Introduction To Web Design – Part 8: Getting FOUND On The Internet, or What The Heck is SEO?
All of my clients have heard me say at least once, “There’s no point in having the most beautiful billboard ever made that adverting your business…if it’s located in the middle of the desert, not near a road.” What I mean is that there’s no point in spending the time, effort, and money to develop
Introduction To Web Design – Part 7: What Do I Say, and How Do I Say It?
One of the first things you’ll want to do is fill your website with INFORMATION. That tells people who you are, what you do, and what you can do for them. This is called ‘content’. Content in WordPress is done through either posts or pages. There’s a certain amount of controversy about which is better,
Introduction to Web Design – Part 6: Taking Your New Website Out For a Test Drive
All right, now I’m going to be very honest and tell you one of the big problems with having a brand-new, easy-to-use, powerful website builder. It’s that you have a 500 horsepower hotrod…and you don’t yet know how to drive. So, the following list covers the basic functions of a WordPress based website: • In
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Introduction to Site Design – Part 5: Or, Fun With Your New Head
In the previous post, we saw how to install WordPress in 5 mintues. Before we start tweaking it into the best website possible for your Tacoma or Seattle business, here are some fast facts about WordPress: • Anyone can learn to use WordPress and it is the perfect platform to help the business owner create
Introduction to Site Design – Part 3: Hosting? Where’s the Party?
Now that you have a domain name, you need someplace for it to call home. This is called ‘web hosting’. You can probably get hosting from the company where you registered your domain (such as www.BeSafeNotSorry.com), but you can find a company separate from your domain registrar for your web hosting. Here’s how to setup
Introduction to Site Design – Part 2: What If You Don’t Know The Difference Between a Domain and a Doughnut?
We’ve covered the basics in Part 2. Now it’s time to learn how to actually get a domain name. You need 2 things to have a website: a domain name and a web hosting space where the files for the website are located. When someone typesin the domain’s name – such as mainstreetmarketing.info – the
Introduction to Site Design – Part 1: What the heck is a website anyway?
Website Design Tacoma – Seattle This is the first in a series of posts that will give basic information to those looking for a way to learn a lot about websites, their design, and how to build to have built a website for your business (or personal) use – without spending a LOT of time,
Google Places 101 – For Tacoma and Seattle Businesses
Because of the tremendous SEO power of Google Places for Tacoma and Seattle small businesses, knowledge of what it is and how to use it is critical. Google Places (http://www.google.com/places/) is a free service that is a part of the Google search engine that focuses specifically on businesses and their locations. It links to Google
Leveraging Twitter For Your Business
Social networking is vast and it’s being used more and more these days. Research has uncovered that social networking is taking precedence over email for people who wish to reach their contacts. The latter proves the ever increasing popularity of this social experience which is exhibiting massive growth. There are number of social networking sites
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