December 20, 2008 – 9:01 am
Want to get into some holiday fun and spirit with some holiday WordPress joy? The Bitwire Holiday Marathon is all day, December 20th from 6am-6pm Pacific time, and will include tons of great entertainment, discussions, games, giveaways, and lots of holiday spirit. I will be appearing at 8AM PST to babble WordPress nonsense and fun. […]
April 17, 2012 – 10:24 am
In my Prove It! campaign article series recently, by request I ripped apart the personal and professional site of Kym Huynh in “Prove It: Kym Huynh Exposed.” Using my advice, he’s updated the two key pages I attacked on his site, the front page and about page, and the results are spectacular. The goals of […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blogging Tips, Writing
| Tags: about, about page, bio, biography, campaign, define yourself, how to write your about page, how to write your bio, Kym Huynh, online identify, prove it, prove it campaign, who are you, who the hell are you |
January 16, 2012 – 1:08 pm
After reading Prove It: It’s Starts With Defining Who You Are as part of my Prove It Campaign, one of my best friends volunteered himself for a bio tearing and ripping as he is now involved in several startups that are gaining the attention of investors, which means everything he does online is now subject […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blogging Tips, Web Wise, Writing
| Tags: about, about page, australia, bio, biography, experience, family, history, kym, Kym Huynh, life, native tongue, proof, prove, prove it, welcome page, weteachme, who are you, writing your about page, writing your biography |
August 18, 2011 – 4:31 pm
In this series on managing multiple bloggers in WordPress, I want to now focus on the content, specifically managing the editorial voice and purpose of a site with multiple bloggers. There is a huge caveat to this topic. Every blog is unique, as are all the voices within it. It is often that uniqueness that […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blogging Tips, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: blog contributors, blog management, blog writing, bloggers, Blogging Tips, contributors, editor, guest bloggers, managing a blog, managing multiple authors, managing multiple bloggers, multiple bloggers, multiple bloggers blog, multiple contributors, multiple contributors blog, Web Design, Webvisions, webvisions2011, wordpress advice, wordpress development, wordpress help, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress research, WordPress site development, WordPress Theme designs, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips with tags blog authors, Writing, wv11, wv2011 |
April 29, 2011 – 10:33 am
The secret is now out. I’m putting on the gloves and taking on Andrew Nacin at WordCamp Developers in Vancouver, BC, on May 5, 2011. As described in the announcement on the WordCamp Developers site, I’m going to put Andrew Nacin, the new rock star of core WordPress development through a ringer to let the […]
April 11, 2011 – 12:30 pm
I say this every year, and thank goodness a few people listen and change their lives. Here goes one more time: If you do anything this year to change your business, go to Successful Online Business Conference (SOBCon). This year we’re celebrating the fifth year of SOBCon, the life changing business event for bloggers, web […]
The news is finally out. Yes, I just released a new ebook, Social Media for Crafters: Covering the Basics of the Social Web. It’s for sale in the WordCast Store right now and sells for USD $14.95 but you, too, can get this fantastic pdf ebook for the AMAZING low price of 99 cents during […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blog Babble, Blogging, Blogging Tips, WordPress News, Writing
| Tags: book, ebook, facebook, forums, social media, social media for crafters, social networks, twitter |
December 23, 2010 – 3:10 pm
One of the projects I am most proud of being a part of is the brand new Stories of Our Journeys produced by Bitwire Media as part of the Making My Life Network. Working with the incredible Kym Huynh, Stories of Our Journeys is a dream come true. Two years ago, Kym and I talked […]
September 17, 2010 – 10:25 pm
As many of you know, I’m a proud SOB. If you don’t know what that is by now, and you’ve been doing this for a while, I’m so sorry for you, as you are missing out on one of the most exciting honors in the blogging industry. For those new to blogging, an SOB is […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blogging News
| Tags: advertising, blogging industry, blogging news, business school for bloggers, business strategies, colorado, event, marketing, online marketing, sobcon, sobcon colorado, sobevent, successful outstanding business, web publishing, web strategies |
August 13, 2010 – 11:25 am
A few people were concerned when I started my first Blog Struggles Diary recommending that I not blog every day thus changing the whole tone of my site. This confused me as I thought this was what my site was about. I had to take some time to think about that…then life and work interfered, […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blog Struggles, Blogging
| Tags: blog stories, blog struggles, blog thoughts, blogging stories, diary, how to blog, journal, Liz Strauss, publish, publishing, sobcon, sobcon2010, telephone pole, time waster, web host, web publishing, wordpress, WordPress Tips, WordPressDotCom, Writing |
December 16, 2009 – 12:18 am
Join me and the rest of the Bitwire Media crew for too much fun this Saturday, December 19, 2009, for the annual Holiday Marathon from 6AM to 6PM PST. Each year, the Bitwire Media team celebrate the holidays with a live podcast and video marathon, with interviews, stories, laughter, games, contests, and a lot of […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in Blog Babble, Blogging News
| Tags: bitwire, celebration, contest, entertainment, event, hohoho, holiday, holidaymarathon, marathon, podcast, radio, show |
November 11, 2009 – 11:04 am
WordCamp Phoenix is all set to really rock and roll with great WordPress, blogging, and SEO experts on November 13, 2009, in Arizona at the Arizona Grand Resort. Some of the hottest folks in WordPress and web tech are lined up to speak and attend, taking advantage of PodcampAZ and Az Entrepreneurship Conference happening the […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
|
Posted in WordCamps, WordPress Events, WordPress News
| Tags: wcnl, wcphx, wordcamp, wordcamp netherlands, wordcamp news, wordcamp phoenix, wordcampnl, WordCamps, wordpress, wordpress conference, wordpress event, wpevents |
WordCast celebrates 50 episodes this week with a fun podcast featuring WordPress and WordCast fans Liz Strauss, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and myself, along with hosts Dave Moyer and Kym Huynh in WordCast 50: Our Semi-centennial! It was amazing to have Liz in Chicago, Dave in Denver, Kym in Australia, Jonathan in Louisiana, and […]
Blogging Tips What bloggers won’t tell you about blogging by Lorelle VanFossen Returning to the basics, Lorelle VanFossen has put together hundreds of the tips you need to know before you start blogging, and after, in Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging. Learn how to define your blog’s purpose. Learn how to […]
January 12, 2007 – 1:24 pm
Lorelle VanFossen provides training programs and is a popular keynote speaker and workshop leader specializing in web publishing, WordPress, blogging, social media, analytics, and having your say on the web. A long-time leader in web technology and development, since 1994 she has provided training programs and consulting on multimedia web publishing, delighting audiences with her […]