If you have a blog on your content management website, you will have the option to enable or disable commenting. For bloggers who plan to blog at least once a week, commenting provides an interface to interact with your viewers. However, some small business owners are noticing the malicious nature of spammers and are receiving …
Each year updates are needed to keep your website working its best, and to keep it safe and secure. The updates your site needs will vary according to the changes made over the year to web standards, web browsers, mobile devices, and, most importantly, to attempt to close any potential security holes which may leave …
Many businesses and organizations create Facebook Fan Pages not knowing that it can become an amazing marketing tool. They simply sign up, assuming that it is just the thing to do today, next to filing a fictitious business name and ordering business cards. After floundering around in the Facebook waters wondering what to post, when to …
When I was in college taking science illustration courses, I was introduced to pen and ink. [And when I say “pen and ink,” I do not mean normal, run-of-the-mill pens; I am talking about pens with nibs that you dip into an inkwell (really old school!)]. My initial reaction upon introduction to the pen nib …
Creating a video for your business can help you effectively demonstrate your product or service to your clients. A well-produced video can: give potential clients a virtual introduction to you provide answers to frequently asked questions inform existing customers of features they may be unaware of provide an easy way for friends and fans to …
There are only 3.5 months left in 2012, and only about 10 weeks until Thanksgiving (also known to us Truckee/Tahoe-folk as the beginning of the Winter tourist season). If you have holiday products you will be promoting, or if you are in a service-based industry and need help learning how to even out the slow …
When job hunting, it can be challenging to get your resume seen and heard by the human resources department. Let’s face it: you know your Microsoft Word 2008 Word doc standard-looking, black and white resume, typed in a Times font, doesn’t really stand out among the hundreds of applications these HR folks are sifting through. …
Google recently launched its Penguin update algorithm that “is aimed at decreasing search engine rankings of websites that violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Penguin]. What this means is that Google is trying to remove those websites that have over-indulged in search engine optimization and schmarmy keyword techniques that appear in your Google results even though you …
Yep, most everyone starts getting spam once their WordPress websites are launched. It sounds funny, but that is actually a good sign that you are getting “seen” through searches. Yet, they’re not the results you want, right?. Though it is annoying, please keep in mind there is an option in your WordPress settings that requires …
Are you trying to increase the amount of traffic coming to your website? Socialmediaexaminer.com is a wonderful blog that recently published a post about doubling your web traffic. In their case study of Block Imaging, they found that through some diligent efforts, the company was able to increase their organic search engine traffic by 150%! …