I don’t think I can overstate this enough: if you’re going to be in business for yourself, you’re going to need a support system. Having friends and family that believe in you and support you is a fantastic start, but sometimes it’s not enough. You need to be able to tap into a support group […]
Using Modified Social Media Icons
Time to Get Rid of Those Modified Social Media Icons Have you ever actually read the guidelines from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, etc about how you’re supposed to use their logos? No? Well, I hadn’t either until I was building my own website and was looking into some modified social media icons. Then, I discovered […]
5 Reasons Why You Need A Website
5 Reasons Why You Need A Website Sometimes, as a small business owner, it can be difficult to see why you need a website. For some people, they see it as just another thing they have to maintain. A lot of small business owners figure that their business lends itself mostly to word of mouth advertising. […]
Clickable Phone Numbers for WordPress Sites
Clickable Phone Numbers for WordPress Sites Are Imperative As I said before when talking about the importance of Responsive Design, over 60% of web traffic is now done on mobile devices. So your website better play nicely with phones. Playing nicely with phones doesn’t just mean that it looks good (though, of course, that’s always […]
WordPress Tabs or Separate Pages?
To Tab, or Not to Tab? That is the Question. I was recently working on a site rebuild for a client, and she wanted to rein in the number of pages on her old site. There were tons of drop down menus and the number of pages was starting to spiral out of control. That […]
Auto Post to Social Media from WordPress
Save Yourself Time: Auto Post to Social Media from WordPress If your blog is set up to auto post to social media from WordPress, it saves you from having to take the extra step of logging into Facebook (or Google+, or Twitter, etc.) and posting the link yourself. I know how busy small business owners […]
Finding Pictures for Blogs
Where Do You Find Great Pictures for Blogs? So you know that it’s important to write a blog, and you know that everyone loves blogs with pictures. But, you don’t have pictures that you want to use for your blog post. What should you do? I’ll give you a hint: You shouldn’t do a Google […]
Everyone Takes Business Baby Steps, So You Should Too
Business baby steps: you can do it! This weekend while I was finishing painting the last set of storm windows on my house I was thinking about how pretty much everything in life, and especially growing a business, requires taking baby steps. My husband and I have been repainting the outside of our house by […]
Get Related Posts for WordPress With A Shortcode
Looking for a shortcode to add related posts to your WordPress site? I’ve written a guest post over at Wise Woman Websites today all about having related posts on your WordPress website using a plugin. Related posts get people to stay on your site longer, which tells Google that you have interesting stuff that they […]
Adding a WordPress Photo Gallery to Your Website
Showcase your website’s photography in a gallery! There’s nothing like great photography to make a website unforgettable, right? While it’s true that great photography is important, how you display that photography is equally important. If you have good photos that are oddly placed on your site, or that are too small for people to really […]