Last week, I suggested you team up with a friend to go over each other’s websites as a great way to see needed improvements. This week, lets take another step in this direction and run your website through the Website Grader at Hubspot. It will give you some great feedback on what you can improve on your site.
You will discover some of the more subtle things you can do make your site better and more effective. These are things your web designer might not have done if you didn’t specifically pay for SEO services. For example, one thing is to make sure you [click to continue…]

In addition to the May 19th ‘Get Yourself a Free WordPress.com’ Workshop, New Tricks is excited to offer the following workshops as part of our ‘Tricks of the Trade Tuesdays’ series:
June 2nd – 9 – 10 am – Getting the Most out of your Graphics – $25
A picture IS worth a thousand words. We’ll share some of our secrets for creating a great looking blog. Little tweaks that go a long way - like touching up photos, resizing and adding layers to graphics, and great sites for finding free photo images.
June 16th – 9 – 11 am – $ 25 – Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Learn how to maximize your SEO. Whether you’re a part-time blogger or business owner, this class will provide you with SEO skills to drive traffic to your site.
June 30th – 9 – 11 am – $25 – Social Networking isn’t Scary
You have a business to run and just when you thought you were okay with the computer, e-mail and website… everyone started talking about interactivity, search engine optimization with blogs, social network marketing using things like Facebook… and what the heck is Twitter??? Spend the morning with us – we’ll take the fear out of it all.
Sign up for any of the workshops at our Events page.
Look for even more workshops in July including a repeat of the ‘Get Yourself a Free WordPress.com Blog’ course and ‘What’s the Difference in WordPress.com and WordPress.org?’.