Are you a one-person shop? Are you passionate about what you do; passionate about using your skills or products to help your clients/customers? I know a lot of guys and gals in this category these days. This post really applies to any size of business, but this stuff is crucial for the Solopreneur! I love how the web and technology offers a way for individuals to strike out and start their own … [Read more...]
Mobile is Taking Over(Seriously... no really, I mean it!) More and more web browsing is being done on these little things we carry around in our pockets. iPhone got the ball rolling iPad made it impossible to ignore Android devices, the new Windows' Surface and other tablets closed the deal Every month more and more sites are being viewed on these smaller, keyboard-less screens. This can … [Read more...]
If you're following this blog that means you've got a business website and you're looking for ways to improve your business, grow your audience and continue to develop a strong online presence. One thing I know is that; in everything you've ever wanted to learn in life, you can't learn everything from one source. So today I'd like to share another valuable resource in the world of … [Read more...]
Remember when you were in school and had a big project that you had three weeks to complete? I remember those. But you always put everything off until you only had about three or four days left to work on the project; or maybe you'd put it off until the night before it was due! (I know did that) What's The Take Away The lesson we all (hopefully) learned from that situation is that if we … [Read more...]
A while back I did a post called, The Power 10 List - Home Run Blog Topics. Then a little later I followed up with a video version of that post, Successful Blog Topics Your Readers Want - The Movie! Basically, the premise was for you to think of the top 10 questions customers always ask you about your business. Those could be 10 top areas from which you could draw inspiration for your blog … [Read more...]
So, you're quite experienced at what you do. That being said, you've got a lot to offer customers and have your own business. You've been studying marketing trends and everyone knows that business is on the web. So, you're feverishly attacking your online marketing. You're generating content! You're not quite sure what you should be putting out there in your content marketing, or what you … [Read more...]
I finally decided to give Pinterest a peek this weekend. Seems like it's been gaining quite a bit of momentum and is growing quickly. As with any of the social networks out there, I'm always interested in seeing how they might be able to help professionals with their business. So, I started looking around the web for thoughts from others out there on how this might be a great new tool for some to … [Read more...]
Download Content Marketing 101 What is the purpose of this eBook? This is written for anyone who wants to use the power of blogging/content marketing to develop their online presence, but really just doesn’t know where to start. You’re wondering, What Do I Write About? How Much Should I Write? How Often Should I be Blogging? Does this cover everything? No, far from it. Using blogging as … [Read more...]
You've been waking up every morning, diligently creating great new content for your site. Posting it to your blog to help the masses and to draw them to you. Your content is pure gold, but you're still kind of new on the block and you're not well known yet. What can help? A couple things... Strong Post Titles I've done a few posts on the importance of an effective blog post title. But today I … [Read more...]
About four nights a week I take care of a 3.5 year old little boy named, Noah. On nights when he has trouble falling asleep he'll ask me for a story. I'll ask him, "What should the story be about?" He'll usually reply with something like, "Giant robots!" So I'll begin creating a story that I know he'll like. The really cool part is, after a couple minutes Noah will jump in and add something to … [Read more...]
This is the second design I've done for Ryan Frank and his business, Aqua Have Spas. The first one … [Read More...]
I was reading a post from Hostgator (affiliate link) this morning that gave tips on picking the … [Read More...]
If you recall, last week I reported that there has been a recent onset of WordPress sites being … [Read More...]
I love street photography. I've already got two other photography blogs/sites, so I didn't really … [Read More...]
