How to Get the Most Out of Your Web Designer (and Avoid Common Pitfalls)

A great website isn’t built in isolation—it’s built in partnership. When business owners and designers collaborate, communicate, and stay on track, amazing things happen. Here’s what I’ve learned over the years about keeping projects moving smoothly—and avoiding the pitfalls that can derail even the best designs.
Creating Strong Passwords: Easy Steps for Online Safety

Online safety is a concern for everyone, and it all starts with the passwords we use to protect our accounts. Weak passwords scream an open invitation to hackers, while creating strong passwords acts like a waterproof barrier. Don’t let those hackers, hijackers, and predators dive into your pool of calm. Instead, force them to bounce […]
Windows Date and Time Options

Unless we turn on our computers and notice the date and/or time isn’t correct, a telltale sign that the computer’s internal battery may be failing, many of us may miss what this great little set of features offers. We may glance down at the Taskbar now and again to check the date or time, but […]
File Back-Up Strategies

This tutorial is intended for any individual computer user who is looking for ways to safely back-up their files. It will touch on strategies you might be able to implement for your business. While cloud storage will be also be discussed in this article, it deserves its own tutorial and we will follow-up with one […]
Take Control of Your Web Site

We humans have a tendency to pass up our control to those who have more knowledge in certain areas: Doctors, dentists, accountants, and web designers. Although we don’t need to know how to do the surgery, we should have a basic understanding about how the process will go. The same is true with our web […]
Organizing Content Publications

In past posts we’ve covered: 7 Reasons Why Content Creation is Important How to be Successful at Posting to Your Blog Consistently The Kind of Content We Should Share and How to Repurpose Content From Your Blog In this article, I’m sharing my personal techniques for organizing content publications. When I strategize content for my […]
How to Repurpose Content from Your Blog

And you thought you just needed to write a couple of blog posts! In truth, blog posts are fabulous pieces of marketing information that create a starting block for so many additional options for information dissemination. String several blog posts on complimentary topics together to create an industry report. Add even more blog posts and […]
How to be Successful at Posting to Your Blog Consistently

Good intentions are not enough. They’ve never put an onion in the soup yet. Sonya Levin Screenwriter I have many good intentions. Eating less, exercising more, blogging consistently. However, none of these things came to fruition simply from my intent. I have to develop a plan and work it regularly. I prefer to be “inspired” […]
What Kind of Content Should I Share?

So many entrepreneurs are so ensconced in the day-to-day activities of their business, it’s near difficult for them to slow down and do the planning required to create a solid content strategy. So often I hear them ask, “What kind of content should I share?” I’m sure you’re no different. You’re wondering if sharing all […]