Here is the how-to for automatically importing your website's blog posts onto your Facebook business page. It is not very complicated, but it is not very intuitive either so it made sense to share the instructions in a short video. As I mention in the video it can take a while … [Read more...]
Measurements – Four Favorite WordPress Stat/Analytics Plugins for your Site’s Dashboard
July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
One of the treats with a WordPress based website is how easy it is to measure results of your posts and other marketing activity. What gets measured gets done and the plugins discussed in this post can help. Of course you can get all this from Google Analytics, and if your … [Read more...]
Free Do It Yourself Search Engine Optimization
July 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It has become pretty clear to almost everyone that online search has eclipsed yellow pages advertising as having the best value and greatest results. Even for local business. Thirty years ago it was not unusual to see business paying $3,000 per month for a full-page front section … [Read more...]
Is Flash soon to be the new Betamax?
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Some people are choosing to view the discussion around Flash and iPhones/iPads as Apple versus Adobe. I think a better perspective simply centers on open web standards, improving technology and what is best for content distribution/use. Many consumer electronics and internet … [Read more...]
The Joy of a WordPress Based Website
January 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
One of my newer photography website clients (and a former Flash website owner) gets a lot business from Facebook. This morning he sent me an email with this link to the Facebook Developers Wiki asking if there was a way to automatically include the Facebook Share button on his website … [Read more...]
Three Websites Walk into a Bar… to meet a prospective client
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The bar must have WiFi. Now stop me if you have heard this one before ... but three websites each from different photographers (or any service or product that the prospect was searching for) meet a prospective client. Each may present only one page to try and make a sale. One … [Read more...]
My Favorite Twenty Plugins for Using WordPress as a Website Content Management System
December 26, 2009 By 3 Comments
Recently I was talking with Kerry at Camera Dojo and he asked what my choice plugins were when using WordPress as the content management system (CMS) for a total website. Below, in no particular order, is the "default" plug-in pack that I install when I begin setting up a WordPress … [Read more...]
Not all websites are created equal. There is a difference, the most important ones you can’t see.
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here is what I mean. Some websites are passive websites that require you to market them. They are search marketing inept and need Adwords and other paid promotion to receive visitors. My websites are dynamic sites with active search marketing and SEO features and are social network … [Read more...]
Migrating from Blogger to WordPress in 7 Steps While Keeping Subscribers and Search Results (UPDATED)
November 29, 2009 By 14 Comments
It is easy to move the content of a Blogger blog into WordPress. But that is just the first part of moving your blog. You should really want to move all the benefits of your Blogspot blog to your new WordPress blog. This is particularly true for many photographers who have Bludomain … [Read more...]
Another Bludomain Website SEO Upgrade Success
September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It is pretty well established that a Bludomain website alone will never get good search results and resulting website traffic. Having experienced many months of poor search placement and website traffic, and then trying to SEO his Bludomain site to no avail Jim Bendewald of James … [Read more...]
Setting Up The Best Facebook Page For Your Business
September 11, 2009 By 3 Comments
Facebook Pages can boost the internet marketing of your small business significantly. They are well indexed by Google and other search enginges, plus Facebook itself is becoming a significant search engine. Not only is it a way for increasing your presence in natural or organic … [Read more...]
How SEO Professionals Can Get Your Website Kicked Off Google
September 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Every day I see troublesome SEO "tips" recommending hidden text and other techniques for Flash websites like Bludomain and others. Usually these tips are provided, and often even defended, by well meaning amateurs. But still defending them even when it is brought to their attention … [Read more...]
Facebook and Friendfeed
September 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is an excellent Washington Post article by Chadwick Matlin that discusses Facebook's recent acquisition of Friendfeed. And even better, provides insight into the use of Friendfeed and how Facebook may use its advantage, the ability to aggregate peoples activity from across … [Read more...]
The Zen of Twitter and Facebook
September 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Almost everyday I hear the question "What is the difference between Twitter and Facebook and why do I need both?" They are similar in that both are the "water" that can help make the internet marketing of your small business thrive. But they are very different forms. A simple … [Read more...]
Great News for Marketing, Twitter to Show Location
September 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
Twitter for target area marketing! Twitter recently announced that it will add a new feature which will let people "see" where tweets are coming from. It hasn't been implemented yet, but will be coming soon. For my clients' marketing purposes I am really looking forward to this … [Read more...]
