3 Essential Items Most Freelance WordPress Designers Never Knew They Needed

Who are you? You’re a WordPress Designer, or you want to be. You’ve fallen in love with WordPress and design in general. You’ve learned all about designing themes and are more than comfortable tweaking code, working with shortcodes, functions, and plugins. You’ve created a few sites for clients using WordPress because you know how powerful it can be, and yet how easy it is for your... read more

Just How Enticing Are You?

Just how enticing are you? Don’t answer that question yet. First, let me ask you another question. Have you commented on a post here recently? Have you seen the new CommentLuv awesomeness down by the comment form? Yep, I’ve been beta testing the new Comment Luv Premium plugin, and wowsa! I love it! I’m Luvvin’ It!!! Let me tell you why you should be thrilled that I’m using... read more

Am I The Only Person Who Despises reCAPTCHA?

I’ve decided today that I’m going to boycott sites that use reCAPTCHA. I’m sick and tired of fighting with that thing. I can never, ever read those words. I spent 20 minutes just now trying to register with a site, and refreshed the recaptcha over 70 times! I even attempted to use the spoken version of it, and still couldn’t get it right! This happens to me all the freaking time.... read more

Draw Visitors In – Don’t Push Them Away

Can visitors easily find a good overview of all the blog posts on your site, or do you unintentionally force them to browse through page after page of archived content that only display 3 or 4 posts per page? It’s unlikely many visitors will look beyond the first or second page of archived posts, and most will certainly not scroll through a hundred pages or more just to see what kind of content you... read more

Site Analysis and Grader Tool You Really Should Try

Recently, I ran across an amazing tool that literally blew me away. We’ve all seen those website grader tools over the years, haven’t we? And well…most are pretty lame. The tool I’m about to share with you can’t be called lame. It’s the best of its kind that I’ve ever seen – by far. It’s called Sitebeam, and I’ve been using the original version... read more

Amazing Quality WordPress Themes For An Unbelievable Price

When’s the last time you looked at Elegant Themes has really upped its quality over the years, and yet, the best feature of all is this: The price is still only $39 to get access to ALL of the themes. It’s not $39 each. That thirty-nine bucks lets you download and use every single theme they have available. And during the year, any new themes they make are yours to download too! For an entire... read more

If I Could Just Get Paid To …

Question: If you could make money doing whatever it is that you enjoy doing the most, what would that be? What DO you enjoy doing more than anything else? How many times have you said to yourself, “If I could just get paid to ______, I’d be so happy!” I see some of you giggling and filling in the blank with silliness, but once you’re done giggling, come back to the question and... read more

The Road To Enhanced Online Marketing Begins With The User

I attended a webinar presented by a good friend of mine, and it was so great, that I decided to give you the key points that every single one of us, who has any type of website, can use to make our sites better. The webinar was presented by Kim Krause Berg, Search marketing and UX (User Experience) Manager of LiBeck Integrated Marketing, and founder of my favorite forum (where I am also a moderator),... read more

Check Your Site For Duplicate Content

Search engines, especially Google, don’t like duplicate content. In fact, it’s been speculated that Google’s latest algo update, nicknamed Panda or Farmer (or Panda Farmer), targets sites that have too many pages with duplicate content. Keep in mind that while your site might be original content, if that content has been scraped and duplicated many places on the web, Google may not care... read more

Re-evaluate Your Site Occasionally

This is just a quick reminder of something I don’t do often enough. At least once a year, step back – way, way, way back – and re-evaluate your site. Take a hard look at it as if you were seeing it for the first time. - Are there clear divisions of content? - Are all the content areas really essential, useful parts of the site? - Have any weak content that could be better? Or be even... read more