Some friends call me about the new facelift of my Baby Boomers Blog.  They are curious why I changed from Typepad to Wordpress.  It has been a long while I am pondering on this.  The domain for this Baby Boomers Blog is MillionBabyBoomers.com.  It was set up some time in 2005 When I registered with Sixapart for their Typepad blogging program.
It is a good blogging software program, very user friendly and easy to use.  I am not a computer techie and I don’t have any knowledge on html, javascript, etc.  I have lot of fun when using Typepad.  In the course of years blogging and rambling in the net, I learn the skill as a Typepad user.  … point, drag and drop. …  copy and paste… of  course  I have to do typing.  I like my blog and to some extent I am proud of it.

One day,  I phoned an old buddy.  He is working  in the Silicone Valley of America.   His name is John Chan (La Salle Old Boy).  I asked  John to give  me his comment on my blog.  I reminded him I need a real comment so as to improve Baby Boomers Blog.   He right away said. “Hold on,  I go to my computer and check it out and I give you my answer.”  He worked on his computer and then his voice came.  “What happen to your blog?  It is not coming out.  It is too slow.’  He continued and told me in a serious tone, “David, if you want more people to read your blog, you must improve the speed of your blog.  The page loading time is too long and it kills your blog.’  That is the first moment I am thinking seriously of moving my blog to a platform which is powerful and fast.

In the blogging world, there are plenty of blogging programs.  The best known programs are Wordpress, Movable Type, Typepad, and Blogger.  When I search Google for more information, I notice the most popular blogging program is Wordpress.  I signed up for Wordpress and it is free.  They are more difficult to use as compared to Typepad especially for
a non techie boomer.  With Typepad, I don’t find any big problem.  I simply read the instruction in the ‘knowledge base’ and do it line by line and the job is done. With Wordpress, it is much more difficult.  So, I continued on blogging with Typepad.

About a month or a bit longer than a month,  I joined

Niche Proofit Classroom

.  It is an online classroom and it is about niche marketing.  The cool stuff about this class is their business ideas, computer knowledge and software programs and tools provided exclusively for the Niche Profit Classmates.  It opens my eyes.  They provide real business model with tailored made templates.  And these powerful templates are in Wordpress format.

In this online class I learn new skill.  To name a few here:

• How to use FTP programs
• How to download new themes for Wordpress,
• How to download WP plugins.
• How to activate these plugins
• How to incorporate autoresponder to your blog
• How to use Amazon to find your niche market
• How to build  products and sell through Clickbank
• How to use Google Analytics to track your site performance
• How to build up organic traffic for your site/blog

With these plugins the blog becomes more powerful and useful in driving blog traffic. These are video lessons.  Text and audio lessons are available.   Bit by bit, I learn more about Wordpress.

Now I make a breakthrough… a migration of Baby Boomers Blog.   I wish you guy would love the new version of  baby boomer Blog.  Talk to you tomorrow again.  Remember ti tune in!

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