This is a guest post by Giulietta Nardone of Fearless Design Small business owners tend to get all confused about branding. They think it’s something only large businesses need. They think it’s an unnecessary business expense. Not in today’s competitive …
Avoid SEO Pitfalls of a Web Site Redesign
You’ve hit the point where you can’t stand your old web site and you are ready for a web site redesign. You can’t wait to dump the old site so that you can show off your new state-of-the-art website with …
Three Kinds of Video to Add to Your Website
This is a guest post by Catie Foertsch of Yes! MediaWorks It’s a given that interactive media – especially video – engages visitors to your website and helps you convert them to leads and customers. But you may be stuck …
Get Found using Google, Social Media and Blogs
I just finished reading the new book by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah entitled, Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs. Halligan and Shah are the founders of Hubspot. If you are a Hubspot client, this book …
The Power of Social Media
If you haven’t already realized the power of social media to reach large audiences in a short amount of time, I have a great example to convince you. Yesterday I was reading through some of my favorite blogs and came …
Get Happy with Web Site Photography
Choosing the right photo(s) for your web site is a more difficult task than most people realize. It helps if you have a general idea of what you are looking for but still most of my clients become overwhelmed with …
Take Control of Your Website with a CMS
Technology never stands still. As the owner of a web design business, I have to keep on top of the moving trends in my industry or become obsolete. This year, the technology I have embraced is Content Management Systems. Once …
Twitter Starters
New to Twitter? Not sure exactly what to tweet? Try some of these Twitter starters for ideas. Where indicated, you should include a bit.ly shorten link with each tweet to keep under the 140 character limit. Working with a new …
Facebook : Mixing Business with Pleasure
A few weeks ago I posted this question on LinkedIn for discussion, “Is Facebook for Business?” The business benefits from LinkedIn are obvious and I can see the merits of Twitter, but it’s more difficult to see how Facebook falls …
Getting to 100% – Completing Your LinkedIn Profile
Most people get started on LinkedIn when a friend or colleague sends an email requesting that you “join my professional network on LinkedIn.” You need to sign up first and a very basic profile is created. So you join their …