If you know your A Record from a C Name you can probably skip this post. :) In this post I'm going to break down the three things you need to have if you want a website. All three are critical. If one goes down the website goes down. Oh, and I'm going to make the assumption …
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Not another rant about a silly laptop
This is not another rant about a silly laptop! (I promise) So... I wrote this post about the newest apple product - the macbookpro (no, they don't deserve the capitalization). Heck, I even created a hashtag in the hopes of rallying the public. As always I tend to think about all things and how …
The end of the MacBook Pro
TL:DR Opinion: Apple just took a wrong turn in their redesign of the workhorse MacBook Pro. They do have a slick looking video for it though... I remember the day perfectly. I was at a video shoot. We were doing an artsy thing with a shallow depth of field. I was shooting on manual with my …
Is your site Mobile Ready?
We had a great show today that was all about getting your website up and running, mobile ready. (you can listen here) We wanted to answer the following questions. What is “Mobile Ready”? What needs to be Mobile Ready? Why should content be Mobile Ready? How do you know if you’re …
Linkedin For the Real Real Estate Agent
The REAL real estate agent is busy with inspections, broker tours, putting out fires, and hopefully signings at the closing table. The REAL real estate agent is busy looking for buyers and sellers by using a number of marketing techniques from direct mail, to Facebook ad campaigns, to door …
Organic SEO, Long Tail Keywords, and How much should you pay for a website?
Organic SEO, Long Tail Keywords and the Cost of a Custom WordPress Website I'm going to explain what is meant by organic SEO, how to get it and I'll even drop a super secret way you can knock it out of the park! How sweet is that? This morning, in my Facebook Stream I came across this …
Mike Mueller: Facebook Business Page Builder
These days, I don't spend too much time inside Facebook. I have a post coming that will explain why. But that doesn't mean I'm not 'listening'. Last night someone asked in a group for help building a Facebook Business Page and some wonderful members of that group stepped up and mentioned my …
Always double check your links
It's always good to have a second set of eyeballs on most anything you do. Recently I created a detailed .pdf on how to use a .pdf as lead capture. And yes, the meta of it all made me giddy! I originally put the .pdf in my regular media folder and was delivering it via the "thank you" …
How to create a good GREAT password
How to create a unique yet memorable password for every site. What was that password again? It's a common problem we all have. For an answer to that we covered it in on of our podcasts a while ago and then just the other day it was brought up again on Facebook. Essentially what we're …
Testing my new CRON…
What the heck is that? Good question. Long story short, I've been having issues with the site since I updated to https. It was like the site would simply run out of energy trying to do something. That might be adding a new post, or updating a page, or even replying to a comment. Don't …
Mobile Responsive just got a little more important
I'm interested. Are you reading this on a mobile device? A smart phone or a tablet? If so, let me know. I know from analytics that a very large percentage of my traffic is on mobile, I'll bet yours is too. Generally speaking when I come to a site that is not mobile responsive, I don't pinch and …
Why I went “Secure”
For the last week in all my free time (ha ha) I've been working on... Migrating the site to a new server. Making it Secure. With a site this large it's been a huge struggle in the migration but everything is functioning properly on the new server - yay! The exciting part is that …
How To Secure WordPress (and recover from a hack)
For the radio show last week I was driving and had to call in. It's poor sound quality for me but good quality stuff. Take a listen... Securing WordPress First of all - let's talk about securing your WordPress site. Backup your entire site on a regular basis. Don’t forget. Also it’s good …
What to do about Facebook Identity Theft
So... My identity was cloned last week on Facebook. It's not the first time. Much to the amusement of my Wife (of 28+years) I've also had people impersonate my on sites like Match.com and Christian Mingle (really!). I received a notification on my Facebook Business Page wondering if it was me. …
WordPress 4.5 just launched!
WordPress.org just launched the latest version 4.5 If you want to jump the gun, you can get it right here if your site doesn't show the update yet. What's different? A few things like Native support for a theme logo Selective refresh Better editing of inline links Better …
Bad List Building 101
On the heels of my wildly popular "HOW TO SETUP LEAD CAPTURE WITH A .PDF", I showed you how to properly grow your mailing list by offering up something of quality in exchange for their email address. I always set it up as double opt in. That means before you go on my list you'll need to confirm …
How to setup lead capture with a .pdf
Lead Capture. It's the Holy Grail of commercial websites. One of the questions I hear often is "Does it have great lead capture?". The other is, "Does it have great SEO?". In a post last week I showed you how to upload and display a .pdf in your posts and do it better. You read that right? …
How to Display a .PDF in WordPress (better)
Today I'm going to show you not only how to upload a .pdf to your WordPress site but to do it in a better way. This is going to be important because next week I'm going to show you how to use a .pdf as a lead capture device. Let's start with the basic upload. This part is really simple. Logged …
Do your friends know what you do?
I saw something that made me very sad today. It was on Facebook. Ideally, crowd sourcing for an expert is great. Crowd sourcing for most anything is an incredible tool. I tend to do it all the time. If that was it, that would be the end of the story. The thing that made me sad was …
How Hackers Hack your WordPress Website
I've said it before and I'll say it again. WordPress is very safe, until it isn't. Most of that is up to you. Interestingly I saw a post the other day (and shared it to Facebook) about "How Attackers Gain Access to WordPress Sites". It was written by a well known plugin company called WordFence. …