig podcast som kommer att handla om allt som hänt i WordPress-världen den senaste månaden. Prenumerera via iTunes, RSS eller genom att söka i din poddapp! Denna vecka har vi med oss Kristina Alexanderson från Webbstjärnan. Vi diskuterar hur Webbstjärnan arbetar med WordPress i … Fortsätt läsa "Avsnitt 2 – WordPress i skolan. Google AMP och Instant Articles – ska man haka på trenden? Licensdrama med React. GoDaddy köper ManageWP."
Today's episode was delayed a day as I celebrated Labor Day sorting through a mountain of cables and ancient technology, watched some college football on my tablet, thought about upgrade possibilities, and wondered out loud what would happen to ManageWP as it announced it was purchased by GoDaddy. As always, send me any app, website or interview suggestions to @BeBizzy on Twitter, or visit BeBizzy.com and drop me a note there. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and send us a review!
Welcome to Episode 19 of Mastermind.fm! This week our resident masterminds Jean and James will be talking about Wordpress.org. Specifically, the challenges and benefits of listing your plugin on WordPress.org, and some alternatives to it. Sit back and listen with us for a while while they parse the pros and cons! Show notes are below, but tune in for the full conversation! Mastermind.fm is proudly sponsored by & Publishing Plugins on WordPress.org Benefits 1) Feedback You can get great feedback on your work from users. With both a support forum and a review section, you can hear what your target audience feels about your product, and get a sense of where else you can go with it- share with a greater community and see how it gets used! It’s great material for considering premium features and testing the market. 2) Motivation There’s nothing quite like watching your plugin grow. The first notification that your repo is available, committing the first release and seeing your plugin go live - it’s exhilarating. The WordPress community is great, and getting involved in the positive feedback loop of the community can really drive you to do your best. Pain Points 1) Support When you have multiple plugins listed on the repo, it can be very difficult to manage support through the .org support forums. Also, even when you’re just posting something for fun or as a side project, support expectations from users can be very demanding in the forums. 2) Reviews There is no accountability for the rating system in the repo. Users can leave very poor reviews with no substantiation and there is no way to challenge that type of review. The moderators do an outstanding job of moderating and read every single review, but there is not a system in place to deal with unfair or flippant reviews. 3) Search Results There are known problems with the keyword search functionality in the repo. For example, searching for keywords related to RSS Aggregator or Ninja Forms such as “RSS” or “Forms” does not bring the most relevant results related to either product. This is an issue that is being addressed but still currently impacts the searchability of products. There is also very little rhyme or reason to the ranking of returned search results. 4) Measurables Active install data is very poor for giving you a picture of how many active installs you actually have. The reported intervals are too broad for accurate assessments, and there is no other data such as version number or type of installed sites available. An almost complete lack of measurable statistics in the repo means a 3rd party system is necessary for actionable data. Alternatives to WordPress.org Repo 1) For a paid product, Code Canyon is an excellent option. Pippin Williamson’s first products, for example, were released through CodeCanyon. They have a huge audience and it is a great place to test your market. 2) Another product's marketplace. For example, Easy Digital Downloads and Ninja Forms both offer marketplaces for premium add-ons to their products. With this option you don’t have to worry about coming up with your own ecommerce solution. 3) Managewp.org/plugins - same type of setup as the .org repo, but displayed in a visual manner with better search parameters. Also features new and trending plugins. 4) The Periodic Table of WordPress Plugins (plugintable.com) features the top 100 most popular WordPress plugins. This is something that you have to break into over time as opposed to listing yourself on initially, but is fantastic to have around when you get there. Featured On The Show: WP Mayor WP RSS Aggregator Ninja Forms Freemius Wordpress.org Ninja Pages Nike plus Tag Search WP Codecanyon.net Easy Digital Downloads Managewp.org/plugins Plugintable.com Wpscoop.com Proplugindirectory.com
Because of his Podcast: He Discovered a Niche Who Needed A Product Got a note from Corey Fineran I just handed my boss my resignation letter! This podcasting journey started 7 1/2 years ago and it's now allowed me to leave my job and start my own business! You've probably heard me talk about Ivy Envy (my podcast on the Chicago Cubs) more than the one I did for my employer. Since 2012, I've been able to call myself a "professional podcast producer" as my employer created a new position for me to do video podcasts for teachers to play in their classrooms to help high school students with disabilities in their transition from high school to life after high school (primarily through work/employment). Well, there is a huge need for this type of curriculum and schools all over the state of Illinois have started using that podcast. I saw a need and last summer, I started working on starting my own business, creating innovative and interactive online transition curriculum and marketing it to schools all over the country. After receiving contracts from school districts and cooperatives, I'm able to leave my job at the end of this school year. Many of the people in this group have influenced me (whether they know it or not) to take this scary jump. +Bob Zerull +Ray Ortega +Daniel Hayes +Nick Seuberling +David Jackson and of course, +Tawny Fineran who has been insanely supportive over the last year as I've worked on building this. If you're curious to check out what I've been working on, you can find it here: http://transitioncurriculum.com Another Problem with Your Show's Title Headline As I now work for Libsyn (where you can get a free month using the coupon code sopfree), and I get to see some mistakes that people are making. Now I'm doing a bit of a repeat, and that is people make horrible headlines. In the past I've talked about starting off a headline with the date. What I am seeing now is people putting the name of their show at the beginning of the headline. Why this makes no sens, is any place you can see the headline (your website, a listing in iTunes) you already see the name of the show. Also here is another thing to keep in mind, on the podcasts app from Apple, you can only see 45 characters of the headline if you're not subscribed to it. Once you subscribe you see the entire headline. However, would you subscribe if every headline was: School of Podcasting - How to Podcast Today w School of Podcasting - How to Podcast Today w School of Podcasting - How to Podcast Today w You're wasting really, really valuable space. Why do we care? I had a client who had a respected media outlet that wanted to put their RSS feed on their site. They tested it and the headlines were horrible, and they wanted the producer to change all of their headlines. Want to make great Headlines, check out my Free Headlines Resources Multiple Websites Question Revisited Paul said, " Heard your comments about updating multiple websites. I have 7 x WordPress sites, have used ManageWP for a couple of years now, love it! VERY easy to update all sites at once, gives you immediate admin access to all sites without login and very simple to add and take new WP installations, with dynamic pricing. Daniel said, " I use iThemes Sync. ]But you should also check out JetPack’s built-in module for plugin updates. Then, you can login to wordpress.com/plugins (I think) and update all your plugins from there. It’s not as thorough as Sync or others. But it’s free with no limit on sites. Is Blab.Im Going Away? The quick answer is no. However, the CEO stated this week "Blab is not doubling down on broadcaster tools.” They want to focus more on equipping people to hang out. We talked about this on the Ask the Podcast Coach show that I do every Saturday at 10:30 AM EST and here are some theories of what this might really mean. They can't make it reliable Podcasters are perfectionists They are working on other projects (an app for teens) This is as good as it gets. For me it means, I'm not leaving the platform until it doesn't work for me. I will be scouting other options. Thanks For the Review "What a fantastic resource this show has been for me. As a 51 year old professional in the entertainment industry, I knew nothing about podcasting when I decided to have my own show. The School of Podcasting has and will continue to be my GPS (great podcasting source). Thanks Dave for doing your homework! Alan Bruess, Tailgate Entertainer" from AlanB-Tractor Guy. This review was sent to me automatically from My Podcast Reviews (have all reviews from all countries, as well as sticher be sent to your email ) Advanced Podcasting Recording Tools in Plain English Today I'm joined by Chris Curran of the podcastengineeringschool.com and http://fractalrecording.com/ who has spent years as an audio engineer in the music business, and is now turning his skills on podcasting. Now keep in mind, you do NOT need these items to get started. Next week I'm doing a podcast with just a microphone and audacity. No effects at all. Today we talk through What is a compressor? What do the knobs do? What does it sound like if I messed up? What is a noise gate? What do the knobs do? What does it sound like if I messed up? What is a De-Esser? What do the knobs do? What does it sound like if I messed up? Thinking of Starting a Podcast? Check out www.podcastingpuzzle.com and www.schoolofpodcasting.com
Show Takeaways Integration testing can be fun! WP-API Course came about because there was nothing at the time, and Tim need to feed his family. All 3 talk what it’s like as ManageWP moderators Tim, the organizer of WordPress Leeds, the oldest WordPress user group in the UK, joins Tom and Jason to chat all things […]
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We're back with Season 2 Episode 2 documenting the launch of my latest product, Julep. This week I've invited returning guest, Troy Dean of WP Elevation, to talk about the fears of launching a product. We also get into providing some advice for growing your e-mail list for a product launch. Sit back, take a sip of your favorite summer cocktail and let's get into the show! Overcoming our fears If you're not embarrassed of your first product, you've launched too late. I love that line. So many of us are paralyzed while in pixel perfect mode, that we never ship our next thing. From blog posts to products, it's not easy to launch. I get it, it's human nature, we want to be accepted. I know as a founder, when asked what my 10 year plan is, it's to make things people love. When people don't love my stuff, it hurts. More often than not, this journey is going to come at the cost of some egg on our face. However, our best lessons and growth opportunities come from failure. Listen to Season 2 Episode 2: Overcoming product launch fears Like the show? Leave us a review — it takes 43 seconds! Gathering your first 100 e-mail subscribers On the way to 100! I've already surpassed my short-term goal of 50 subscribers to the Julep e-mail list. I wasn't going for astronomical list growth. I'm sure there are some that laugh at 68 subs — but hey, no fear, right? How did I get the list to 68 Announced GetJulep.com on Carrie's podcast Announced it on my podcast Sent an e-mail to my Matt Report Newsletter list Wrote a blog post on GetJulep.com here. Tweeted about it (roughly 6 times) Posted the announcement article on ManageWP.org My next goal is 100. Seeing that I've hit a snag in the development of the plugin — can't move text 100% across the image — I'll have a bit of delay. I'm shooting for beta announcement in a week. By then, I hope, I'll be at 100 interested folks. When Troy and I chatted about growing an e-mail list, he mentioned creating a downloadable “style” guide of sorts. Some PDF or checklist of sorts to help bloggers create more engaging photos. Your typical “lead magnet” strategy. Here are some of the e-mail platforms we mentioned: Mailchimp.com GetDrip.com MyEmma.com Infusionsoft.com ActiveCampaign.com AgileCRM.com Should Julep go freemium or paid only? Have you seen what's available for free on the internet? – Troy Dean I'm still exploring the business model of Julep, but I'm certainly leaning towards the freemium model. I think the interesting thing, as it relates to add-ons, is the price point. I think add-ons in the e-commerce plugin space can be priced a lot higher than more of these “accessory” add-ons I have planned for Julep. As to say, a payment gateway is a “must-have” versus with Julep, a new font is a “nice-to-have.” Either way it's going to be fun to explore that! Learn more about Julep at GetJulep.com ★ Support this podcast ★
Today we get to hear me interview James from Managewp.com which is a great website for anyone who is managing multiple Wordpress installations. Check them out at weeklywebtools.com/managewp our website is weeklywebtools.com/172
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