WordPress for Business Websites

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

51% off Hosting Special with HostGator – Plus Free Ebook

Today ONLY get 51% off of HostGator hosting plans. In addition I am offering my ebook “How to Build a business website” for free so you can get started on your website quickly.   You can download the guide here: How to Build a Business Website (the free offer is expired but you can purchase the […]

Keep your business website simple (KISS)

In today’s society of complicated websites and projects, I’ve come to a conclusion recently. I can’t take credit for it though. It’s been an idea that has been around for a long time. KISS… (Keep It Simple Stupid). Now don’t get me wrong, there are times when a super awesome, custom built website will make […]

WordPress Admin Themes – Does WordPress need a facelift?

So, it’s been a bit quite around here for the last couple of months. Well, there actually has been a ton going on, just not visible to most. I am working on some really cool things, one that I am super excited about announcing but it isn’t quite ready, so you’ll have to check back […]

The end of a year is the beginning of another (FREE EBOOK OFFER)

I hope each of you will take a moment here at the end of the year to reflect on where you were a year ago. It was just over a year ago that I started this blog with the hope to help even just a few people start websites. What a year it has been. […]

Special Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hosting Discounts

I have two companies that I currently use (and usually recommend) for business website hosting. They are Bluehost and WP Engine. It turns out that both are offering Black Friday discounts on their hosting and if you were thinking of starting a business website, today would be a good day to pull the trigger on […]

Genesis Responsive Themes and StudioPress Awesomeness!

I know that I recently wrote an article about responsive WordPress themes. I also realized that I mentioned some of these links in there, but today I was struck yet again with the awesomeness of StudioPress, their content, and the awesome Genesis Framework that I just felt I needed to make another shout-out to them […]