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The Best Training to Be a Highly Paid Expert

Posted by scott on Jan 20, 2012 in Coaching, Learning, Marketing, News, Productivity | 0 comments

Greetings folks! Brendon Burchard is at it again, and I’m so incredibly excited! I don’t normally promote these kinds of trainings or endorse other people’s products or trainings, but Brendon stands out!

Even if you just watch his free videos or pick up his book, The Millionaire Messenger, you’re going to think you’ve gotten thousands of dollars worth of valuable training on how to market yourself as an author, speaker, seminar leader, coach, or product developer. I’ve been learning from Brendon for almost a year now, and his training makes all the difference to me!

Click here for great free videos and to learn about Experts Academy with Brendon Burchard!

Introducing Protection Plus

Posted by scott on Nov 30, 2011 in News, Productivity | 1 comment

I’ve introduced a new service for my existing clients called Protection Plus.

Here’s why.

About a month ago, immediately following my move to Eden Prairie, MN, one of my clients’ web sites suffered a malware attack and was unavailable. Imagine having this image in place of your current web site when a potential client comes to visit:

It’s no fun to get hacked or for a virus to infiltrate your site. In this particular instance, the offender was a javascript file within a WordPress theme that Google and another third party search engine deemed “Malicious Code” or Malware. After about 4-5 hours of combined time analyzing the site, restoring from backup, updating WordPress files (and plugin files), changing all passwords, and eventually applying a new WordPress theme, I was able to submit my client’s web site for another review by Google so that the big red box would no longer be shown, and the site would be live again. Within 24 hours after the review, my client’s site was restored.

I was glad to help in this instance. But in retrospect, had there been a regular “protection plan” in place with regular WordPress file updates, theme updates, plugin updates, and settings optimizations, this five-day downtime of my client’s web site could have been avoided.

So, starting RIGHT NOW – I’ve introduced what I’m calling Protection Plus – a yearly subscription service to help my existing clients stay up to date and protected, for just $99/year. ($79 until December 31, 2011).

To take advantage of Protection Plus you need only be a client of HolisticGeek.com, have a WordPress-based site, and be hosted by TigerTechnologies (our preferred web host).

Please visit the Protection Plus Page for more details on this new service, and to sign up!

iWeb and MobileMe Folks – Take Heed!

Posted by scott on Jul 21, 2011 in Learning, News, Productivity, WordPress | 0 comments

I’ve been receiving a few requests lately to assist with or convert web sites using Apple’s iWeb and MobileMe for web publishing. For beginners who have the time and gumption to create their own web sites, I think that iWeb is not a bad choice. If you’re an avid Macintosh user, iWeb integrates very well with the tools you already use!

However, there are some things that you should know:

Apple has discontinued their MobileMe product, and web publishing through MobileMe will end June 30, 2012. See this FAQ article from Apple.
You can still use iWeb to design your site after June 2012, but you will need to manually ftp your files to another web hosting service. This involves first saving your files to your Mac, then uploading them with an FTP program (an extra step)
If you use the “photocasting feature” of MobileMe – this too will no longer be available for your iWeb published site after June 30, 2012.
You can still keep your email address and other features, but you will need to “convert” your account to the new iCloud service. (Apple will roll out iCoud in the Fall).
iCloud WILL NOT include a web publishing option.

From my perspective as a web designer and consultant, some other disadvantages occur when you choose iWeb, unfortunately.

By default, your web URL includes the title of your iWeb site’s name, often making longer URLs than necessary (ex – www.holisticgeek.com/holisticgeek.com/Home.html) – the only way around this is to save to your hard drive, and upload to your web host.
iWeb pages aren’t naturally “Search Engine Friendly” – but you CAN use RAGE Software’s iWeb SEO Tool for free!

But, to put a positive spin on all of this, perhaps now is the time to convert your iWeb web site to WordPress! At any rate, now’s the time to start your MobileMe transition/migration plan! Why not pair it with a full-on solution that gives you the following:

A longer term relationship with a reliable web host (I suggest Tigertech.net)
Migration of your email from user@me.com to your full domain name (user@yourdomain.com)
Strong, customizable, and scalable SEO options for your website and blog
An open-source, standards-compliant web building tool that grows with you as your business grows

Have fun creating!!