Now that everyone who can work from home is, here are some tips from someone who’s been doing it for a while.
Tips for working from home
These are articles for business owners about websites and things you should be aware of.
Categories, Tags & Taxonomies, Oh my!
If you are building in WordPress, there are few things that can help a site with organization more than getting things categorized correctly. There are also few things that can be more confusing, over-used or more diluted than how these terms are defined on a site. Let’s look at the good, the bad and the ugly and ways to clean things up so that using categories actually works for your users and helps them find what they are looking for.
What does a website cost?
If you went into a Home Depot and asked how much a new kitchen was would you expect a direct answer?
WordPress is Not for Everyone
WordPress has become a buzzword that a lot of people don’t really understand. Do you want to “convert” your site to WordPress, because that’s what everyone tells you? It’s not always the best course of action.
E-Commerce in WordPress
Installing an ecommerce plugin in WordPress is not hard, getting all the assets and information you need to make it work is another matter.
Content needs to speak to your audience
I went to a presentation on a really wonderful website; Our Constitutional Rights. This sight was put together by professional ad man turned amateur web guy, who thought it was important that young people understand what the Constitution is all about. This site is an amazing example of how content can and should speak to it’s […]
Trends in Social Networking
Ways to Market your Website and How Social Networking can work for a Small Business. It’s never about you and your service/goods, it’s always about solving a problem for your customer. Value is determined by the buyer not the seller.
How to Hire a Web Designer
You’re hiring someone because they have skills that you don’t; so how do you know they have the right skill set necessary for your site?
Preparing Pictures for the Web
When adding images to a web site, what does “web-ready” mean?
Domain Names – Who controls yours?
This subject is probably the most important thing I cover in my seminars and after what I just went through this morning with one of my own clients, it bears repeating again. Just so we’re all on the same page – a domain name is the address of your website. This site’s domain is beckydavisdesign.com. […]
Business & E-Commerce Website Design Best Practices
Very few people will talk about an uneventful order, everyone will complain about a bad one.
How long will it take to create a site?
So every small business can have a site in 2 weeks, right? How long will it take you? Do you have your content ready?
7 Things Your Web Designer Will Never Tell You
This was written by Chris Campbell of Lakeshore Branding and I couldn’t agree with him more, except maybe that I would tell you these things….
“Build it, they will come” Not a Good Business Plan
I have become a Meetup.com junkie lately. Social networking like Facebook and Twitter have their place, but in my mind nothing really replaces actually meeting people. Meetups can be about almost any subject and because I live in the wonderful metropolis of Chicago, there are a lot to choose from. Particularly in my chosen field […]