As a website designer, you might like to think that visitors are reading all of your content in a focused and organized fashion. When I am writing website content, I sure as heck hope my visitors will read every word I publish in a very particular order.
Think about your company’s website. Do you expect visitors [...]
The other night some friends of mine decided to order pizza. They very kindly asked me if I wanted some and I appreciatively declined. Thirty minutes later the pizza arrived, and I immediately saw the error of my ways. Once that smell entered the room, it was clear that I wanted pizza all along, I [...]
We have been conducting interviews for graphic designers this past week and using Craigslist as our main source for applicants. I just wanted to write a quick post that illustrates how not to apply for a job. Of course most of the emails were poor (on Craigslist you usually get about 10% great responses, 20% [...]
The world of web analytics is both exciting and confusing. It has become extremely relevant to small business owners since the birth of free tools like Google Analytics. However, these tools spit out an incredible amount of data and without at least a basic understanding of the concepts, it’s easy to get lost. One of [...]
Having a great website that is not optimized for search engines is like writing a song and not having a band to play it. No matter what product or service you sell and how great your website content is, nothing matters if nobody can find you. It’s very much like a talented songwriter that never [...]
What separates a good website from a poor one? On the surface, most people grade a website by appearance alone. Of course having an attractive and easy to navigate website is important. But is that it? How do you know if your site stacks up well on all fronts? How do you know what aspects [...]
The best way to get noticed in the online world is to get involved. Read lots of blogs in your industry, start conversations through comments on those blogs, and link to great articles from your own blog. You can find great blogs in many places on the web, but I offer you a short cut. [...]
1. Google Reader- An RSS reader that allows me to view all of my blogs at the same time. I can scroll through every article that I am subscribed to without changing websites. I often use the star function to mark articles I want to keep for later, and also the share feature to tell [...]
I don’t consider myself a web expert by any means, however I have had quite a few experiences in picking a web host. If you want an easy to use webhost that offers everything you need and is cheap as hell, my recommendation is Fat Cow.
If you explore your different options and list the pro’s [...]
