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Wednesdays are my “blog upkeep day.”

Here’s why.

It’s the day I attend Cathy Perkins’s Wizard Weekly teleseminars.

For 30-60 minutes (depending on number of questions), Cathy goes over some aspect of blogging with WordPress (”the best blogging software EVER” she says–and I agree).

She has a Resource Guide, with links to things like plug-ins (today’s topic was “{Plugins I Don’t Want To Live Without”). She’s very clear and does not overwhelm you with info that is too “techie.” (She’s a whiz at tech stuff but keeps that in check with us techno-dummies.)

She’s also in the middle of teaching her course on “The WordPress Dashboard–Your Mission Control.” Tonight is Module 3, but all the prior classes are available for download, so if you miss anything, you’ll still be able to catch up.

Blogging is one of the cornerstones of writing a book that I’ll be teaching soon. Why? Because you can get so much out of it, for so little effort.

You get to start writing your book, if it’s not written yet.

You get feedback from readers (invaluable).

You get media exposure. (The media look to bloggers more and more when they want to find and “expert.” If you have a great blog, and know how to optimize it, you possess that all-important “platform” that publishers clamor for.)

And it’s so easy, truly! Sure, there are lots of cool things you can do to and for your blog. But the basics are not difficult.

If you can write emails, you can write a blog post.

Cathy Perkins will show you how to get started … and take you as far as you care to go. If you already have a blog, she can do a blog audit to help you squeeze every bit of “juice” out of it in terms of search engine optimization, page layout, links–all the things that will turn your blog posts into profits.

At least visit her site, sign up for her blog postings, and attend the Wizard Weekly teleseminars. Tell her I sent you.

And–sign up for her course. Tonight’s a webinar, so you’ll get to SEE what she’s talking about. Cool.

Well, I’m off to add some cool plug-ins to my blog. Look for some differences in the “look” of this blog as a result!

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