Thankful Thursday - I'm On The Move!

Please excuse any hiccups you may experience... I'm in the process of moving my blog from Blogger to Self-Hosted WordPress! You guys won't be playing, "Can I leave Cokie a comment this week?" anymore, and I'll have more control over my blog and what I can do with it (unlike my bladder or my tail, but that's another story most of you already know).  =^..^= 

If you don't care about this stuff, just scroll down and link up to the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

If you've been considering making the move to WordPress, I highly suggest you do what I did - Pay Tanya at Blogelina to do it! I believe my friend Michele @PepiSmartDog would concur. Michele's been making the move on her own and is tearing her fur out.

Click HERE for info on how to make the Blogger to Self-Hosted WordPress Move and leave the driving to Tanya!

She charges less than any other company I've found, and she adds so much value, it's just crazy to have anyone else do it, or even to do it yourself. For $99, she'll move you from Blogger to WordPress AND give you a year's free Deluxe GoDaddy web hosting ($91 retail!) AND throw in a bunch of extras, too.

Disclosure! She also has an affiliate program, so if you go to Blogelina.com without using my links, you'll pay the same (low) fees as you would if you use my links. If you use my links, I get a percentage. Either way, I endorse her highly, as everyone who took her online class with me last year can attest. 

SO... I'm thankful to have Blogelina as my blog mover, cuz I don't feel like it!

What are you thankful for this week? 

Super Cool Online Blogging Class

Mom's taking a new class that she loves. It's a live 'online' class called 'Profitable Blogging for Beginners.' It's targeted at blogging moms, but Mom took a chance and signed up as a 'cat mom' and was welcomed with open arms. The class is at a site called Blogelina is run by a very nice and knowledgeable woman named Tanya Peterson, who told Mom that while she's targeting moms, she wouldn't turn anyone away.  ; ) 

Tanya Peterson, aka Blogelina

Mom told some anipal friends about it and now the class is being inundated (in a good way) with anipal moms! I think there were five or six of them there tonight. We actually first heard about the class in a Two Little Cavaliers newsletter. (Thanks, girls!)

The price can't be beat. It's $5 for four 2 hour live online chat-room-style classes, with a 60 page class manual that you print out. You can have no blog at all, (really, really a beginner) or already have a full blown blog or website, and still find this useful. 

AND you get a year's FREE GoDaddy web hosting, which Mom's never bought before because it's normally $84/year. This has given her the push she needs to move to self-hosted blogs and websites. You'll notice Mom hasn't made the switch yet, but it's next on her list, and she's already received her web hosting account information from GoDaddy. Tanya's gotten Mom all signed up for their Deluxe Linux web hosting plan.  : )

The class meets from 9-11pm EST on Tuesdays, and just keeps repeating starting over with Class #1 every four weeks, with some folks coming back every week to learn and share more. Tanya emails participants the class notes with all the tips and links that were discussed during the class, so they don't have to take notes during the class. Everyone can focus on the chat and slides.

Everyone follows one another's blogs and giveaways, and helps each other figure things out. It's really nice - and fun spending an evening with anipals' moms - and 'regular' women! LOL.

Blogelina also has a free email list and a lot of free tips and stuff. You don't have to buy anything. For that matter, if you really can't afford the $5, Tanya says to email her and she'll work something out! And there's a 30 Day Guarantee. If you're not satisfied after 30 days, you get you $5 back. Srsly.

Mom paid her $5 by Paypal and enrolled in the class, downloaded class manual, and looked around the Blogelina site. Tanya has another offer for her 'Blogging Bundle - 8 Resources for Your Blog' for $10, a package of other downloads. (This bundle and the class are the only things she's selling). Mom bought those, too, then found out that if you buy the Bundle, you get the class enrollment free - including the GoDaddy web hosting. 

Mom emailed Blogelina and said she'd already paid the $5 for the class, but also bought the other $10 package - and Tanya immediately refunded $5 to Mom Paypal account. We're very impressed. You could skip the extra package and just take the class and get the free web hosting for $5. 

We assume Blogelina's trying to get tons of people taking the class so she can eventually charge more money, but first she has to have lots of people raving about it, like Mom (and me), which we obviously are, so her strategy is working.

Blogelina also has an affiliates program. If you, or anyone, signs up from Mom's referral link, she gets a 75% commission - which is, are you sitting down? $3.75. Whether you use our referral link or not, we do think a lot of our friends would like this class, and Mom would love to have you in the class with her next week!


Cokie 
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