Essential Plugins for WordPress

08.06.2010

I recently re-launched by blog and was able to mess around with a few new plugins that I’ve found really helpful.  Here’s a list of a few: For commenting, I highly recommend Disqus.  Plugin integration was very simple and there are some great options to manage from right within the options settings. Clean-Contact is a [...]

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Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs – Cameron Herold

08.06.2010

My dad sent me this video recently with the note of “Check out this video. Reminds me of you.”  In watching it I had a few thoughts, but I’ll save that for after YOU’VE watched it so click the read more to see my thoughts:

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Your Marketing Strategy Cannot Just Be Reactionary

08.06.2010
online marketing focus

Shiny is nice.  Shiny is alluring.  In business, shiny can be devastating if there isn’t a purpose behind it. Insecurity runs rampant in business today.  The conclusion as to why the competition is winning out is because they have an active Facebook fan page and you don’t.  Or their website is more “optimized” than yours [...]

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WordPress for Blackberry

08.05.2010

I have been wrestling to try and figure out how to get the email-to-post to work on this WordPress installation. This is something fairly straight forward, and yet came to realize that because I am using Google Apps for my email, so far no good. There are a ton of posts ‘out there’ as to [...]

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The Lazy By-Product

05.09.2010
organized religion

After just participating in the security screening/check-in process at LAX I got to thinking about how less than 10 years ago the procedure to get on board a plane was much easier. Right after 9/11 it was clear that traveling was going to become a rather challenging experience and there was the growing pains we [...]

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Salesforce and WordPress Integration is Great For Small Business

04.30.2010
wordpress salesforce integration

I am definitely a fan of open-source content management systems (CMS) like WordPress and Joomla, especially for the small business.  The scalability and efficiency not to mention the technology make it a no-brainer for any new web project. Small business and Salesforce.com is also a great idea if you are looking for a scalable client [...]

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Everyone Has A Budget

03.09.2010
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

03.08.2010
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 [...]

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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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