I learned about 2 cool new tools when I went to  the podcasting conference in Boston this past weekend.

(I'm doing my summer East Coast trip that I do every year to visit family and friends in my old stomping grounds: Boston and New York).

So, I wanted to pass on to you these 2 resources that can help you improve your online website/business.

And the best part about them is that they are both free!

WebsiteGrader.com

The first one is http://www.WebsiteGrader.com

You just put in your website name, and it gives your site a grade, PLUS it tells you how to improve your site.

 BrowserShots.org

The second one is http://www.BrowserShots.org

You put in your website, and it gives you a screenshot of what you website looks like in many different browsers.

I had been looking for a resource for this for a while, so I want to thank Chris Penn for letting me know about it.

The new version of Wordpress 2.6 came out this week and has some cool new features. 

For me the biggest one is the fact that Wordpress now saves your revisions of your posts.  So you can go back to earlier versions of your posts.  This is VERY helpful if you are editing your posts and you make a mistake.  You can go back to an earlier version. 

Plus this is helpful if multiple people are working on your blog/website.

Here's a short video explaining the new features.
The  biggest one is that you can go back to your old revisions.
I'm going to wait a bit before upgrading any of my blogs.  I like the dust to settle first whenever there is a new version of something is released.

Watch this short 3 min video of the new Wordpress 2.6 features

There are many different ways to market yourself. Some take a 'Hard Sell' approach, and some take a 'Soft Sell' approach. It all depends upon you and what your market will respond do.

Want to know more about what the Soft Sell Marketing is? Then just Watch this video below:

I will be interviewing Judith and Jim next Tuesday July 15th at 8:30pm Eastern (5:30 pm Pacific)

To get registered for the free teleseminar, just click here

It's a preview call for the Live event Bridging Heart and Marketing Event September 12, 13, and 14 that I will be speaking at in Los Angeles. This is an event is specifically designed for the Soft Topic Market.

Many people talk about outsourcing and getting leverage. They talk about hiring others to do the work for you. Outsourcing is a great idea, and I encourage people go hire a good Virtual Assistant who can help you with your business.

But people don't talk about getting leverage with yourself!

What I mean by that, is if you do something, do it again and again!

If you promote a product, promote it again!

If you run a coupon special , run a similar coupon special again!

If you do a teleseminar, do the same teleseminar again!

If you run a coaching program series, run the series again!

The first time you do anything, it will take you a while to build and create. So leverage yourself by doing it multiple times!

That way you get leverage with yourself!

For example, I'm teaching a new course on how to create your own website using wordpress. It's a small workshop and I'm having a great time with my students. I'm learning a lot about how to teach this material SO….I'm going to offer the course again in the Fall!

People, myself included, are always looking for the latest 'new thing' to do on the internet, and forget to polish and improve the thing you got.

So look at your products, courses, promotions and figure out how you can do the same thing again, and get leverage with yourself!