Blake Imeson *Innovatrepreneur

Backup WordPress = 2 Plugins + Gmail

Anyone who has had a blog hacked or files/database corrupted, knows the horrible feeling in your gut and the awful mess trying to recover. To solve this I have found a great way to make sure you don’t end up in a bad situation. The 2 WordPress Plugins 1. WP-DB-Backup - Allows you easily to backup your core [...] Tags: backup, database, Gmail, plugins, WordPress

Easy Website using WordPress (Presentation)

This is my slideset from two interactive  seminars I did in Midland, MI courtesy of Caryn Shick and  the Entrepreneurship Meetups going on there. It references my previous post: Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress Tags: presentation, website, WordPress

Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress

So you’d like to start a blog or site using WordPress and hosting it yourself. It is easier than you think. In a previous post I highlighted why you should host WordPress on your own domain. This is the next step. How. This is a very extensive and thorough guide, click the link below to view [...] Tags: Blogging, CMS, WordPress

Start a Personal Resume/Portfolio Site, Here’s how.

This is a follow-up post to the question of what kind of site is this where you name is the URL? Thanks for the great questions Brittany! Question: How did you create your site / how can I start my own? Answer:  There are two good routes. 1. Free - Use WordPress.com and register a site as yourname.wordpress.com Downsides: [...] Tags: blogs, hosting, website, WordPress

WordPress 2.7 is pretty sweet.

Now that I finally have time off from school I am updating all of the various sites I manage both personal and for clients. So far three updates went flawlessly, I think six or so left to go. Automattic has really hit a home run with this update. I am using Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu [...] Tags: 2.7, Blogging, CMS, WordPress

PodCamp3 LinkedIn Presentation

Here are the PowerPoint slides from the presentation Tim Hindes and I did at PodCamp3 in Pittsburgh. If you were at the session I'd love to connect with you on LinkedIn. Download: LinkedIn 101: Get Started and Build Business (PPT)     Download: LinkedIn 101: Get Started [...] Tags: downloads, LinkedIn, PCPGH3

PodCamp3 in Pittsburgh, be there!

I've got to let you know about this conference that I am going to on October 18 and 19, 2008. PodCamp Pittsburgh is a free conference that covers blogging, social media and podcasting. There are lots of great sessions see the schedule. I am co-presenting on LinkedIn with Tim Hindes. I met Tim this summer when I [...] Tags: Blogging, conference, LinkedIn, PCPGH3, PodCamp

If You Could Only Read One Blog... Which One Makes the Cut?

One hundred and seventy four. That is the number of feeds I currently read. Granted, quite a few of these are alerts or blogs that rarely post. Still that is a lot of content. Update: 1/06/09 221 feeds In a typical day I "read" 175+ blog posts. I say "read" because with that much material I [...] Tags: Blogging, blogs, feeds RSS, Seth Godin