The last few days I’ve been challenged by a “friend” on Facebook. This person has deleted their profile and left Facebook multiple times over the last few years. I know her because she went to high school with my husband. She gets fed up with drama or politics or...
Work, Web, WordPress
One Reason I’m Burned Out
This morning, first thing, I had a phone call from a client. This client is a hosting only client, we haven’t worked with them in any other capacity. They purchased their site and business from a previous client we used to do development work for, when we created...
Asked for WordPress Plugin to … Add a Link
If you're asked prior to participating in training about your skills, don't fib. (we'll figure it out and it makes it harder to help you) Yes, this happened.
CSS and Faster WordPress?
I wrote a post this morning over at WP Speed Shop about CSS and speeding up WordPress. This site uses the StudioPress Genesis Eleven40 theme and I did some of the same CSS clean up to the theme here, well, with a few extra steps and tweaks. Think of it as decluttering...
BackupBuddy Review at SEOBraintrust
I recently wrote a review on the BackupBuddy plugin for WordPress that's posted over at SEO Braintrust. This plugin has saved me so much trouble, (and clients so much trouble). It's easy to use and if you're not getting full backups of your site, you should be. Don't...
Your Website is not Created in a Vaccuum
This is something I've come across a time or two (or three) in my time in this business. And every time I encounter it - it makes me want to scream. I filed this under SEO because, guess what? You can't SEO without content - it's all related... Before I tell you the...
Becoming an Expert
My son taught me something this last weekend at the beach. I watched him become an expert and I was struck by how simple it really is and the lesson was taught by a 12 year old. First let's define expert. Expert: A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of...