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10 Ways To Be Productive When Working From Home
Working from home in your pajamas is a dream of many. Who doesn't want to not go into an office to work or roll out…
From Blog Post to Book
Guest Post from Rochelle Melander Imagine this. You are completely confident that you will write and publish a blog post each week for the next…
Creating a Simple Style Tile for Your Website and Brand
Have you ever thought of creating a style guide to keep your business visuals consistent? But then you look at the options and quickly get…
Brand Identity or Brand Personality For Website Planning
Do you feel like your website is floundering because you don't know who to attract, how to get their attention and keep them interested in…
Getting Started With Your Brand Identity
Do you have a brand or a brand identity for your business and services? Many businesses when developing a brand starts with visual pieces like…
Themes and Plugins You'll Find in My Toolkit
Have you decided on WordPress for your website but have become overwhelmed by the amount of themes and plugins available? The beauty of WordPress is…
5 Myths about Using WordPress For Your Website
You've heard that WordPress is popular but you don't get what all the hype is about? Some of the bigger sites like New York Observer,…
Adding Protection To WordPress For A Secure Website
Are you worried that your site will get hacked or overtaken by questionable characters? WordPress powers 14.7% of the top 100 websites in the world…
The Next Step For Your Live Site is Website Maintenance
You've spent a lot of time getting your website perfect and out into the wilds. The next step is to create a regular website maintenance routine.
Do This One Thing Before You Create Your WordPress Website
How many of you have started to create your website with one person in mind? No, not you, but your ideal client. Your website needs…
How To Keep Your Sanity When Working From Home
Do you thing working from home is a cake walk and all that you've heard it's cracked up to be? It can with these simple tips.
DIYing Your WordPress Website? Do These First.
Are you creating your very first WordPress website? You know the DIY version where you pick a theme, add some content and site back waiting…
Designing Your Website – 5 Things You Should Know
You are looking to hire a web designer or don't know where to start when designing your website? Keep reading to be in the know…
Using Your Audience Profile vs. Audience Persona In Your Digital Marketing
Audience profiles and audience personas. Do you know what to use when and why? Keep reading to find out what each are, why you need…
Website Clutter: Clean Up the Chaos On Your Website
Website clutter is real and can affect how your visitors interact (or not) with your website. I have a friend who operates in what she…
WordPress Site Speed Optimization With These Three Tips
Slow sites suck, and worse they drive people from your website because nobody has the patience anymore. So if you're site takes forever to load…
Three Things That Should Be Above The Fold on Your Home Page
We're talking home page layouts today. Take a look at your home, do you have several ways you can get inside? Me too but I…
Insider Tips To Help Your VA With Blog Posting
It’s hard enough to build a thriving business on your own, BUT if you need to shave a few hours off of your blog creation…
Five Free Commercial Font Sites You Need To Know
Fonts can certainly give your website personality and flair, but it’s important to realize that all fonts available on the internet are not web-friendly or…
How To Brand Your Business On A Bootstrap Budget
Do you have your online presence on hold because you don’t have a logo or brand for your business? Well, I’m here to tell you…
Font Choices: Find the Best For Your Website
Ever try to find that perfect font and then you end up down the rabbit hole of font choices and selections? Every day new typefaces…
Why Page Speed Matters. 3 Things Your Need To Know
Think about the last time you landed on a website, and it took forever to load because the page speed was turtle slow. Did you…
Website Marketing – The ABC’s to Making Your Site Stand Out
While doing lots of website reviews, I see people are so worried about getting their business message out that they often few forget the few…
Are you defining your ideal client to be your ideal client?
Do you have one person that you are talking to on your website? You know who I’m talking about, the “Ideal Client”. No? Are you…
Before Your Build Your Website, Do These Things
Are you ready to tackle the project to build your website on your own or are you willing to bring on your favorite designer? Either…
3 Critical Mistake You Could Be Making With Your Website
Providing technical services to my clients has given me a great look into the not-so-tech-savvy way things work. Lucky for me, technology has always come…
5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Website Now
Have you neglected your website for so long that it looks like it should be part of the way back archives? Taking steps to improve…
Basic HTML That Everyone Should Know
When starting with website development and design the first thing taught is basic HTML. Things like centering, bold, paragraphs come in handy when hand-coding a styled…
3 Simple Ways To Find The Right Words To Describe You
Don’t you hate when someone asks you what you or your business does, and you completely draw a blank? Why it is that all the…
Building Websites The Amish Way
Who would have thought a move to Amish country taught me some lessons abut building websites. A little backstory first. In the last five years,…
Online Payment: Shopping Carts, Gateways and Merchant Accounts, Oh My!
4 Crucial Points You Need to Understand Before Choosing the Right Online Payment System E-Commerce is big business. Whether you're a small solo shop with…
Systems Automation While On Vacation
I love to travel. I love to vacation even more. Many business owners never take a vacation because they are afraid they will miss something…
More Payment Options with Stripe
The world is ever-increasing in new technological breakthroughs. Everywhere a person looks, there's a new tablet or computer or phone or app cropping up somewhere….
Be Real With Your Message and Marketing
I was on the phone with my coach discussing why I cannot seem to get my messaging and marketing down pat. Having been stuck for…
Dropbox: The Pros and Cons of Cloud Storage
Having a laptop lifestyle means that you need to have your files and information with you where ever you go. The beauty of Dropbox is…
7 Things Your Must Do To Keep Your Site Maintained
You Need To Keep Your Site Maintained and Secure. I recently got a new car because I lease, and my lease was up. The reason…