Best time to publish posts

You have written a great post and you want the most activity from your hard work of writing and editing. Here’s an informative article from Coschedule with some good infographics explaining the best times of the week and day to publish depending on your desired...

MetroWest Entrepreneurship

Last Sunday’s Boston Globe’s Metro West section published an interesting article on entrepreneurship. I find that many of my clients are starting out a new business or putting a spin on an existing one, so it was a fascinating read for me. Andrew Corbett...

Why headlines are the most important part of a post

A lot of information comes across my desk (or laptop) concerning search engine optimization, blog post writing and web development. This particular statistic really resonated with me. I think it is an invaluable technique easily implemented when we write. Content...

How to know when your website needs to change

The internet has infiltrated our lives in a way that we never could have predicted ten years ago. It’s hard to believe that there was a time when we had to find a land line or a phone booth to make a call or use a fax to send informaiton. But, here we are in...

Guest Posting With Elegant Themes

On January 20, Elegant Themes posted a story I submitted to them via an invitation as part of their Customer Spotlight series. I submitted the form online and was delighted that they asked me to write the post. I highly recommend you take advantage of any guest...

Cleaning Up Unwanted Spam Comments

How do you control that unwanted spam that invariably enters your comment area of your web site? One easy way to cut off comments is to Quick Edit each post after it is posted. Un-check the boxes that allow comments and ping backs. But, What if you want to allow...

What to Write For your New Web Site

New business owners often have trouble knowing what to write for their websites. I’m not a professional writer, but I am married to one and worked at a newspaper for ten years. The best advice I can give is to read Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style....

Organic Search Engine Optimization

WordPress is here, offering you an easy way to beat your competitors for that lucrative first page on Google. All you have to do is use relevant text in your website and write blog posts on a regular basis on topics that relate to your business or service. If you...

Feed Your Blog

When business owners plan a website to promote their company, sell products or just reinforce their brand, they disregard the most important benefit of WordPress. Yes, you can update it yourself by adding new photos, a slide show or edit text, maybe even update an...