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Finally – Why You Must Have a Blog

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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

I’ll admit it – I LOVE statistics. Not everyone does but watch this 4 minute video and I think you will like them too! It’s fast, it’s fun and it’s filled with amazing information.

Now do you know why you need a blog? You must get your information out there – and ‘out there’ means online for the world to see!

Watch for the next WordPress WorkShop so you, too, can get yourself out there and known.

Meanwhile – register for your weekly Free 3 Minute Blog Audio Tip.

Cathy Perkins – The WordPress Wizard

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Categories : New Media, Video Blogging

Tags : blog, blogging with wordpress, cathy perkins, The WordPress Wizard, WordPress, wordpress wizard

Repurpose Your WordPress Posts on YouTube

By cathy · Comments (0)

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Do you know that six billion videos were viewed in January 2009 on YouTube and according to Wikipedia, "It is estimated that twenty hours of new videos are uploaded to the site every minute…" Today YouTube is the fourth most visited website on the Internet according to Alexa.

What does this mean to you? Get yourself and your business on YouTube! Repurpose your blog posts into videos and put them on YouTube as well as your blog. Does this mean you have to have your face on a video? Not at all. It would be nice for people to be able to see you to get to know, like and trust you but it isn’t totally necessary. Do screen captures or slide presentations narrated by you and it will have nearly the same effect. But with so many computers sporting built-in webcams and the advent of inexpensive video cameras, there is almost no excuse for not putting You on YouTube.

Read the rest of this article at Ezine Articles and check out The Wizard’s videos at Cathy On YouTube and let me know if you are creating videos for YouTube.

Cathy Perkins – The WordPress Wizard

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Categories : Video Blogging

Tags : cathy perkins, The WordPress Wizard, WordPress, wordpress wizard, you tube, youtube

A Cool Audio and Video Plugin

By cathy · Comments (4)

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Just found a really cool new plugin – it’s called Podcasting. It will play audio AND video on your WordPress blog. Here’s something I really like in the instructions:

The minimum requirements for using Podcasting are:

WordPress Version 2.7 or higher
Admin page requires a modern browser other than Internet Explorer (Emphasis mine)

This plugin puts up a simple audio player and a very nice video player.

It’s your choice if you want your media to go to ITunes or not – it will do it but you can leave that blank if you choose. I just tested it and it really seems good – no apparent conflicts and it has migration from PodPress capability. The PodPress folks fell down on the job or lost interest or lost ability. Don’t know which but now it doesn’t matter. This is a great replacement!

It has been tested and works with the newest WordPress version and has 4.5 starts at the WordPress Plugin repository.

Simply go to Plugins -> Add New in your dashboard and search for podcasting. Install it, configure it to your liking and you are ready to go. You won’t find it in your editor. It resides at the bottom of the editor. All you do it fill in the file location and add it. Then send it to the editor. All in all a nice and easy to use plugin!

Cathy Perkins – The WordPress Wizard

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Categories : Video Blogging, podcast

Tags : audio blogging, cathy perkins, podcasting, The WordPress Wizard, Video Blogging, WordPress

A WordPress Wizard Alert – Try S3 Media Player Free

By cathy · Comments (1)

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

This just in from Mike Stewart! I have arranged for you to try the S3 Media Player free! It is a demo version so is not FULLY functional but you will see how powerful it is if you try it.

Get it here – S3 Media Player Demo. I know when you try it you’ll want to get the full version – Mike’s tutorials are worth more than the price you will pay! They helped me become an S3 expert - they said it couldn’t be done!