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Timing in the Eye of the Beholder
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Launching an online presence can be an exciting venture for any person or business. Some feel they have the bases covered because they have an active Facebook, Twitter or MySpace account. According to A Website First, Social Media Second written by Lena West (2010), there isn’t much of an online presence without a website. While [...]
Is Your Website Mobile Friendly
Monday, April 5th, 2010
According to comScore, 30.8% of smartphone users are accessing social media networks from their phone. – Reference
With the increase in social media accessing, website viewing through smartphones and other mobile devices is sure to rise. Is your website mobile friendly? Web designers and developers go to great lengths testing newly created websites on a variety [...]
Modern Community Connections
Friday, March 5th, 2010
A supportive local community contributes to the survival of small businesses during the economic ups and downs. As a result, businesses continuously seek ways to market to new customers as well as maintain their loyal client base. Businesses discovered long ago the necessity to connect with their community. Many businesses still reach out to the [...]
Easy WordPress SEO
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Creating pretty permalinks is an easy way to improve your WordPress SEO. Permalinks are the hyperlink, URL, attached to the title of each blog post. By default these permalinks are quite messy. Follow the directions below to make the permalinks pretty.
Add a new post
Notice the Permalink under the title of your post
Click on the ‘Change [...]
Hide Email
Monday, February 1st, 2010
It is standard to provide contact information on any website. In fact, not providing contact information on a website can hurt one’s credibility and cause one to lose business. An email address is a standard part of contact information. Many may fear posting their email address for fear spiders, robots, harvesters, spammers, etc. may collect [...]
Social Overload
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
While evaluating a site overhaul today, I noticed a link at the bottom of the site owner’s page directing visitors to the original site developer’s home page. I nosed around the development company’s website for some time. At the bottom of their page I noticed a large array of social media buttons.
The social media mindset [...]
Lost Landing Page Conversion Rates
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Landing page conversion rates are of major concern to web designers and developers. Tim Ash wrote an article addressing this concern in the February issue of Website Magazine. This last October I was quite excited to receive an invite to attend and speak at their Networking Event. Website Magazine is a Midwest based company as [...]
A Flashing Opinion
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Flash can be such an amazing asset to a site. For the most part, it is just that, an asset. I do believe that there are some exceptions to the Flash as an asset thought, however.
Yesterday, I conversed with a professional photographer. In the past I have felt frustration over not knowing a professional photographer [...]
Domain Registration Tips
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Registering a domain name is an exciting venture. Over the course of the last several years I have witnessed as well as experienced some things I would like to share involving domain registration. The following is a list of tips aiding in the registration process.
Domain Registration Tips:
- Use accurate contact/administrative information
Be sure to use accurate [...]
Advice for Twitter Postings
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Read Twitter Postings: Iterative Design from Jakob Nielsen to make the most of your Tweets.
Twitter seems to be a relatively simplistic way of networking with a variety of people. Using it as a business tool has its obvious benefits as it allows for easy interaction. I have been scouring through a multitude of information wondering [...]