Backup Buddy won’t stop an attack; at the moment there is no 100% sure way to stop hacking attacks. What it will do for you is provide a recent copy of your files so you can restore your site quickly if it gets taken down! As they say in the Backup Buddy copy, it protects your bacon! Backup Buddy is … Read more
by Karen Nierlich 2013 might be a year with “13” in it’s name, but I think most small business owners are feeling we are lucky and grateful for the improving economy. As we usher in the New Year, it’s time to do a “needs assessment” for your website and your web marketing. Our FOW Website … Read more
Websites not only start to look out-of-date after a while, they also start to act out-of-date. This list will show you how websites become less effective and marketing suffers. Once your site is in the 3-4 year range, you want to start thinking about redesign. If I had to put a number on it, … Read more
In the San Francisco Bay Area, NARI (Nat’l Ass. of Remodeling Industry professionals) is a powerful organization that helps professionals in the remodeling industry such as contractors, architects, and interior designers, etc. Their new WordPress website has a modern design, a member database, an online membership application, online payments, a blog to help grow traffic … Read more
WordPress is fairly new and often misunderstood. WordPress is the most popular of all the blogging platforms and sometimes business people don’t understand it’s not just for blogs. On the contrary, it’s an excellent platform to build or rebuild your business or organizational website. In fact, a WordPress Website can look the same as sites … Read more
I get a lot of questions about the blog comments feature on the WordPress Website. Frankly, this applies to any blog or blog website. Some business people want to know if it’s best for the blog comments feature to be on or off. The answer to that is generally “yes,” because it’s the nature of … Read more
In this post I’m not going to sell you on the blog. I simply want to remind folks that you don’t have to have a website to have a blog. If your first WordPress website is in development, you could start your blog while your website is in development. Doing so will definitely help your … Read more
Last night I was updating a friend’s .html website with page titles and meta descriptions. It brought it home to me why WordPress websites are so great for SEO. I’m always telling clients that these WP websites are more SEO-friendly but what exactly is the difference. There at least two differences that are obvious to … Read more
I love WordPress Blogs and recommend them to my clients. However, many people are unaware there is more than one way to set up their blog. One of those ways is simply WRONG! from a web traffic and SEO point of view. Recently a young business woman asked me how to draw more traffic to … Read more
(If you are just tuning into this blog, don’t miss the 2 primary reasons to pick a WordPress Website in the previous two articles.) Some other important reasons, drum roll please. 1. A WordPress Website is an excellent platform for your social media because it’s easy to add in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. … Read more