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The Top 3 Changes in WordPress 3.9: It’s Here

    The latest, freshest iteration of WordPress was released today and is waiting in an Admin panel near you . The key changes you’ll notice are: * being able to cut and paste content into post cleanly! including from MS Word * better uploading and editing capabilities for images * ability to have video and audio playlists Aside from that there are a range of other enhancements in the back-end. The look and feel of WP hasn’t changed in itself but many will find media management and manipulation way easier. I’m off to play with it now 🙂

    How Many Plugins Are Too Many?

      If you’re using any blogging platform or cms you will be amazed and dare I say overwhelmed with the range and number of add-ons available by way of plugins, modules and so on. When I was working on an issue on one of my sites today I was flabbergasted to realise that I had installed over 40 plugins on that WordPress site. Sometimes I will install a plugin because it sounds interesting and is a neat new feature to add. Or it may be add some useful functionality in the back-end. But it’s a bit like adding extra options to… Read More »How Many Plugins Are Too Many?

      Stuck With Your Internet Plans?

        Sometimes we get so busy DOING stuff that we forget to step back and look at the whole process. We focus so much on producing and publishing and promoting that we lose sight of the purpose of what we’re doing. I had a bit of an ah-ha moment this morning as I grappled with plans for next year. The realization hit that I failed to define who my target market was and what their problem was that I was trying to solve for them. *facepalm! Plumber’s taps syndrome. I teach these basic things to my budding business people offline and… Read More »Stuck With Your Internet Plans?

        Basics of Blogging 101

          Blogging 101 is fundamentally about the blogging lexicon – all the basics that let you know what you are dealing with.

          To understand blogs, you need to know the terms blog, platform, domain, and web host.

          Once you have mastered these key elements of blogging, you can enter any conversation about blogging with confidence. After you know what exactly a blog is, you will be on your way to passing the final exam of blogging 101!

          “Blog” is actaully short for “weblog”, which simply means a series of online posts presented in reverse chronological order. That’s all! Easy, eh?

          Most blogs are text, but there are also photo blogs and video blogs.

          The rest of blogging 101 has to do with the technical side of things.

          If you are setting up a blog, you will need

          1. a platform,
          2. a web host, and
          3. a domain.

          A blogging platformRead More »Basics of Blogging 101

          How Do You Know You’re Being Unrealistic?

            You feel it in your body, or your mental state, or your mood. You feel overwhelmed, like you’re not achieving what you need or want to achieve. You rail against things.

            I have been trying to head into a full time life online without closing out the obligations from my former life. Sometimes you need to be realistic in your expectations of what you actually achieve, and focus on the priorities (especially ones impacting others).

            I realised I fell for the trap of the excitement and possibilities of the new and compared that to the drudgery of the admin of the old that I’d let slide.

            Time to stop being a child.

            I’m making plans for 2014 and they get clearer everyday.

            I am now consciously putting implementation on hold until I complete outstanding issues. Then I can kick off 2014 with an actionable plan, free of guilt or mental encumbrance. Fresh!

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            Are You Really Doing Enough?

              I’m in the process of putting my plans into play for 2014. Doing a little research around that, I came across a post on the Warrior Forum where a guy admitted that it took him 7, yes, seven years to get into the solid 5 figures … while holding down his day job!

              Now I don’t know about you, but I was impressed. Consistency is one of the keys to winning in business and this guy had worked, learned, implemented and improved as he went without giving up. His eye was on the prize – to replace his employment income, and he was in sight of doing that.

              Personally, I find my motivation surges and wanes and the overwhelm and lack of clarity can get the better of me. But it IS about staying the course and plugging away in a progressive manner.

              This guy claims to have had no plan. I call furfyRead More »Are You Really Doing Enough?