Things to celebrate!

October 10, 2011 By

Last year's birthday cupcakes, made and decorated by yours truly.

A quick Monday list of seven things I’m celebrating:

  1. My Website Wish Kit is done! Even though I’m already planning the second edition (which, of course, buyers of the first edition will get automagically), that doesn’t take away from the satisfaction of having a real live thing.
  2. Happy Thanksgiving! Not only to my Canadian friends, but to everyone else, too. I mean, aren’t you all thankful that Canada exists? I know I am.
  3. I’m teaching a live teleclass tomorrow! This is one of my very favorite things to do, and I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks.  I get to walk people through my Website Wish Kit, answer questions, and hear the insights and a-has my people are getting. I am always so energized by these things. Must remember this. (Want to get into this class for free? Get yourself onto my Invitation List and you’ll get a discount code you can use when buying the Website Wish Kit.)
  4. My 10-year-old daughter is running for Student Council president, and she made a website to explain her principles and make her election promises. Okay, yes, I did install WordPress for her, but other than that, she did the whole thing. I am so proud.
  5. My WordPress Swimming Lessons start one week from today, and I’m limiting the class to five people. I’m excited about teaching an intimate group the art of WordPress, and seeing the strides they’ll make in the next three weeks. Registration closes on Friday the 14th!
  6. It’s Columbus Day! I know this is a politically charged topic, and I’m not going to address that. A mentor of mine used to explain that regardless of what anyone’s opinions were about Columbus, she chose to celebrate the day as Italian Heritage Day. She’d make homemade meatballs the way her nonna used to (she gave me the recipe, although I’m sure I can never claim nonna-like abilities), and throw Italian phrases around, and that was that. So: Buon giorno! Molto bene! Allegro con brio!
  7. My boy turns seven years old tomorrow! Which is why I’m whisking myself off to the store to find candy shaped like a submarine to decorate this year’s cupcakes. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to top last year’s Polar Bear Cub-Cakes, though, since marshmallows lend themselves so perfectly to bear-head-shapes.

How about you? What are you celebrating this bright October Monday?

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Website Wish Kit: Coming Tuesday to a telephone near you

October 6, 2011 By

Hey you guys, I made a new thing!

It’s called the Website Wish Kit, and it’s a downloadable guide to figuring out exactly what you need to do next on your website.

If you are a do-it-yourself dynamo, you can go through the exercises in about an hour and a half, and come away with a completely new, completely you vision for your website.

Jen Hofmann of Inspired Home Office created the original Wish Kit, which inspired and formed the basis of this product. She graciously gave me her blessing to adapt the three-step Wish Kit process for websites, and specific permission to use the name “Wish Kit.”

(I used my own product myself multiple times as I was going through my most recent round of site changes, and I’m much better friends with my website now than I was before. Yes, me, the person who lives and breathes websites. Honest.)

Avoiding dusty-shelf syndrome

However, if you’re anything like me, even if you love the idea of the Website Wish Kit, and even if you buy and download it right now, there’s a pretty good chance it will sit, unopened, somewhere on your hard drive, for a very long time. Like a book on a dusty shelf that you never had time to open.

And I really want you to use it. I want you to wish. Really wish, with all your heart. Not keep your website dreams on the electronic equivalent of a dusty shelf.

So I’m doing something about it.

I’m holding a live teleclass to walk you through the Website Wish Kit three-step process, answer questions, and chat about the many species of site stuckness.

The Website Wish Kit teleclass will happen on Tuesday, October 11, from 10am to noon, Pacific time.

Yes, I will be recording the class, and everyone who signs up will get the recording. So if you’re at a dayjob, or in the Southern hemisphere, or otherwise occupied, you can still get the goodness.

Get into the Website Wish Kit teleclass for free

The cost for the Website Wish Kit is $37. The Website Wish Kit + Teleclass normally costs $87, but til Tuesday, you can save $50 if you’re a member of my new Invitation List.

(That’s my version of an advance-discount-and-notification list. It’s completely separate from my weekly newsletter, and it’s specifically for people who want to be the very first to hear about my classes and products.)

Did someone say Til Tuesday?

Yep. That was me. Looks like I’ll be dusting off my Aimee Mann albums for working music this afternoon.

::hums happily::

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WordPress Swimming Lessons start January 24!

January 21, 2011 By

I keep forgetting to mention, here on the blog, that I’m teaching a class for complete WordPress beginners, and it starts next Monday. Yes, it’s time again for WordPress Swimming Lessons!

This class is for people who already have WordPress installed on their own web hosting account (I can install it for you for $99).

You might have a blank-slate new installation, or you might have a site that a designer or friend set up for you and you’re just not sure how to use it. Either way, WordPress Swimming Lessons can help.

This class is not about sites hosted on WordPress.com — although it will definitely help anyone who is moving from a WordPress.com blog to a WordPress site on your own web hosting (because the features and flexibility of these two setups are quite a bit different).

Here’s how it works: There are two Monday webinars (teleclasses where I also show you stuff on my computer screen, like how to find things in your WordPress dashboard and how to accomplish specific tasks), and two Friday Extra Practice Sessions (teleclasses where you can ask all the questions that have arisen for you since the Monday session).

There’s a whole WordPress Swimming Lessons page that describes the agenda for each class.

All classes (both webinars and practice sessions) will be held at 10am Pacific time (what’s that in your time zone?).

Your $99 Swimming Lesson fee gets you:

  • Two one-hour live webinar sessions, where I’ll show you step-by-step how to do specific WordPress tasks
  • Two one-hour extra practice sessions, where I’ll troubleshoot with you, and answer participant questions.
  • Audio recordings of all four class sessions
  • Email support from me during the two weeks of class

Ready to take your first gentle step into the shallow end?

WordPress Swimming Lessons: $99

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Don’t see the “Add to Cart” button? Head over to the WordPress Swimming Lessons page to learn more and sign up.

Refund and cancellation policy

Got WordPress?

I can also install and configure WordPress for you, so you’ll be ready to jump in when it’s time for your Swimming Lessons. Check out my WordPress Packages and choose the level of customization you need.

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Save the date: Website Wish Kit class on January 19

December 29, 2010 By

I’m still working on all the details, but I’ve picked a date for my next teleclass, Your Website Wish Kit: Wednesday, January 19, at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern).

You might want to hold that spot open if you’re interested in improving your website (and that includes going from “What website?” to actually having one that works).

See, I’m developing a class that is based on Jen Hofmann’s Wish Kit. That’s an affiliate link, because I own and highly recommend the Wish Kit, which has been a tremendous help to me over the past couple of years. Jen helps people come into harmony with their workspaces, but she does so much more than give organizing advice — it’s hard to sum up. If you don’t know Jen, go visit her site and introduce yourself. She’s good people.

Anyway, I’ve been using Jen’s fabulous Wish Kit technique to create my ideal office space, and I recently realized that the exact same methodology could be used on virtual office space — on websites.

Jen has given me her blessing to use her methodology and even the name Wish Kit, which is incredibly generous of her. I’m buzzing with excitement about leading a class that will help you, in Jen’s words, “move from overwhelm and frustration to clarity and hope.”

So, whether you don’t yet have a website and don’t even know the first step to getting one, or you have a website that irks you because you want to tweak it but don’t know how, or even if you have a website that you’re fairly happy with but want to know how it could be improved…the Website Wish Kit class can help.

Stay tuned to this blog for the official announcement — subscribers will be the first to know that the class is open for sign-ups. Subscribers also get my 28-page WordPress Essentials Toolkit as my thank-you for letting me into your inbox each week.

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