In the internet world, there's a strong polarity between companies that create "Proprietary" software that is kept secret, developed by employees and that you have to pay for and "Open Source" software that is written by contributors around the world … [Read more...]
Email Newsletter Follow Up
The other day, I was asked by a client about what I thought about their current email newsletter and whether they should convert it to a blog. They send about twice a year and obviously, don't have a huge response. Nor do they have a lot of … [Read more...]
Is Your Website Still Useful and Important?
For a couple years now I've been feeling the need to not promote building traditional websites anymore, but instead to help clients be part of the conversation around their product and let that lead them to what they need to do online. Back when we … [Read more...]
WordPress upgrade to 2.8
I really like WordPress. I've used a few of the popular content management systems (CMS), like Joomla and Drupal, and even built a few of our own, but WordPress is my favorite. And this latest upgrade of WordPress from 2.7. to 2.8 (called Baker) is … [Read more...]
How to get your blog to rank higher in Google
A couple days ago, I wrote about 14 tips for writing your tweets or blogs, the 14th being my own addition that I think obviates the need for most of the other 13. Here's another post that makes complete sense along the lines of number 14, which I … [Read more...]