Should You Put Your Photo on Your Website?
I’ve been a photographer for most of my life and often get asked to photograph executives, engineers, marketing personnel, and many other individuals for their websites.
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Thank You WordPress Plug-in Creators
I attended WordCamp Montreal, where WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg was the keynote speaker. His talk was interesting and speaking with him afterwards was equally so. He mentioned that a WordPress installation on its own is good but
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Should You Join an Offline Business Networking Group?
We’re in the midst of a recession and many people are looking to join business groups to try and drum up sales. But with all of the Internet’s business networking opportunities, are offline business networking organizations still needed?
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Reason #863 Why Flash Sucks
Flash is great for enhancing the look and feel of many websites. While it has nifty features, I think that it’s more often than not poorly implement, making for an annoying user experience.
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The Top 7 Benefits of Search Engine Marketing
It’s no secret that the Internet continues to influence our lives in ways that people haven’t even recognized.
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Get Your IT Guy Away from Your Website
Let me start with the bottom line (making it the top line!): Your IT guy is not an SEO guy or a web guy. He’s an IT guy. So get him away from your website projects.
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Why I Don’t Want You to Steal My Work
The nature of the Internet makes it easier than ever to steal. Couple that level of ease with this generation’s notion and understanding of new media (digital, software, computer, Internet), and sense of morality, and you can see the trouble brewing.
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The Words “Free” & “Internet Marketing” Should Never Be This Close
Just in case you were wondering, the word “FREE” is considered to be one of the most powerful words on the planet. It’s certainly one of the most excitement-eliciting words in the English vernacular. It’s astonishing how the mere mention of the word “free” affects people.
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Birth of the SEO Web Designer
Over the last few years, I’ve been meeting people who claimed to be professional SEOs but then went on to say that they didn’t “do web design.” I find it difficult to believe that someone who excels at SEO does not know how to create a website. The two are largely intertwined, especially for small and medium-sized businesses.
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SEO & Spelling Variations
One commonly overlooked area of SEO is the variations in spelling within a language and region. You must consider the variations in spelling across countries. For example, I’m Canadian and in Canada, Australia and the UK, we tend to add the letter “u” to many words such as behaviour, labour, and neighbour. Americans also spell “travelers” without a…
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