"I'm making this up as I go along." Sound familiar? As much as I've been around the block once (okay, twice), there are still many things for me to learn. I need to give myself credit, and say yes, I know a lot. But I don't know it all. That being said, when one of my virtual assistance clients need...

I’ve been lucky. I’ve worked for great people — like Millicent Fenwick, the Congresswoman from New Jersey who was immortalized as Lacy Davenport in the Doonesbury comics. I’ve worked for great organizations — like the US Senate and House of Representatives, Phillips Aca...

After the Google problem yesterday, I think I must back up this blog.I need your advice.There is a simple Export of the text to my hard drive - 6 years of constant posting - Do you know of a safe......

Typepad is a paid, hosted platform and is one of the most popular options in the blogosphere right now. One of the questions I am asked most often is whether Typepad is worth paying for. Even though the service is reasonably priced, many bloggers aren’t sure they want to pay for their hobby, b...

When you decide to start your own blog, there are many choices to be made. The very first choice is which platform to use. The most popular blog platforms are Blogger, Typepad, and WordPress. This article will explain the basic differences of these platforms and the pros and cons of each. When choos...

My TypePad account has finally been upgraded to the new platform and I'm excited. I think I'm among the last of the millions who use TypePad.  I was told it's because I have multiple blogs on my account (10) and multiple authors on several of the blogs. The migration is tricky and they didn't want ...

If any of you Typepad bloggers have noticed strange changes to your FeedFlares, we were alerted to problems with Feedburner yesterday. Thank you to Debra Dalgleish, an independent computer consultant, who's eagle eyes noticed the changes. Here's the message Debra sent: Hi Patsi, At the bottom of you...

You're reading this blog but are you blogging for your business yet? Usually I post blog related content on Build a Better Blog, but blogs are also Internet marketing tools and I think it's worth a reminder that if you are not yet blogging as a way to boost your online visibility, build your credibi...

As of this evening, the site migration from the Typepad service to self-hosted Wordpress is mostly complete.  I have gotten a few emails about broken links and such, but I am fairly certain most are chased down now (though you are welcome to email me if you have problems).  The RSS feed is the las...

Back when WordPress 2.5 came out earlier this year, we wrote a cheeky post called "A WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide" which pointed out some of the areas where we think our Movable Type platform offered a good option for people who wanted to consider alternatives to WordPress. But today, WordPress 2.7 i...