I originally presented WordPress Design and Development With The Client In Mind at WordCamp Philadelphia 2012. I wanted to touch on the fact that as a designer and developer in the WordPress community that we should be more active about making sure our clients are comfortable using their websites. The biggest thing that makes a
[Continue Reading...]6 Basic Ways to Becoming a Better Blogger
Running a site takes time and effort. However, it is not hard to do. By simply applying some of the following to your site, you might become a better website host/ hostess as well as a blogger. These suggestions could prevent you from losing valuable traffic. Keep your blog updated regularly. No, this does not
[Continue Reading...]Blondish.net Podcast: Email Marketing for Blogging Newbies
You hear all the time about people talking about how you should have a newsletter to accompany your blog. I have asked Kimberly Castleberry of Just-Ask-Kim.com to guest co-host because she has awesome insight for bloggers still new to email marketing/ newsletters. She will answer a few questions and we will share a few things
[Continue Reading...]The Importance of Sitemaps
Sitemaps are important because they allow the search engines like Google and Yahoo! to index your entire site and leave it available for other internet users to find. A sitemap is defined: A site map (or sitemap) is a representation of the architecture of a web site. It can be either a document in any
[Continue Reading...]Social Media Marketing 101: The Effort Is Not Just Online
A lot of people do not realize that even though you have an online presence in several popular social networks that you are going to reel in the traffic, and then sit back and make money. It takes more than your online efforts. All those connections online are great, but what about those in your
[Continue Reading...]Adding A Favicon To Your Website
The definition for a favicon at Wikipedia is: A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16, 32×32 or 64×64 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage. For the rest of us who are not as technical. It is
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