Today, guest blogger Bob DiGregorio of DiGregorio Productions is going to help us understand the ways in which video can bring life to our websites, positively impact our business images, and create potential for increasing the bottom line. ~~ Did you know that according to ReelSEO, video content …
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Q4 Website Review and Budget Planning
Now that Labor Day has passed us by, many of us will be reviewing our books, taking note of our successes thus far, maybe adjusting our plans to meet our 2007 Fiscal Year goals, and preparing our website budget for 2008. Here's a list of items to take a look at and include in your website budget. …
Successful Website Business
Today I will be participating on a three-person panel at the Women's Business Council meeting of the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce. Emily Greenwood of EKG Networking in Marlborough, MA and Tracey Ingle of Ingle Law in Southborough, MA are the other two business professionals. (We have …
Domain Name Responsibility
Happy New Year to All! Start the new year off feeling confident about your domain name; knowing that it is secure and that you will be notified if there is any activity around it. How do you check your domain name record? Go to the website of your domain name registrar. Log in and look at …
End of Year Web Activities – Update the Information on Your Web Pages
After you have checked your domain name, take a look at these items on your website. Are they as up to date as they can be? Are all the Links working? Has the Copyright Date been updated? What about the Page Last Updated date at the bottom of your pages? Have you added your Q1 Workshops, …
First LinkedIn Post
This morning I wrote my first post for LinkedIn: "Why Website Redesigns Cost More Than you Expect". It is original content; my thoughts on the cost of a website redesign based on an article in SiteProNews about the tasks required to do a website overhaul. For me, "overhaul" is a big, strong word, …
Thanks to Business and Empowerment Coach Maureen Letendre
Many thanks to business and empowerment coach Maureen Letendre for facilitating the monthly blogging meeting today. In lieu of our usual blogging session, Maureen led a discussion which helped each of us get re-focused and re-devoted to our blogging efforts. We explored... Why we blog The payoff …
TinyURL.com Good for your Blog Posts
TinyURL.com is good for your blog posts - actually, anywhere where you have limited space - Twitter comes to mind, and e-mails. From now on, when you have a long web address, go to TinyURL.com, paste the long URL into the box, let TinyURL.com create a short one, or enter your own, then copy the …
Updating your own Website: Good Idea or Bad?
Recently, the requests for content management systems have escalated. Website owners are wanting to save money by updating their own websites. I understand the need to save a few dollars, but, in my opinion, unless you are a web professional, updating your own website is a bad idea. Why? Because you …
How to Optimize a Website for the Search Engines
It's Fun Friday! Spring is on its way in Boston, and today we are having April showers. A business colleague sent me a link to this video. Being from YouTube, I knew that I would enjoy it, so, I sat back and relaxed. Then I listened to the words. This rapper knows how to optimize a website for the …