I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at the upcoming WordCamp Chicago in the Developer Track. I decided to speak on something that every developer can relate to: how it all comes down to us. A summary of my presentation: As WordPress developers we hold great power and responsibility when working on [...]
Email marketing, when done well, is a powerful sales tool. Capturing visitor email addresses on your website is a great way to start building your list. Think about it, your website visitors are already interested in your service or product, but may not be ready for the commitment of a phone call or final sale. [...]
Much like Tina Roth Eisenberg, my email inbox is a primary source of guilt. I am never am able to respond to every message I receive. With each passing day, the problem compounds until it gets to be my personal Mount Everest. I feel terrible, but trying to keep up is a full-time job in [...]
Last week I was researching potential solutions for a client, who wanted the ability to easy create and manage an image slideshow for various posts and pages from within WordPress. I came across a free plugin that seemed perfect, it did everything the client needed and had a simple interface. The slideshow plugin was free, [...]
As a WordPress lover AND resident of Chicago, I am so happy to share the details for this years WordCamp Chicago. A WordCamp is a regional conference that focuses on everything WordPress. With such a strong WordPress community here in the Chicago area, this is not an event to be missed by WordPress users or [...]
This past week, I filled up my current “carry around” notebook. This lead to a very exciting time for this office supply junkie, choosing my next notebook. I first heard about Doane Paper from the Office Supply Geek, and have been wanting one (two or three) of their Idea Journals. Yesterday, I went ahead and [...]
Facebook has hit the 600 million active user mark. It was once a website people signed up for after hearing one of their friends say: “You will never believe this! I was on Facebook the other day and I saw ____!” You had to be on Facebook so you didn’t feel left out and could [...]
I have never won the lottery, any random contest or sweepstakes, but I am lucky. The universe often adjusts to bring me exactly what I need at the right time. For example, several years ago my previous business was on shaky ground. My largest client had a pile of unpaid invoices, and they were avoiding [...]
Increase Your Reach When visitors to your website or blog subscribe to your RSS feed they will be notified of new articles or posts. A subscriber is worth more than a visitor. The subscriber will see new content and most often return to your website to comment or share your content. A visitor has to [...]
Having a website is great, but it is even better when your website is getting targeted traffic and the visitors are being converted into customers or donors. Keyword research is the first step in considering how you want to receive traffic from search engines. The results of your research will dictate which keywords you optimize [...]