Giving the photographer credit when you use an unsplash picture for your post is easy. But, how would you give the photographer credit when you use an image just for the Featured Image? That great question was literally just asked by Lesley Sarson moments ago! Wait! The 2 Minute Tuesday …
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What type of content can you put up on your site?
This is a series that I hope will get you thinking a little deeper about your website, marketing plan and goals for the coming year. You might be familiar with "The Five Ws", this would of course be the second of them. You can read the whole series here. Ok, so part of the reason you want a …
SEO: Sorry, you’re doing it wrong
What's the most important thing to be doing now to get the best SEO out of your website? Good question. Here's the answer! SEO is one of the most misguided / misunderstood things I have to deal with when it comes to my clients. Part of this comes from the "what was true last week, may not be …
How and when to include Testimonials in your site
Testimonials or Reviews are what we call "social proof". They are a powerful element and every site should have them inside the site itself. Besides the obvious cheese factor, no matter how you say "I'm the best, you should use me", we trust what others say about you so much more. Having someone …
Blogging Better: What to do after you hit “Publish”
Congratulations! You just wrote your first blog post! I know it took you just over 3 hours to write a measly 350 words but believe me, it'll get easier - I promise! Now that it's published, here's a few thoughts on what to do next, (and I've also included a special offer at the end just …
Stealing Content
I recently had a new client of mine steal content from an older client of mine's website for use on their own website and it brought to mind a few copyright thoughts. I've written extensively on how to properly find and use images and not steal them, but what about Text? One of the most …
How to use Unsplash photos in your posts and pages
Unsplash is a great place to find images for your blog posts and pages. It's free and all the images are yours to "legally" do whatever you want with. In this post I'm going to show you how to use an image from Unsplash.com and do it right. Ready? Ok, so first... I assume you are …
Rebecca Burns
When I needed to upgrade and update my professional real estate website, I was referred to Mike at AreWeConnected.com. Mike met with me and listened to my overall website plan, wants and needs. After discussing what was possible, what might be possible and some of his own ideas, he worked off of a …
28 Days of Video: Day 1 – Updating Your WordPress Website
I like to challenge myself each month on weird stuff. This month I've challenged myself to produce a video each day that is short yet informative, educational, and actionable. Here's Day 1 TL:DR How to back up your content and update your Wordpress Website If you have a WordPress website …
Looking back at 2016
This is recap of my social media world in 2016 and some of the incredible (weird) stats that go along with it. I incorporated a few ideas along the way about why each of these is important and why. With each social network you should have a clear reason of why you are there and what …
Website 101
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 …
Host with AreWeConnected!
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