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Check out the latest posts on running a website below. To see more, check out the pagination link near the bottom of the page.
Write a Better About Page
During your quest to build out your website, there's a page that's important but is usually overlooked. That would be the About page. Websites either don't have them or worse, have bad ones that don't even scratch the surface of what their website is about. In this...
Getting Started with Email Marketing Sequences
Email marketing is something that internet marketers say is critical and in most cases it is. If you don’t have a list or don’t have a plan, then you’ll be paying a lot of money for access to a SaaS account that is doing you no good. Join me for a quick beginner guide...
Online Business Stats for Beginners
In this post we'll go over some basic online business stats for beginners and wrap up with a mention to 2 other stats mid to advanced business care about. Basic Online Business Stats Let’s say you had a product or service you’re ready to sell and you decide to market...
Stuck on Writing Content? Here’s What to Write About
Previously I wrote about how to collect and organize your content. This post will be something that I will build out based on ideas and what I experiment with. I present to you, the beginning stages of this post on what to write about. Make a point to sit down to...
Potential Traffic Sources to Focus On
Tasty traffic is something that may have always eluded you. Don't worry, I spent around 8 years creating websites for myself when I first started out. :p This post will be something that I will build out based on ideas and what I experiment with. I present to you, the...
Ideas for What to Put in Your Website Footer
I remember when I first started making websites, I routinely got stuck on what should go in the footer. Here's a few ideas on what to put in your website footer. There's no absolute must haves but you should keep in mind that your footer loads on all pages unless you...
Google+ Shutdown Update – You Don’t Have Much Time to Save Content
Today is the day to take action if you're holding out. The Google+ shutdown is imminent. If you have a personal (consumer) Google+ account or a Google+ page you manage and you want to keep the content, you need to get started downloading the content today (March...
Website SEO Tips and Optimizations
On page SEO is important for your content but don’t forget to do it consistently across your website. This post has a few website SEO tips and general site-wide optimizations to consider. On Page SEO Reminders I won’t go into too much detail here as I’ve covered on...
On Page SEO Tips
Whether you’re looking to add another post or page to your website, you should keep these on page SEO tips in mind when creating your content. Title Be descriptive and accurate. Have your keyword close to the beginning or as it makes sense. Add secondary and tertiary...
Want to Start on YouTube? Here’s a Few Things to Keep in Mind
I was looking back at my notes on how to start on YouTube from a couple years ago and thought it would be useful to review a couple points. Take YouTube seriously. If you don’t have a YouTube account yet, go ahead and make one. YouTube is more than just an...
Anchor Link Types
The importance of anchor text and the link types therein cannot be overstated. This post will go over the different types of anchor links, in both the text and the attribute relationship. Example Link Links are crafted by correctly forming the following HTML anchor...
All About UTM Parameters (UTM Tags)
Let’s review what UTM tags are and why online businesses use them. In essence, UTM tags (UTM Codes) are link modifiers that add analytics information to your URLs. They don’t change where you go. All they do is allow you to collect stats when running your own tracking...