Speed Boost

Description

This course is free if you’re an active Lyrical Host customer. Simply raise a ticket instead of checking out via the button above, and we’ll get you added!
Speed Boost explains everything you need to know (but never understood!) about optimizing your site speed. This course is ideal if you’re a blogger or small business owner looking to manage the speed of your self-hosted WordPress site.

What’s inside

• Over 30 easy to follow text-based, mobile-friendly lessons, created specifically for bloggers & digital business owners.
• A spreadsheet template for tracking your progress and an easy reference cheatsheet.
• Your questions answered in our private Speed Boost study channel on Slack.
• Any future updates and additional content.
• All year round availability: start any time!

Speed Boost is for you if…

• You’ve tried to improve your site speed before but nothing seems to help despite your best efforts.
• You want to improve your site speed without having to buy tools, plugins, or different hosting.
• Everything you’ve read about site speed optimization seems to be written in gobbledegook.
• You’re not sure how to run a proper speed test or how to understand the results.
• Site speed optimization is a big mystery and you feel out of your depth.
• You want to learn how to optimize your site speed yourself or understand what red flags to look for when hiring someone else for it.

Module Overview

• Introduction to Speed Boost
• How Important Is Site Speed?
• Why Most Site Speed Advice Doesn’t Actually Help You
• Myths & Mistakes
• Understanding Site Speed
• Speed Tools & Reporting
• How To Properly Test Your Site Speed
• How To Improve Your Site Speed
• Other Things You Need To Know About Site Speed
• Maintaining Your Site Speed
• Wrapping Up

Along with all the lessons, Speed Boost includes resource downloads, assessment, and completion certificate. This is a self-paced text-based course (no videos are included). Other than one lesson, this course is accessibility friendly and suitable for screen readers.

As with all our courses, it includes:

• Real life examples
• Built-in note-taking functionality (no need to keep switching tabs!)
• End of course assessment to check your knowledge
• Completion certificate and digital badge
• Lifetime evergreen access and any future updates.