If you have a form, any form at all, you're going to get some SPAM. How to Identify, and Eliminate Virtually All SPAM from your Website Let's start with a few simple rules that we can all agree on RULE #1:The simpler the form, the greater the response.The harder the form, the less …
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Setting Up in the new IDXBroker Dashboard
For better purposes the title should really be "How to setup Showcase Widgets and Saved Searches in the new IDXBroker Dashboard" As this post and video are going to focus on just 2 things... Creating new Showcase Widgets, andCreating new Saved Searches (they call them "saved …
Understanding DNS
Let's use this post as a bookmark of sorts. You really don't need to know this, I just want to be able to point clients here when I need to for reference. That said shouldn't we all keep on learning new stuff? What is DNS? This is a great place to start. You've seen the acronym in your …
Tool Tips from February
If you've listened to our show you've heard our Tool Tip session where each of us share a tool tip of the week. I know you don't usually listen (you should) so I thought I'd recap this month's tool tip here in a TL:DR kind of way. :) Tool #1: Goosh.org Everyone wants to know how they rank in …
28 Days of Video: Day 5 – Two Factor Authentication
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 5 Today I'm going to show you one little thing that'll keep the bad guys out of your stuff EVEN if they …
28 Days of Video: Day 3 – HTTPS and should you switch?
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 3 HTTPS is a Google Ranking Factor! That means better SEO. HTTPS also means a more secure internet …
The end of the MacBook Pro
TL:DR Opinion: Apple just took a wrong turn in their redesign of the workhorse MacBook Pro. 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 Canon DSLR (a T2i at the time) and the client wanted to …
AWC is AMP’d
By AWC I mean AreWeConnected.com and by AMP'd I mean Accelerated Mobile Pages. Yeah, it's already mobile responsive but this is different. It's a push from Google. Again. Here's a video Not to get too technical but here's what they are looking for... The following optimizations …
What to do with your old phone
When that old computer dies I hope you take it to a certified e-waste recycler for proper disposal. Of course, before you do that you need to make sure they are legit. Did you know that there are bad guys out there offering free e-waste recycling (they'll even pick it up for free!) that are …
How Apple Pay Works
The big news of the day might be that Apple has launched Apple Pay. That's the ability to pay with just a touch of your phone. Essentially, you connect a bank card or account to your phone, go to a merchant, tap your phone and viola! Payment made! It's called NFC (for Near Field Communication) …
IFTTT Recipes for Small Business
I'm a big fan of the service IFTTT. I've written how you could use it 'personally' before but I just came across (via Square) a list of recipes just for the Small Business! They put together 18 here. Out of the 18, here's a few I really like. Even if these don't exactly work for you they could …
Protecting Your Privacy
In light of the recent the naked celebrity photos hack, the Facebook Messenger flack, and the FBI's new facial recognition jack... This might be a timely post for you. For the record I am one of those 'not so private' people. Almost all my posts are public. The same with the pictures I …