Category Archives: Website Development

5 Steps to a More Effective Website

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Internet Strategist

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Having a website is certainly a necessity in today’s business environment.  However, if you want to have your website become more than an online brochure and be an active marketing partner for your business, you as a business owner [...]

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Are your website visitors leaving as soon as they get to your website?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Internet Strategist

Your website is your online chance to connect to your target market.  It is the chance to influence them to follow your call to action to have them call your sign up for your mailing list or even purchase something.  So if your visitors are leaving as soon as they get to your website, then [...]

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WordPress.com VS WordPress.org

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Internet Strategist

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I get asked this question from time to time…  “what is the difference between
wordpress.com and wordpress.org?”  Well they are both wordpress software, however the biggest difference is that wordpress.com is the solution hosted on WordPress’ servers (for free), and wordpress.org hosts the software files you can download so you can host the software on your [...]

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Web Conversion – What is Missing?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Internet Strategist

One of the biggest factors that determine the success rate of your web conversion is do your visitors feel like you can help them or solve their problems?  If they feel connected enough to the message you have on your web site then they will follow the call to action.  If they don’t feel connected, [...]

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WordPress Blog – Replacement for Ping.fm Service

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Internet Strategist

Well sometimes the plugins work and sometimes they don’t.  There is a very handy plugin for WordPress called ‘CR Post to Ping.fm’ that worked like a charm.  Recently however, many people have had their API codes for this particular plugin suspended.    Ping.fm has been slow to respond when you follow up with them and so [...]

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4 WordPress Widgets That Will Give Your Blog Maximum Flexibilty

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Internet Strategist

I have used these widgets with great benefit to my blogs.  There are others out there that will also add functionality, but these are the basic ones that no blog should be without…
1. Widget Logic
Widget logic is a useful widget that allows you to control which pages your widgets appear on. It’s power resides in [...]

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Top 3 Pages That Should Be On Any WordPress Based Website

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Internet Strategist

WordPress has come a long way in it’s journey as the #1 blogging platform out there today. As the features and functionality has increased over time, the possibilities for what can be done with WordPress as a website solution have increased. With today’s features, WordPress can be used to create an entire site in most [...]

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3 Advantages to Having an Ecommerce Business

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Internet Strategist

1) Low Overhead
Running an online store requires much less monetary cost to maintain and operate than running a traditional brick and mortar storefront. The costs for an online presence include a shopping cart, merchant account, gateway, hosting, web hosting, domain name and secure certificate. A traditional brick and mortar storefront has to deal with [...]

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Free WordPress eCommerce Plugins

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Internet Strategist

Here are some free WordPress eCommerce Plugins.
These plugins are available for free and can be found at the Plugin repository on WordPress.org.
Ecommerce plugins come in both free and paid versions. The jury is still out on whether or not the paid plugins are better. The best way to understand which solution is best for the [...]

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