Create a WordPress Website for your Family

Several of my customers have used WordPress for their club or hobby websites. One is the Framingham Garden Club. This group lists their seasonal activities and garden photos. They even have some instructional pages and a members only area. Another is a woman who loves...

Search Engine Optimization is not a mystery

Internet companies that specialize in raising a site’s placement on Google have been charging a pretty penny for their services. They claim that without their expensive services, your site won’t get in the organic area of search engines—the first page....

Online based marketing software is here

I get a lot of calls from salespeople trying to sell me what I already know is going to be overly expensive and not worth my time. So the conversation stops before it starts. But recently, for some reason, I agreed to make an appointment to talk to a representative of...

Being strategic in a competitive environment

When business owners plan out their marketing strategy (and it inevitably includes redesigning their website), they are not sure where to turn. There are many options available to them in the huge marketplace of the internet. When they try Yahoo or Go Daddy website...

Two new sites to celebrate!

Fredia Woolf can celebrate today. She deserves it. She and I worked very hard to get her site just right. We used the same “Dotted” theme that I also used for DBM Catalyst, but in this case we added quite a few options in the design of the pages. The site...

The Importance of Maintaining Your Website

Once we hand over a WordPress site to a customer for use, the importance of maintenance sometimes gets overlooked. There are several things the owner needs to be aware of when it comes to their website. The dashboard is a great tool for adding new posts and pages, but...

Images make a difference

Just because you are not an artist or your business does not include a portfolio of photographs or illustrations, doesn’t mean you can’t make good use of images in your web site. In fact, carefully selected images will make a website sing. The images you...

Compass: Before and After Website

If your website is three years old or even older, chances are you aren’t taking advantage of all the changes in the internet now available. Social networking buttons, forms, built in seo, clean formats, non-flash banner sliders and slide shows are just some of...

NuFit Now for Health!

NuFit Now’s Delaney Taylor is an excellent trainer and nutritionist. She has a business helping people get healthy through eating well and getting exercise. She travels to her clients homes and works them out while consulting with them about their diet. She will...

Bartleby’s New Site Design

One of my colleagues at Business Networking International (BNI) wanted to update his website: Bartleby Scriveners. Bob helps people with the written word. Many of my clients need his help, as content and words are important elements in web design and marketing. But,...