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It seems the #1 topic of conversation these days is about fast website loading speed. You want to know how to make your website load faster, and so I am here to share what I’ve learned. Continue Reading…
Google Maps and Google Places may seem like the same product with two different names, but that isn’t the case. A company can reign supreme on Google Places, but they aren’t #1 on Google Maps. Let’s delve into why and how these two differ. Continue Reading…
Great, and exhaustive, infographic here from Hubspot that shows in fun detail more than we ever want to know about our obsession with marketing and technology. Continue Reading…
Search Engine Opitmization is one of those silver bullets that everyone wants but nobody really understands.
We’ve taken a stab at explaining it to the common man without the fancy geek talk. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the concept of influencing your ranking with the leading search sites (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.). Continue Reading…
You have a website, but no website traffic. Perhaps you’ve invested in the design and creation of this website. Now, it sits there…. gloriously inactive. You don’t have new clients. You can’t believe you spent the money on this stupid thing, and you just don’t have the time to deal with this social media stuff. Continue Reading…
My name is Greta Rose Zagarino and I do custom Website Design here in Hood River. I create, develop and manage strategic online reputations, custom WordPress websites, and effective social fan pages that produce specific measurable results. Continue Reading…
Web design doesn’t have to be a big hassle for small businesses. With a little homework and a lot of constructive dialog, and the right designer, your business can achieve an impressive web presence. The following tips are key recommendations to improve your small business website design.
Zen Habits blog is one of my favorite resources for simple inspiration. The following post was written by Leo Babauta.
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
I’m not a rich man, nor do I fly around the world and drink champagne with famous people in exotic locales, nor do I own a sports car or SUV or a yacht.
And yet, I’m very happy. Continue Reading…
1. Keyword Research
It is essential when optimizing your site, that the content is keyword rich. However, there is little point in writing keyword dense copy if the keywords are not commonly used in search terms.
It is advisable to keep keywords ambiguous when using any SEO tool, e.g. Keyword Discovery or Google Adwords Keyword Tool. This will allow the SEO tool to return more suggestions, some of which may be surprising, and ones you had not thought of. Continue Reading…
I winced permanently when I heard it has become standard practice for a potential employer to look you up on FACEBOOK during the interview process. Are you kidding me?? That means that an employer would find out I was blacklisted 15 years ago from the Church of Scientology when I took a tour of their facility and asked for my money back. Continue Reading…
I have been madly in love with an ordained Zen Buddhist priest for almost 14 years, and counting. I think it is fair to say, a bit of training has seeped its way into my life. Continue Reading…
A good logo is distinctive, appropriate, practical, graphic, simple in form and conveys an intended message.
There are five principles that you should follow to ensure that this is so! Continue Reading…
Most of our clients have not yet taken full advantage of accessing online tutorials and forums to find answers to their questions. If you know where to go, it’s brilliantly painless. Here are our top 4 resources for getting answers: Continue Reading…
Guy Kawasaki, former Chief Evangelist for Apple, recently wrote a book, “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions”. If you haven’t heard of it, please do yourself a favor and treat yourself. In the meantime, here’s a “cheat sheet” infographic (thanks again to Column Five Media) that brilliantly gets the point across.
Why is this important? This, my friends, is everything. This embodies your own fulfillment at the end of the day, and embodies the experience of your client, which leads to how they will speak of you to others. This embodies who you are in the world. Continue Reading…
An INFOGRAPHIC (information graphics) is the display of information presented in such a way that it can be easily understood at a glance. We think (and so does anyone who’s looked at their stuff) Column Five Media is the best. Continue Reading…