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How to Get Out of Building Websites for Family and Friends

How to Get Out of Building Websites for Family and Friends

Aug 21, 2022

We all know people who don’t have web development skills who ask us to build a site for them.  Unless they need something complex and custom coded or you know they will keep up a blog, a simple inexpensive solution is to send them to a website building solution. Free Website Templates That Anyone Can Use from zundy Save Time By Knowing How to Use a...

DIY Online Reputation Management for Small Businesses

DIY Online Reputation Management for Small Businesses

Jul 15, 2022

Every business needs to be concerned about their online reputation. Even more so if you run a small business that doesn’t have the brand marketing and customer confidence that large brands have.  In a recent study it has been concluded that 90 percent of customers that come across your business online will research our company before deciding to do business...

5 Community Building WordPress Plugins

5 Community Building WordPress Plugins

May 16, 2022

If you have a blog you might be facing a bit of a conundrum: how do you engage with people more directly? Social media is well and good, but it isn’t bringing the returns you had hoped. Besides, it is aimed more at marketing style communication, and that isn’t quite what you are looking for. The problem is that you are asking the wrong question. It...

You Blogged Down a Hill You Can’t Write Back Up

You Blogged Down a Hill You Can’t Write Back Up

Mar 20, 2022

You have done everything by the book. You started your blog, you wrote quality content, and you shared your posts on your social media networks. Then you stayed consistent by posting regularly, you researched other blogs similar to yours and stayed up on the trends, and you read articles about how to drive more traffic to your site. You updated your site...

5 SEO Tips For Blogging And Content Creation

5 SEO Tips For Blogging And Content Creation

Feb 21, 2022

Creating a successful blog is not as simple as generating repetitive content and purchasing an official domain name. Learning how to best improve your blog’s SEO, or search engine optimization, is fundamental for online success. Most blogging platforms provide a solid SEO foundations in terms of site structure, URL slugs, internal links, etc. Using a few...

How to Create an Automated or Custom Logo for Your Blog

How to Create an Automated or Custom Logo for Your Blog

Feb 16, 2022

Your blog already has a good grip on it’s target audience and is likely attracting new audiences all the time through social media and search. However, even with a nice blog design and the best plug-ins to enable you share content with others, the work isn’t done yet. The next phase of the blog development process needs you to establish your site, blog...

How to Make a Tweet This Link

How to Make a Tweet This Link

Feb 5, 2022

 Have you seen those pre-written “tweet this” links and buttons that some websites use to make sharing a tweet much faster, and give additional control to the website that created it? I’m going to show you how to make a Pre-Formatted Re-Tweet Link or Button. When a user clicks on it they will be taken to their Twitter account with your message...

How To Close More Sales On Social Media

How To Close More Sales On Social Media

Dec 9, 2021

Social media is no longer just a place for small talk — it’s an opportunity to make big bucks and significantly boost ROI. According to Sales For Life, companies with consistent social selling processes are 40% more likely to hit revenue goals than non-social sellers. The same study revealed that B2B sellers who embrace social selling are 72% more likely to...

Facebook Video Ads and Your Small Business: 6 Tips to Help You Win New Audiences

Facebook Video Ads and Your Small Business: 6 Tips to Help You Win New Audiences

Nov 1, 2021

As the top social network, Facebook remains the primary target of advertising and marketing efforts for many small businesses. The platform’s basic setup is especially ideal for service-based businesses, since members often look for referrals from their friends through the site. For firms trying to attract new customers, that makes Facebook an essential online...