Wordpress Users Encouraged to Upgrade to Version 2.8.4 ASAP

Over the weekend, Facebook and Twitter users spread the word about a malicious worm going around that is attacking self-hosted Wordpress users. While this isn’t “hot-off-the-presses” news as the upgrade was released a few weeks ago, I thought we’d pass along the information in case some of our readers have somehow missed the urgent need in the current upgrade.

Wordpress posted How to Keep Wordpress Secure at the beginning of the weekend to explain this worm’s threat.

If you haven’t already, be sure to upgrade to version 2.8.4 as soon as possible and pass the news along to your clients and communities.  You can download the upgrade or install it automatically through your admin panel.

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Ready to Build a Better Blog? Problogger.com to Kick Off 31 Day Challenge (aka FREE Training)

I noticed a query on our forum asking about training opportunities, so I thought I’d share that on April 6, 2006, Problogger, Darren Rowse, is kicking off his free program 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. This is a great opportunity to flesh out your own answers to the top questions marketers ask about social media I mentioned in an earlier post.

If you’re just getting started in blogging or are hoping to fine-tune an established blog, I’m sure you’ll get some value out of this free training. I’ve been following Problogger for a while, and have found both the website and Darren’s book to be a wonderful resource as I’ve ventured into the blogosphere.

I’m excited to be a part of the challenge. Worst case scenario, I unsubscribe after a couple of days with a start. Any other Mar-Com-ers out there want to join me? Darron mentioned that there is a group of 50 Italian bloggers who joined together to have the added benefit of the power of a group. It’d be kind of fun to see if we could give them a run for their money. I can think of a blog that could benefit from this sort of community effort….. Anyone, anyone, Buehlor?

Enough with the arm twisting, here are a few details from the instructor:

1. It is free and kicks off on 6 April.
2. Each day over the challenge period (31 Days) you’ll receive an email notifying you of a new post that contains teaching and practical tasks to help you improve your blog.
3. Tasks will be small enough to do in 10-15 minutes
4. You may unsubscribe at any point if the challenge doesn’t fit with your needs or situation.

New to blogging? Come on in, the water’s fine.

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How Marketers are Using Social Media to Grow Their Business

Social Media Marketing Industry Report

Earlier this week, I received a flutter of tweets through my twitter account about Michael A. Stelzner’s hot off the presses white paper: Social Media Marketing Industry Report-How Marketers are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses.

Whether or not you’re involved in social media marketing today, you should take a moment to read the paper. Stelzner provides great details and plenty of charts to help you build a business case for easing into this new realm of marketing.

Major Findings About Social Media Marketing

Want to know what you’ll find in the report? Here are Stelzner’s major findings. I found these to be very interesting and spot-on with what I have experienced while working with my clients. In fact, the top three questions are always the first thing questions my clients ask! Read the rest of this entry »

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