WordPress Webinar begins tomorrow!

February 14, 2010 By

Just a quick update:

Yes, my computer did die a week ago. And yes, Apple told me it would take 7 to 10 days for me to get it back…with no guarantee my data would survive (they said they might have to install a new hard drive or wipe the existing one).

But get this: I got the computer back in three days…data totally intact! They replaced the main logic board, the battery, and parts of the case (my trackpad is a bit stiff, because it’s brand new). And it was all covered by AppleCare.

I am amazed. And grateful. For Apple and Applecare, and the fact that they underpromised and overdelivered. But also for my online backups from Mozy (yep, that’s an affiliate link), because I knew that even if my hard drive was lost, my data would survive. And also for the friends, online and off, who sympathized and offered help and assured me that I’d be fine no matter what. Even if I had to postpone my webinar, scheduled for February 16.

Which it turns out I don’t have to after all!

So the WordPress Swimming Lessons will continue as planned. The first webinar will be Tuesday, February 16, at 10am Pacific time. The full course includes two one-hour webinar sessions, two one-hour Q&A teleconferences, email support, and class recordings and guidebooks (which won’t be available until after the live classes are complete), all for $79.

Learn more about the webinar and sign up here.

Also, the recording of last week’s free teleclass is now available. I just sent it to everyone who signed up last week, but you can still hop over to the teleclass page and sign up to get the recording, plus a $20 discount on the webinar course.

I’m really excited about this course, and looking forward tremendously to Tuesday’s webinar!

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My computer is dead, but my teleclass is ALIIIVE!

February 8, 2010 By

Yesterday my computer, my beloved MacBook that contains everything I use every day for my business, died. Dead. As the proverbial doornail.

Yet I am going ahead with my free WordPress Swimming Lesson teleclass tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb, 9, at 10am Pacific — details and signup form here). I’m going to talk about what WordPress does for you, how you know if you might need it, and take your questions.

If this was a webinar, I’d have to postpone (and if my computer isn’t back from the Apple Frankencomputer Reanimation Laboratory by next Tuesday, I will need to postpone the next (non-free) Swimming Lesson by a week). But a teleclass I can swing. I just need my phone (check) and my conference line recording instructions (checkity-check).

This particular show is going on! I’ll be recording the call as usual and sending the mp3 file to those who signed up but can’t make it to the live call.

And I will still be ready and willing to take your WordPress questions. Having my blog posts, images, and drafts on my WordPress blog is what’s keeping me sane right now, because I can access them from any computer and write new posts and generally be productive, even though I can’t do other tasks like edit the audio of last week’s call (those of you who are waiting for your recording, I do have backups and your recording is not lost — but my ancient backup computer doesn’t have the right audio software on it so that’s getting delayed, sigh).

Anyway. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s call, and it always helps to have something to look forward to. Join me, won’t you?

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Webinar starts tomorrow!

January 25, 2010 By

This is a quickie blog post to remind you that tomorrow the price of my Great Groundhog Day Integration Extravaganza webinar will go up from $69 to $99, so if you were thinking of buying (even just for the recordings), now’s the time.

What will I be integrating? And what’s a “webinar,” anyway?

Well, a webinar is a teleclass, but you can also watch me demonstrating stuff live on your computer screen. You don’t need to download anything or have special fancy software installed — just go to the webinar link (which you’ll get as soon as you sign up) and you’ll be able to watch my screen (as webinar host, I also get the option of turning on my webcam and showing you my actual face, which I probably won’t because, honestly, it’s highly likely that I’ll be wearing pajamas. But you can always hope, right?).

And the “integration” part refers to getting several important parts of your online business to work smoothly together. In this case, I’m talking specifically about AWeber (for emails to your customers/visitors), E-Junkie (the shopping cart that handles sales and affiliate commissions) and PayPal (the actual payment processor). And, of course, the WordPress site that brings them all together. Your WordPress site, that is.

I’ll be giving live demonstrations of several common “I need these things to play nice with each other” scenarios, and answering your questions. The class will include two one-hour live sessions (both recorded and sent to participants) and a followup guidebook (showing you step-by-step screenshots that you can follow along with while listening to the audio recordings).

If you’re not ready for the whole webinar experience yet, that’s perfectly OK. You can hang out here on the blog, where I’ll be posting some followups to this post about adding audio clips to your website this week. Or you can call me up during my Open Office Hour on Thursday, or leave a comment here with your question.

It’s all good.

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