Simple Steps to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site

04.24.2011
self-hosted Wordpress install

WordPress is a great platform and has ventured beyond being just a blogging platform as it was traditional known as. But how do you get a WordPress site? There are 2 different routes to take: Let them host it – www.wordpress.com You host it If you let them host it (check out the steps here) you [...]

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I Miss My Tabs, Facebook

03.07.2011
new facebook page tabs

Recently Facebook announced a change to pages. While there are some things that are nice in terms of interaction, I really am not liking the new navigation option. Basically they have gone from the tabbed approach to a left navigation one. While most users do expect to use a left navigation what I really found [...]

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10 Tools For Non-Profits to Help Google Ranking

02.26.2011
SEO ranking non-profits

I recently wrote a post over at www.netwitsthinktank.com geared to helping non-profit organizations take some practical steps towards higher SERP (search engine results page) rankings. In reality the concepts listed would work for all organizations, non-profits just seem to wrestle more with the fact that they are challenged by a lack of resources (money, people, [...]

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Mozy.com Back Up Break Up

02.26.2011
Thumbnail image for Mozy.com Back Up Break Up

It’s official. I’m single. Mozy and I had to break up. We had a pretty good run and I will say there was great potential for a long-lasting relationship, but things happen. Namely, this happened. As in every relationship it’s the subtle things. From the announcement there is the causal line of “we’re replacing our [...]

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One Powerful Shopping Cart

01.23.2011

So you want to open an online store?  Great!  Just get your web-guy cousin to hook you up with one…there’s just a few things you have to get figured out first: What store software will you use? How will you host the store? Will your site have an SSL Certificate installed so you can accept [...]

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Merry Digital Christmas!

12.25.2010

Enjoy a fun video on this Christmas day.  I hope you are able to enjoy the day with great friends and family.

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Facebook Adds a “See Friendship” Link

12.17.2010
Facebook see friendship link

So logged in to Facebook today and saw a new link I hadn’t noticed before. There is now a “See Friendship” link. It basically takes you to a page that shows the interactions, pictures, etc. that you have had between another person. You can even see interactions that other people have had with each other. [...]

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Marketing Without a Mission is a Waste

09.02.2010
marketing mission

You’ve probably heard the expression ‘If you aim at nothing you’ll hit it every time’ and this could not be more true than in the world of marketing, digital or otherwise. The mission of your company or organization must be firmly established and clearly defined before any marketing efforts can be even thought up.  Not [...]

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Why I Gave Up on the Droid Eris

08.31.2010
Droid Eris review HTC

I have been eyeing the Android market for a while now.  As a loyal Verizon guy (sorry, way too many bad experiences with AT&T) I couldn’t make the switch to iPhone so had to just patiently wait.  In the waiting I started to get excited about Android.  Open-source, cheaper units to buy, integrated with Google [...]

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Desktop Sharing Using join.me – a Review

08.29.2010
join.me review

I recently found the need to share my desktop with a few people and wanted a better option to LiveMeeting, GoToMeeting and Yugma.  I could review those as well, but will stick to one that I found recently that is still in beta but was a great alternative. After stumbling upon join.me (created by LogMeIn) [...]

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Stats and Perspective on the Future of Social Media

08.10.2010

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Blogging: Professional vs. Personal Posts

08.07.2010
blogging transparency

I recently went through and consolidated 2 different blogs I was unsuccessfully trying to run at the same time into 1 brand new one. On one the hand it was hard to watch all the previous work go away, but on the other it was bliss. The conflict that I wrestled with (which prompted the [...]

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