I just completed a new static site at The Campaign for You. Matt Hugg and I worked together to plan, develop and create a site that would easily and clearly market his many offers. For instance, you'll see on the homepage that we highlighted his ebook, The Complete Campaign for You Workbook. Ease … Read more about Site Launch: The Campaign for You
How Do You Know When It's Time To Rebrand Your Business
I've been building websites for almost a decade. But yet, I'm not simply a web designer any more. As I've said in previous posts, I help service-oriented, small and independent businesses plan, develop, design, execute and grow their businesses using the web. I've also written about how I coach, … Read more about How Do You Know When It's Time To Rebrand Your Business
Successful Outstanding Blogger Looking for Outstanding Unique Blogs
You may know Liz Strauss from the SOB (Successful and Outstanding Blogger) campaign. You may know Liz Stauss from her blogs Successful-Blog, Liz Strauss.com, and Letting Me Be. You may just know Liz - everyone seems too. And it's likely you're one of the millions who have commented on her … Read more about Successful Outstanding Blogger Looking for Outstanding Unique Blogs
Who Else Wants An Easy Way to Be A Part of the Conversation?
How many times have you left a comment on someone's blog because you really wanted to engage in a conversation? I've done this plenty. But to keep in the conversation, I've had to do one of three things: Either I grab a comment rss feed - but those are rare; bookmark the page - easy to forget … Read more about Who Else Wants An Easy Way to Be A Part of the Conversation?
Touching The Light That Exists in Us All
It's sort of funny. I began watching the Oscars last night but fell asleep before the end. When I woke hours after the Oscars were finished I remember saying to myself, "gotta find out who wins Best Actor tomorrow." Most of the time I wouldn't care. Yet, this year was different. This year a … Read more about Touching The Light That Exists in Us All
See How Easy It Can Be to Find Topics to Write About
I get asked often..."How do I find topics to write about on my blog?" The answer is pretty simple...I use my feed reader. What I've done is identified a number of topics that I want my blog to focus on. I then search for those topics in Google Blog Search. Once the search results come up, I … Read more about See How Easy It Can Be to Find Topics to Write About
Who Else Wants to Be An Expert?
If you search Google for any topic, you'll find people calling themselves experts. From marketing experts to parenting experts to weight loss experts, they're everywhere. Pick an area of interest and I'm sure you'll find people calling themselves experts. But how do they know they're experts? Is … Read more about Who Else Wants to Be An Expert?
Don’t Bother Me, I’m Blogging
I have to share this. Take 2 minutes and watch this. It's quite funny. How many of us bloggers feel this way at times? Thanks to John Chow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12yD8JyaVvY … Read more about Don’t Bother Me, I’m Blogging
Target Audience Is Not A Noun…It's A Verb!
Of anyone, I know that building a small, service-oriented business is hard work. I've had three businesses, including two very different approaches to web development, in the past nine years. All three have been service focused. Each has been successful. And all have required quite a bit of effort … Read more about Target Audience Is Not A Noun…It's A Verb!
5 Things Marketing Gurus Need To Learn From Bloggers
The other day I made this comment on Mike Sansone's post My Struggle With Web Developers. ...I face the same uphill battle but from a different group...so called marketing coaches. Three of my four top referring sources think negatively about blogging. They see it as personal journals about useless … Read more about 5 Things Marketing Gurus Need To Learn From Bloggers
I've Been Saved…from Comment Spam
Comment spam. Don't you love it? I've been officially blogging since January 8th and I've already collected and deleted more than 600 spam comments. In the same amount of time I've recorded more than 200 legitimate comments Akismet (thank you to all of you, by the way). If it wasn't for , I can't … Read more about I've Been Saved…from Comment Spam
Blogging Conference in Chicago – SOBCon07
Look ya'll, there's a blog conference heading to Chicago May 11 & 12. SOBCon07 will bring together bloggers from one of the blogosphere's most dynamic communities. So here's your chance to meet some of the bloggers you know and find some some really good bloggers you don't know. Speakers … Read more about Blogging Conference in Chicago – SOBCon07