Anyone that has ever managed a website knows that regular traffic is valuable and necessary for building a community and getting the word out there. It isn’t always the easiest thing to do though, and people often ask us for tips and advice on this. A regularly updated blog is really the best way to keep people coming back for more and is helpful in so many ways. If your users can…
WordPress is our favorite solution for setting up clients with a user-friendly content management system that allows them to manage their own site. One of the biggest reasons we like WordPress, is that WordPress continually offers updates and upgrades that make it easier to use, more powerful, and most importantly, more secure. In order to take advantage of all that WordPress has to offer with these updates, you need to stay on…
Blogging is an excellent idea for businesses for so many reasons. It’s a great way to have more searchable content online for search engines, users can read more about you and your services, it shows your professional knowledge of the industry you’re in, and so much more. But if you don’t have visitors to your blog, your great content can go to waste. Social media provides the perfect opportunity to promote your…
Starting a blog can be intimidating, although it doesn’t have to be scary or overwhelming. We’ve been blogging for a few years now and have some great tips for people that are getting started. Blogging can be an invaluable tool for any business and it’s important to start on the right foot and continue in a positive direction so your blog doesn’t cause more harm than good. The biggest question we’ve seen…
Wednesday Call Solutions is a webinar group, run by Pamela Bir and I, for business owners and professionals that are looking to learn more about social media, blogging, productivity, Microsoft Office, and more. The group holds two webinars per month on different topics that are relevant in today’s business world. The second Wednesday of the month covers a social media related topic and the fourth Wednesday of the month covers a more…
The newest social sharing idea has come from Google, the +1 button. It’s a new way of showing your appreciation of a webpage, and sharing it with your friends. Google has also implemented the +1’s into their page rank algorithm, further changing the SEO game, and adding an additional thing to consider in your online marketing efforts. This is a great new tool for businesses to integrate into their websites and blog…
We like using WordPress as our primary content management tool for allowing our clients to gain easy access to their site’s content. We use it because it’s user-friendly, flexible, customizable and scaleable for different projects, and you don’t have to know html and css to use it. Although it’s great for all these reasons, and the perfect choice for many users, it can be a little daunting if you haven’t used it…
Subscribing to a blog is easy to do these days, and it’s a handy way to get content that you may be interested in delivered right to you. Most blogs make it easy by including a subscribe by rss feature in a prominent place on their site. I visit a site, I’ve read through a few articles and I am interested in reading more, but I don’t want to have to remember…
So you’ve started a blog, and you have some really great stuff to offer, but how do you get people to come? This is a question we hear from a lot of clients of ours, and we see frequently from others online. Getting visitors to your website or blog seems hard when you’re just starting out, but with some great tactics in place, you’ll start to see your visitors grow and your…
Starting a blog for your company is a lucrative way to showcase your expertise and expand your audience. We’ve talked about it before here on our blog, and it’s something that we emphasize because we feel it’s a great opportunity for business owners to market their services and reach more people. However, you need to ensure you’re using your blog in the most effective way possible by doing several things in order…