From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Everyone Has A Budget

March 9, 2010

digital marketing budget planning

Or, everyone has a price. There is a price-point threshold you have in your mind for your next project.

One of the most common questions a web/creative/design person gets is, “How much would it take to do ____”. The better question is, “How much are you willing to spend to make ____ happen?”  
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A Great Restaurant, A Very Good Use of Joomla

March 8, 2010

Urban Solace restaurant using Joomla

Last night my wife and I decided to venture out of suburbia San Diego and head south into North Park/Hillcrest to check out a new restaurant that was recommended by some friends called Urban Solace. I can go on forever about what great food we had, the unique menu selection, the chic decor, the uniqueness – all that was there and then some, you just have to check the place out – but as soon as I saw their website I knew the experience was going to be great.
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Tips for Keyword Research
Tools to Help Your SEO and PPC Campaigns

03.04.2010
SEO small business

One safe point of entry for any small business person trying to work with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to hopefully drive more leads from the search engines to your site is to use Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns. These are the “sponsored” links that you see on the top and right side of your search results. The [...]

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Some Things I Learned Using Thesis Theme For WordPress

03.03.2010
Thesis theme for Wordpress

I just finished my first launch of a WordPress install using the Thesis theme (beer money link). I had a fellow web developer who has been not only pushing WordPress but more specifically pushing me towards the Thesis theme. Coming from a pretty basic understanding of WordPress (way more experience/understanding of Joomla) Thesis was quite [...]

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Simple Online Diagram Software, Free

03.03.2010
free diagram software online

Trying to explain a work-flow idea to someone I ran across www.gliffy.com. Not being a designer myself I was hesitant to try my hand at creating a diagram from scratch (even in PowerPoint/Keynote) and plus, to me those mediums are getting a little played out…I wanted something I could move around, adjust, then snag an [...]

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Open-Source Content Management Systems

03.03.2010
open-source content management system

For someone running their own small business, the constant issue is money. Couple that with even less time and you have a serious challenge when trying to succeed in the web world. You know it’s important to be found online, you want to put your best foot forward as, for you, it’s personal what the [...]

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Why You Should Build Your Website With A Content Management System

03.02.2010
Content Management System CMS

Anyone can be a ‘web guy/gal’ these days. You can look like a super-hero to your boss/group just because you have figured out how to easily add content to your website. No longer do you need to be at the mercy of a hard-to-reach webmaster or billed for every second you call to ask for [...]

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