Blog Posts:
Wanted: A Plumber Who Wants to Grow His Local Business»
To prove that local businesses can grow their business through blogging, we’re looking for a plumber who wants to serve as our “test subject” in a public experiment, which we’re…
62% of Small Businesses Do Not Have a Website: the Glass is 38% Full»
I stumbled onto an article on Entrepreneur’s website (Turn Web Traffic Into Foot Traffic; Justin Kitch) that changed one of my basic assumptions, which was that “most” businesses have a…
Free XHTML/CSS Template for Use with Photoshop 4-Column Grids»
Template no longer available for download (article published in 2009). You should be using Zurb Foundation or Bootstrap as a basis for a responsive website. A couple of days ago, we…
Free 4-column Grid Photoshop Templates for Better Web Design»
Update 11/10/2017: Please note the date of this post. The post does not refer to the relatively new, not widely implemented (yet) Grid Layout. Update 6/15/2015: In this age of…
What? Twitter has Search?»
I don’t know if I should be concerned about this, but Twitter is starting to make sense to me. I just spent an hour listening to Gary Vaynerchuk talking about…
Design Team Roles for Best Results»
DOH! We recently had a glitch on a logo/web design project for which I take complete responsibility. Knowing the client was anxious to get the website completed, I tried to…
The Easiest, Quickest Way to Share Webpages on Twitter»
I’m not a huge fan of Twitter*, but I recognize its importance in marketing, if a significant portion of your market uses it. One of the best ways to use…
Seth Godin Clip: No One Cares About You»
Time for another (nearly) regular Seth Godin feature video. This one is short and simple, and addresses a really important concept for bloggers (and really, all business owners) to understand:…
Waiting for the Small Business Fairy to Bless Your Small Business»
Fairy tales were fun when we were little. The dastardly, selfish, and conniving were always punished. Meanwhile, handsome, brave, pure-hearted princes or tailors hooked up with beautiful, pure-hearted princesses (or…
Business Blogging, Part 2: Your Content Has Issues»
If you’re like a lot of bloggers, you may have started blogging before you’d thought beyond a couple of posts. If it’s a choice between starting before you know what…