So, I was tagged in a Facebook discussion the other day and the topic came up. It comes up from time to time. From what I can tell, there were a few social media professionals and content creators doing the commenting. It's like a bad case of poison oak - it just keeps coming back. Someone …
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing the Perfect Blog Post
Does that title sound like click bait or what? Let's start with this. WANT TO WRITE THE PERFECT BLOG POST? You'll see that this post is indeed the most comprehensive post on writing a perfect blog post that you'll ever see. The idea is that I don't hope you read it - I have a …
Reasons to not automate your post distribution
Ok, so you wrote the blog post and hit the big publish button. Now what? Sit back and watch the money/leads roll in - right? Ha! I know you are smarter than that. The next thing you have to do is get eyeballs on that post you just wrote. That means having it be picked up by Google as well …
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 …
28 Days of Video: Day 21 – Hire a Tech Dude!
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 21 I've always done work for people. Helping them fix or build new features on their website, that kind …
28 Days of Video: Day 7 – Do you really need a web developer to build a site
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 7 Do you really need a web developer to build a site? Instead of an answer, let me ask you a few other …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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" …