WordPress Sucks for SEO. WordPress Is Great for SEO. Let's talk about the pros and cons of SEO-ing your WordPress website. Building your website with WordPress can be great for SEO. But it can also screw up your SEO if you aren’t careful. In this episode we go over why and how to avoid the pitfalls. ON-PAGE SEO CHECKLIST - https://tiahain.com/onpageseo

Let's talk about Meta tags and how they continue to play an important role in SEO. Meta tags exist within the back-end code of websites. Even though they often get confused with meta keywords that is only part of the meta tag story. Let’s walk through the reasons why meta tags are still important for your SEO success. ON-PAGE SEO CHECKLIST - https://tiahain.com/onpageseo ORGANIZING YOUR BUSINESS SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT - https://tiahain.com/61

Let's talk about the importance of transcribing as well as my favorite transcribing service. I explain how a transcription of your video or podcast will help with SEO by increasing your word count and keyword count. And I rave about my new favorite transcription service. ORGANIZING YOUR BUSINESS SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT - https://tiahain.com/60 ON-PAGE SEO CHECKLIST - https://tiahain.com/onpageseo

Let's talk about long tail keywords and why you don’t need to rank with short single keywords to be successful with SEO. I explain the difference between “short tail” or “major” keywords and long tail keywords and why long tail keywords are the better option for optimizing SEO as a small business. ORGANIZING YOUR BUSINESS SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT - https://tiahain.com/59 ON-PAGE SEO CHECKLIST - https://tiahain.com/onpageseo

In the 58th episode of the “Organizing Your Business Podcast”, I talk about the decision process in taking an online course. How do you decide yes or no, when these course promoters are so great at marketing? Full episode show notes https://tiahain.com/58

In this episode, I talk about how perfection is impossible, so stop wasting so much time and effort in trying to reach it. If you strive for the “good,” you can use that extra time and effort to do more good. This episode is as much for me as it is for you. Full episode show notes https://tiahain.com/57

In this episode, I talk about the biggest mistake I made with SEO, what I learned and how you can learn to not make the same mistake as I did. Full episode show notes at https://tiahain.com/56

In this episode, I talk about the top 5 SEO myths that you are probably believing, but are screwing up your website rankings and probably losing you business. Episode Highlights: 1. SEO is dead, It's all about content. 2. Ranking is what's important, and it's all about getting as much traffic as possible. 3. Social activity counts for nothing, Social activity counts for everything. 4. A secure website isn't important for SEO. 5. Being mobile friendly doesn't affect SEO.

In this episode, part 3 in this series, I am continuing the discussion around website security.  I focus on how to approach looking at different plug-ins, and choosing the right plug-in for your Wordpress.org driven website. Episode Highlights: Key things to look for when searching for plug-ins. Steps to take before installing the plug-in you have chosen. I share the general "rule-of-thumb" on how to look at a plug-in before utilizing it.

I'm going to be discussing Wordpress website security, and the top things you can do to achieve top-notch security. I focus strictly on Wordpress.org websites, some plug-ins to utilize, and best practices. Episode Highlights: I share my favorite plug-ins for Wordpress security Defining of a "firewall" and "security scanner", and what that means for your website. I discuss the importance of backups, making sure you have more than 1 way to backup and my favorite plugin for backups.

Do you want someone to steal your website? I’m guessing the answer is no. I wasn’t too happy when someone stole mine. It sucked. It still sucks. I’m working on getting it back. Luckily it’s an old website. Not my current one. The next 3 podcast episodes are your chance to learn from my mistakes. Please listen. In this episode I’m going over 2 different services you can use to store your passwords and have them available when you need them.

Who remembers MySpace? I do! I do! OK, I have a particular reason why I remember MySpace. It was a BIG part of my life, way back in 2005-2007. My husband was a supervisor. And since I was an old lady of 35 going back to college, I got to look pretty cool in my MySpace swag. Which you could only get by working there. Anyway, I also learned some very good business lessons by watching everything that was going on.

Is your ideal client on Facebook? If so, then Facebook groups are something you want to look into. Either having your own group, or belonging to others’ Facebook groups, can be a HUGE benefit to your business. But you have to know what you are doing. And use them the right way. Otherwise, the plan could backfire. In this podcast episode we will go over how to get the most out of Facebook groups for you business.

What Social Media Channel Should You Use for Your Business? How do you pick which social media channel(s) to use? You have so many to choose from: Facebook, Facebook groups, Facebook Lives, Instagram, Instagram Stories, IG Lives, IGTV, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube… Many more… There are 2 main factors that you want to consider when it comes to getting involved with another social media channel for you business. We go over those 2 factors in this week’s podcast episode.

Continuing from our last 2 Tech Tip Tuesdays. Using Google Sheets and Google Slides on your mobile device. These 2 work like magic, too. If you use them at all on your computer, you are going to love the access you have on your mobile device. Let’s go over, step by step, how to use Google Sheets, and then Google Slides on your mobile device. Just listen to the podcast episode, and I walk you through them.

If you haven’t guessed by now, Dropbox and Google Drive are my friends. I’m sure I could survive without them, but I wouldn’t thrive as well as I do without them. They keep me organized. Especially when it comes to creating my podcast and doing my work. And you can use them to keep you organized, too. In this podcast episode I will go over exactly how I use Dropbox and Google Drive to keep me organized. And you can use the examples to get yourself organized.

More about using Google apps on your phone or tablet. This week’s episode is about Google Docs. If you use Google Docs on your computer at all, you will want to take advantage of all that you can do with Google Docs on your mobile device (phone or tablet.) Let’s go over, step by step, how to use Google Docs on your mobile device. Just listen to the podcast episode, and I walk you through it.

You will know by now that you should be creating content for your audience. Freebies and lead magnets, as well as consistent content. And you probably keep telling yourself, “Yes, I KNOW I should be creating consistent content for my audience. But every week rolls around, and I am so busy with all the other things in my business that trying to come up with a topic to write about (or video or audio) is KILLING me. HELP!!!!” OK, ok… I hear you. And I HAVE come up with a way to help.

The next few Tech Tip Tuesdays are going to be about using the Google apps on your mobile device:phone, tablet, etc. We are starting off with Google Drive, itself. There is so much you can do with Google Drive on a mobile device, now. They make it super easy to get to all of your stuff on Google Drive that you access on your computer. Learn how to take advantage of this app when you are out and about by listening to the podcast.

Are you thinking about creating a podcast? Or are you just thinking about batching your consistent content that you are putting out for your content marketing? In this week’s podcast episode, we will walk through, step-by-step, how I create my podcasts each month. I batch 10 episodes at a time. And I do it in about 3 weeks. From idea to finished, uploaded product with social media images and all of that social media scheduled for the next 5 weeks.

Today’s podcast Tech Tip Tuesday is about How to Not Lose Everything on Your Computer If It Crashes. It is NOT about how to recover all the stuff from your computer if it has already crashed. You are going to learn 2 tech things you can use on a regular basis to make sure that if something happens to your computer in the future… your stuff is safe. And once you learn about these tech thing, it really doesn’t take any extra time to use them.

Do you find yourself completely overwhelmed with all the “things” you need to take care of? Are you juggling so many things when it comes to business, home, kids, schedules, etc. (raises hand) You need a system to get all that other stuff planned and out of your head. If I didn’t have this system, I would have absolutely no time for my business. With this system, I am able to create 10 podcast episodes (and all the stuff that goes with it) every month. I am sharing my system with you.

Do you find yourself always late for things? Are you so busy with managing everyone else’s schedule or household tasks or just trying to figure out what to do for dinner that you keep missing the basic things you need to get to? Or do you have all the things buzzing around in your head… because you don’t want to miss getting out to school on time or getting to that volunteer task on time… that you feel you spend more time trying not to miss the thing than you actually spend time doing the t

If you have been listening to the latest podcast episodes, you know that you need some type of freebie or lead magnet to entice your ideal client to sign up to your email list. And you did it! You created an awesome PDF, or video or audio with great info to give them a quick win. But what do you do now? You have the thing. But how do you get the thing to your people? In this podcast episode, we go over what to do with your freebie once you have made it.