2009 December

Usually when you are on Twitter you think that the people that you are following are tweeting on their accounts to pass on good information to you. Most of us know that there is automated systems that tweet for people, but have you heard of “Ghost Tweeting”?

Ghost Tweeting is when an individual or a company hires or outsources to other companies to do their tweeting for them. Do you really think that these huge celebrity tweeters have the time to send out 20+ personal tweets per day? Some do, but a large majority do not. Many of them are using twitter to stay in front of their fans and followers, but it is way easier to have someone tweet your schedule out for you rather than having to think about it everytime you make a move or think a thought.

Check out this video about Ghost Tweeting.

WordPress is just a great tool overall. It has millions of users all over the world. The best part is that it is always evolving with technology and changes in the internet world. If you really want to start to build your business online, wordpress is a great way to go.

Here is a good blog post from wordpresstraining.com that I think you will like about how to use wordpress and how to learn more about it.

My next batch of WordPress training videos is currently in the planning stages. To be honest, I’ve been hesitant to put a lot of effort into producing a bunch of new videos with the WordPress 2.5 release just days away.

In the meantime, I wanted to take a moment to point out a few other WordPress resources that some of you might find useful:

The WordPress Training Group on Facebook: The official Facebook group for this website. The group currently has well over 400 members and the discussion forum is turning into an valuable support resource. If you’re on Facebook, be please join us.
Lessons for WordPress Beginners: A set of lessons designed to help the WordPress newbies get up to speed quickly. The lessons are part of the official WordPress Codex. While the Codex tends to be somewhat technical, these lessons are clearly for beginners.
WordPress University: Ben Cope’s new site promises to be a valuable collection of WordPress training videos. Ben covers a couple of topics not covered on this site, including inserting YouTube videos to your WordPress post, and installing up WordPress on a GoDaddy account.
iTheme’s Free WordPress Tutorials: Another collection of free WordPress videos that overlaps somewhat with the videos provided on this site. A few videos deal with issues I haven’t gotten around to yet, like setting up FeedBurner and installing Google Analytics.
Free eBook – How to develop money making niche sites with WordPress: Based on the early results of our WordPress training survey, it appears that quite a few of you are using WordPress with the goal of making money online. If this describes you, you’ll definitely want to check out Caroline Middlebrook’s free eBook. Even if you’re not hoping to get rich with WordPress, Caroline’s book offers pretty good documentation on setting up WordPress with Fantastico.

And finally, If you haven’t done so already, please take a moment to complete our WordPress training survey. Your feedback will help determine the focus of our future training videos.