Time to update your wordpress installation. One feature I’m sure many of you will be extra excited about: a built in image editor! Yay!
Download 2.9 here and many thanks to the awesome programmers over at wordpress.org.

The New Year isn’t here yet, but that’s no reason you can’t get a jump start on your goals for 2010. Start today. What do you want to achieve next year? And what will it take to make those goals happen?

Create a list of last minute gift ideas for your niche and post the list to your blog or website. Announce the list to your newsletter. Include pictures if you can. And if you’re an affiliate of the site that sells those items, include the referral links too.

Throughout the month/quarter, keep a running document of content for your next newsletter. Including press or media attention, newsworthy items, reviews, testimonials, an introductory letter, or whatever else you think will be of interest to your newsletter readers. Then when you go to put your newsletter together, pull the best content, format it, and send [...]

Do one thing each day to promote your business, even if it’s just including a brief signature in an outgoing email.