It’s Not All About You…

When writing copy for your website, it’s NOT all about you. Karon Thackston is one of my favorite experts in the web copywriting  field and her article “Writing TO Your Customers—Not AT Them” was featured on Jill Whalen’s High Rankings newsletter recently.  Karon offers a few examples of copy that is business-focused and then shows how the copy can be modified to be...

Expanding the WYSIWYG Editor in WordPress

If you are a WordPress user and are finding the writing area too small in the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor window, here’s how to make it bigger.  You can manually drag out the window by looking to the lower right hand corner for the three angled lines – hover over those lines and the cursor will turn into double arrows, click and drag those down to create more space...

Building a Business Presence on Facebook

If you have a business or a store front and haven’t taken advantage of Facebook yet, you might want to add that to your list of things to do before the year is out.  To read my earlier post on building a Facebook profile and business page, click here. You’ll need a personal Facebook profile to be able to build a Facebook business/store page.  Once your Facebook page is created you...

How To Organize Your Digital Photos

I’ve had a few people ask me recently, how I keep my digital photographs organized.  Here’s how I do it and some tips and resources that might help you get organized…...

Can’t Afford a Website?

So you can’t afford a professional website?  Don’t worry, there’s still plenty that you can do to spread the word online about your business.  The following suggestions are for free online services designed to help you promote your business whether you have a website or not....

Flippin’ Easy – Flip Video

I recently purchased a Flip Video camera from Costco for about $200.  The High Definition video camera fits in the palm of my hand and comes with a small tripod.  It has a built-in USB port that flips open to connect to my laptop for downloading and editting video clips.  The video editting software that comes with the camera is super easy to use and it offers the ability to add multiple clips...

More On-line Invitation Options…

Awhile back I wrote about an online invitation service from Evite.com.  I wanted to share another on-line invitation and event management company called Pingg.  They have a large showcase of artists and a wider variety of stylish invites to choose from.  Pingg is also free and you can post your announcements directly to Facebook and Twitter,...

WordPress – Manage Your Own Website Content

WordPress is a popular blogging software that can also be used to build and manage website content.  There are a ton of professionally designed themes (think “templates”)  to choose from, some are free and some cost a minimal fee .  The open source (free) application and a helpful forum/community make WordPress a great option for do-it-yourself website/blog enthusiasts . To build a...

A Case for Naps…

I stumbled upon this article about the value of taking naps recently and thought it made complete sense!  Just like our computers need to be shut down and “reset” periodically so does our brain…a 20 minute nap is the perfect solution – at least for those of us who work from home.  (o; Read the article...

Online Photo Editting Can Be a “Picnik”…

I am pleased to introduce my 13 year old daughter, Gabrielle as today’s guest author on the topic of web-based photo editing software.  Take it away Gabby…...