Sep 29, 2010 Posted by Judith

Dude! Where’s My WordPress Site!?

Is your WordPress site MIA in the search engines? Do you wonder why you aren’t getting found? Or, do you have a new site that is still not ranking and wondering why? When I hear these questions, more come to mind. How long has your site been online? Do you offer anything unique? Why should your site get found in the first place? The answers to these questions lets me know if the site owner has... read more

Mar 30, 2010 Posted by Judith

Need More Time? Switch to WordPress!

Not enough time in the day. “I just don’t have the time!” is a statement I hear from clients on a daily basis. I get it. We all have time constraints. (Did you ever notice the time stamp on most of my posts?) The fact is online activities can be one huge time and brain drain. How can WordPress save thee time; let me count the ways…Create drafts as ideas hit you that you can... read more

Mar 9, 2010 Posted by Judith

Give Site Visitors What They Expect

Most folks I work with have ideas of what they want and where they want it when it comes to the layout of their sites. That’s why I stress when selecting a premium WordPress theme that they take the time to go through the provided theme demos to ensure the placement of navigation, information and widgets is how they want to display their site’s information. What happens quite often, however,... read more

Mar 5, 2010 Posted by Judith

What Do YOU Want to Know About WordPress?

My inbox is filled every day with general questions about WordPress. What I do is track what I’m being asked and that generally will influence what I post about. What I thought I would do is ask you what you want me to type about. I’ll use your input to plan my posts accordingly. This way you get the information you are looking for — and I won’t have to wonder so much if what... read more

Mar 3, 2010 Posted by Judith

Even with WordPress; If it Sounds Too Good to Be True…

I can understand why online business owners want to believe the hype. Do this and get rich; do that and dominate your market. Get “Top 10 Listings”, “just change your meta keyword tags”, “go live and watch the bucks roll in”. Get a Web site and get found! All supposedly at little cost with little effort. Hooey! I too wish all that were true. It would make my life... read more

Jan 27, 2010 Posted by Judith

5 Steps to a Lean Mean WordPress Machine

WordPress has unique resource requirements and as with any database driven site, your database also needs to be paid a bit of regular attention to ensure everything is running at optimum efficiency. It’s not uncommon to find WordPress sites that are not being watched after properly choking due to becoming CPU hogs. The first mistake made is that just because you can install WordPress on a Web... read more

Jan 19, 2010 Posted by Judith

NEWS FLASH! WordPress isn’t Just for Blogs Any More

While WordPress has become more of a house-hold word recently, allot of Web site owners still don’t know what it is exactly and how they can use it to enhance their online program. Most I talk to know about WordPress.com the free Blogging platform that is popular amongst hobby Bloggers and those just dabbling to see if Blogging is their thing. Even as recently as just a few years ago —... read more

Jan 6, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Creates Leaders!

One of my favorite Blogs to follow, which is definitely a WordPress leader, is ProBlogger.net. Recently one of the Bloggers there posted about what many fellow Bloggers struggle with in the course of trying to make their sites successful — following the so-called rules while keeping everyone happy. Sort of impossible, but as you’ll agree, we all still try! The article in question was The Blah... read more

Nov 18, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Easily Change Your WP Logo

One of the things I get asked most about is on a regular basis is how to change theme logos. So I thought I’d put together an easy check-list to help you do just that! In just three easy steps you can replace the default logo image of any theme by following these steps.First we want to determine what your theme’s designated logo info is. Hover your mouse over the theme’s default logo... read more

Nov 10, 2009 Posted by Judith

What Are Twitter Hashtags?

We all know what tags are, right? Those are words used to tag a post or bit of information so one can know what it basically about. Tags also help us to better organize our data. The hash character (#) when combined with a tag, becomes a hashtag. What tags and hashtags allow you to do, especially with all the noise on Twitter, is to search for a particular hashtag thereby allowing you to find the... read more