Why I Launched a Shareletter instead of a Newsletter

This past Tuesday, I launched my new “Shareletter”, Adventure Through the Social Web With Me. Don’t worry, you’re not the first one to think it… “What the hell is a Shareletter?” Well, I tend to do things a little differently, mostly because I quickly grow tired (and sometimes irritated) by seeing the same old hyped [...]

4 Easy Steps To Create a Facebook Fan Page with Admins (with screen shots)

One of the services I offer my small business clients is creating Social Networking pages that match their sites. Today, I’m going to take you through setting up a Facebook Page for your business, so that I can implement your “brand” (and manage the Page for you if that’s what you contracted me for) through Page Profile image, thumbnail, and search-able text that will help others on Facebook find you.

Be alert to newest email scams to keep your info secure

Do you know what to look for in Emails that look legitimate, but are actually built to steal your business information? Learn about the latest scam, and how to avoid becoming a victim.

Updating WordPress Tips and Tricks

In Early September 2009, the WP community learned a lesson in blog security. In this post, I share the most effective ways of keeping your WordPress blog secure. I include some things I’ve learned over the years that should be helpful.

Should we build Social Media into your new site?

I’ve recently learned that when it comes to using Internet Social Media, resistance is indeed futile. You just can’t get away from it, it seems… and I’m not sure that we should even try anymore. After getting involved with using Twitter for the past couple of weeks, I’m shocked at the invaluable resource it’s turned [...]

How to work with me as your web designer

I came across a great article today, a humorous take on what NOT to do when dealing with a graphics designer. 8 Ways to Drive a Graphic Designer Mad gave me a great laugh with my morning coffee. Please remember, when reading this article, it’s sarcasm! Doing those things will indeed drive someone like me [...]

Google Page Rank vs. IMVU Tiers

I’m both a web master and an IMVU content developer, or as we say on IMVU, simply a “Dev”. I just giggled to myself as I was checking the Google page rank of the sites I manage when I realized that I was feeling the same anticipation as I do when the new IMVU Dev [...]

Easily add music to your WordPress posts with the Grooveshark plugin

Grooveshark is a cool new site that I heard about on Twitter (thanks, @TimothyFitz). While I was playing with it’s massive resources of music to listen to while I work, I found a WordPress plugin for it that allows you to add music to your posts, and a playlist to your sidebar. [adsense] I’m a [...]

How does Traffic Affect My Hosting?

The topic of hosting involves many different aspects; reliability, customer support, pricing, add-on features, programming, and allowable installation of PHP and other popular marketing scripts. Today, I’m going to focus on ONE topic, traffic, and the effects it has on your web site’s hosting. The simple one word answer here is ‘Bandwidth’. By definition, Bandwidth [...]