Websites 101
This page is a simple listing of where to start if you don't know what you are doing. I've pulled together my guides and posts that will get you going and I will be adding to this over time. Just start at number 1 and work your way through. How … [More]
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Mobile Responsive WordPress Themes
Mobile devices like iPhones, iPads, and android devices have become very popular over the last couple of years. This popularity has fueled discussions for “responsive” theme design. This basically means that your theme changes based on the size of the screen your viewer is using. Most phones allow you to view a site and “pinch and zoom”… [Continue Reading]
How to write the content your audience wants
One of the things I often hear people wondering about is what to write about on their website. What I often don’t hear talk about (particularly with business websites) is how that content should be written to help search engines index it better and users to enjoy it more. Copyblogger has a great service called… [Continue Reading]
Can email marketing help your business?
There are so many ways that you can market your business these days. Not all are right for every business and in a lot of cases some will be a waste of money (and/or time) for you. You’ve already started with a great, relatively simple and cheap option with building your website, but just having… [Continue Reading]
Genesis WordPress Framework – For Beginners
My favorite theme framework for WordPress is the Genesis theme Framework. A framework is basically functionality that makes it easier to create or modify a theme. To use the Genesis framework you actually install two themes. First you install Genesis, and then you install the “Child” theme that you want to use. The benefit comes… [Continue Reading]
24 Clean Business Templates for WordPress
One of the great benefits of WordPress is the plethora of great themes and templates on the Internet. You can download one of these themes and easily install it on your website and have a professional look without the cost of hiring a designer. I went through a whole bunch of designs from ThemeForest, WordPress.org,… [Continue Reading]
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Bluehost Back to School Sale
Bluehost is currently offering discounted hosting as part of their back to school week special. This sale runs today through the 25th and you get $1 off each month. If you are thinking of getting a website, now is a great time to do it. You might also be interested in my ebook: How to […]

Why I’m Moving My Site To WP Engine
Currently, this site is hosted on Bluehost.com. I love Bluehost and I still recommend their service for when businesses or individuals are getting started. That being said however, I have had an opportunity to work with a client site using WP Engine and I have decided that I want to move my sites to their […]
One reason I love WordPress
I have lots of reasons that I love WordPress but I wanted to just highlight one today. That reason is the awesome plugin infrastructure. You can do almost anything you would want to do with WordPress with an already completed plugin. (You might have to PAY someone to get access to that plugin but the […]

Drag & Drop Featured Image Plugin
Today I wanted to highlight a simple but time saving image plugin for your website. This free plugin is the Drag & Drop Featured Image plugin and it does exactly what you think it would. After installing the plugin your featured image section gets updated to allow for dragging files directly to it. To […]
Is it SPAM?
One of my least favorite things about blogging is Comment Spam. It always distracts from well meaning comments and takes the time of the person running the site. Akismet does a GREAT job at helping to manage spam (and I’ve talked about it before) but I recently read a good article by Marie Leslie that […]