This year I've rekindled my love for podcasts. It started when I began listening to ZenFounder and only increased once I found Entrepreneur On Fire and Online Marketing Made Easy With Amy Porterfield. As I push through my gym visits and long car rides, I've truly come to love plugging into a podcast and listening to smart people talk about the things I love. With each episode, I've found my desire to listen only grows. This has been great because podcasts have helped me power through a number ... Read More
Podcasts
Announcing SEObits – A New SEO Podcast
Many years ago I had a friend suggest I launch a podcast. I dismissed it and dismissed the idea each time someone else mentioned the same idea to me. In my mind there were tons of podcasts in the WordPress industry and I just didn't want to be another one. Then over the 18 months I spent more and more time teaching and educating people on search engine optimization. I spoke at conferences, wrote eBooks, published online courses, and wrote a lot of blog posts. My world started to become more ... Read More
A Visit to the StudioPress.FM Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of recording a podcast episode of StudioPress.fm with Brian Gardner and Lauren Mancke. This is a brand new podcast series from the Copyblogger team and I was fortunate enough to be their first guest. I'm not sure how that happened, but I'll admit I jumped at the chance when asked. The podcast covered a wide range of topics ranging from website design and SEO to my struggles in running an agency. Here is a full list of topics we chatted about: My path to ... Read More
Are You Struggling with eCommerce and SEO?
This week I had the opportunity to visit Bob Dunn’s Do the Woo Podcast, where he and I chatted about eCommerce and SEO on episode 13 of the show. While the show is typically focused on WordPress and WooCommerce, our discussion was not specific to WordPress or the WooCommerce plugin. The podcast episode covered SEO techniques that apply to all eCommerce websites built with or without WordPress. The eCommerce and SEO Podcast If you’re struggling with getting eCommerce and SEO right on your ... Read More
From McDonald’s Worker to Small Business Owner
If you asked a WordPress developer about the path they took in launching their career, you'll certainly hear a wide range of stories, backgrounds, and life experiences. I suspect mine would be just as colorful as any other developer, although I didn't realize this until Troy Dean went quiet during a recent interview. This month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Troy Dean on this very popular WP Elevation Podcast. Troy started the episode by asking me about the career aspirations I ... Read More
A Chat About eCommerce Plugins and Themes
Today I had the pleasure of joining Carrie Dils on her weekly podcast series Genesis Office Hours. Carrie invited me on to talk about the launch of our new WordPress eCommerce theme. We were joined by Cory Miller, Justin Sainton, and Daniel Espinoza. The four of us represented the theme and plugin developers associated with our new Jessica theme. Carrie as kind enough to ask us on the show when she heard the new theme would be styled to run three different eCommerce plugins. That is kind of ... Read More
A Visit to the WP Round Table
This week I had the pleasure of appearing as a guest on the WP Round Table. Kellen, Kyle, and Jason spent an hour with me in a question and answer format that explored my background, our business, and my place in the WordPress community. The podcast covers the firm's creation, our customers, our services and products, and my background in accounting. Yes, I really did major in accounting in college. And yes, I don't know what I was thinking when I made that decision. We chatted about ... Read More
The New Rainmaker Platform Will Have You Doing a Happy Dance
This week Brian Clark reached out to me and asked if I’d like to review the New Rainmaker platform from Copyblogger. Me, being the ultimate Genesis fan girl, didn’t think twice about jumping at the offer. After all, I’ve been using StudioPress themes since I started with WordPress and we use the Genesis framework in everything with do here at Web Savvy Marketing. If these folks are releasing something new, I knew it had to be good and I wanted to take a look. I accepted the invitation and ... Read More
Best WordPress Podcasts for Your Listening Enjoyment
Earlier this week we published a blog post about getting started with WordPress podcasts. This post was a how-to Q & A on podcasts with Jason Tucker. I wanted to follow up with a list of the best WordPress podcasts I feel are worthy of your listening time. These podcasts will cover topics from general WordPress education to technical expertise. Read last week's post titled Tips for Getting Your WordPress Podcast Started -> Most WordPress podcasts run weekly and are presented in a 30 ... Read More
Tips for Getting Your WordPress Podcast Started
I’ve always been a fan of blogging and social media, however I’ve lately found myself drawn in by the growth of WordPress podcast sites. I’ll admit that I was a bit anti-podcasting at first. I wasn’t sure it would stick and I really didn’t see the value of it. And then something changed. I was invited to be a guest on a number of WordPress podcast shows and I realized this new type of marketing had something to offer. Podcasting can have a reach that is unique and unlike that of blogging, ... Read More
Friday’s Marketing Roundup: Good Reads for April 4th
Happy Friday! We're back again with a quick update on this week's interesting articles on WordPress, website design, usability, SEO and social media. This week there were some great articles to read and digest, but if you ask me, I think the WordPress podcasts stole the show. It seems everyone is jumping into podcasting and this week there have been some fabulous folks chatting about design, usability, and best practices in WordPress businesses. Podcasts are becoming an important part ... Read More
A Visit to the Week in WordPress With The Matt Report
Today I was lucky enough to join a roundtable of WordPress experts on Matt Medeiros’ podcast series Week in WordPress. Matt Medeiros invites members of the WordPress community in to discuss some of the week’s top news and blog posts circulating around in the land of WordPress. At the Google Hangout I joined in along with Brian Gardner of StudioPress and Eric Hamm of Cobalt Apps. Matt runs a hugely popular podcast site called The Matt Report. I was featured on The Matt Report a few ... Read More
304 Link Building Opportunities
Let the Link Building Begin! Your new website just went live so you’re now enjoying the fruits of your labor and admiring the exceptional job you and your team did on design and development. The project is finally over and it is time to settle back and wait for your website traffic to climb to new heights. Reality check! I repeat - it is time for a reality check. You’re about half done with your quest for internet dominance. The research, website design, build out, and on-page SEO are all ... Read More
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