Archive for July, 2008

Tweet My Blog Improved

Monday, July 28th, 2008

If you are using Tweet My Blog make sure to download the new version. It solves the problem with editing your blog and having multiple tweets.
They also improved the appearance when Twitter goes down so you get a better dsiplay in your side bar.
If you are using Twitter and WordPress you need to check out [...]

WordPress Plugins - The strength and the weakness of WordPress

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Before I start my rant let me say that I appreciate the effort put in by numerous developers creating plugins. They add a functionality that greatly enhances the usability and power of WordPress as a blogging platform. I will apologize in advance to those that continue to improve and support their work this is not [...]

Replay of the Qand A Call Available

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Last nights call is available for replay.
You can listen to it at -
Call Replay
Hope you enjoy it and please leave your comments.
Mike Paetzold
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Q and A call on Tuesday evening

Monday, July 21st, 2008

With everything that has been going on it has been a while since I have done an open call so…
EVENT: WordPress Q and A
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:00pm Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW…
http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=3664803
So you can enter your questions now [...]

WordPress 2.6 - A further review

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Did a video to show a few of the new features that I like in the latest version of WordPress and give you some ideas on how powerful the Press It return can be for your blogging.

Let me know what you think of the latest version by leaving a comment below.
Mike Paetzold
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Tweet My Blog - A great new plugin

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

You always here the buzz about Web 2.0 and for a reason - it works. Two of the things that work well together are Twitter and WordPress blogs.
I have been usnig the two together for a while. It can be time consuming as Twitter is like a mini blog but it is ever so effectiove [...]

Upgrading WordPress revisited

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Today’s question is a consistent one each time WordPress upgrades to a new version.

I am always a bit hesitant to Upgrade. What does one really have to do to Upgrade?
Is it easy or a Monster?

First you do need to understand a few things.

How to FTP

How to use PHPMyAdmin (located in cPanel)

If you are comfortable with [...]

WordPress 2.6 is here and working

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Well while I was away yesterday WordPress released the new version 2.6.
As soon as I added it I saw something that I love.

It will now let you know if your plugins have updates. A great new feature.
Now to the important thing. All the plugins I recommend work and the upgrade was painless. I will be [...]

Increase your visitors with 5 free services

Friday, July 11th, 2008

You need to take advantage of the many free services to help get your blog started.

Caveat: The center of your hub should always a WordPress blog or a squeeze page on a domain that you control and own in my opinion.

Now that we have gotten rid of the caveat, lets look at some of the [...]

Firepow - A new system for niche blogging

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Andrew Hansen, the author of Niche Marketing On Crack has just launched a new service for niche bloggers. It is the most inclusive system I have seen for creating and manging niche blogs. Below is a quick video I did about it.

You can get it at Firepow.
Launches at noon today
Mike Paetzold
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