Your Own Website – Where To Start?
I have a section of my website called “Starting your own website”. One of the things that I believe is that freely sharing information is one of the best ways to succeed in almost any online venture. So I made a tutorial on how anyone can make their own site and host if for less […]
More Color Pallets From Nature
I have written before about COLOURlovers and how when you are looking for new company colors or new colors for your site that nature can be one of the best sources of combinations to use. They have another fine post about color combinations called “Color in Science: Microscopic Photographs”. If you are looking for some […]
The Best Free Open Source Tools
I had lunch with a friend the other day. He is a graphic artist and like me mostly worked for other companies. He has been in business for himself only a couple of years. I was explaining my love of free open source software to him. I had my computer with me and I showed […]
Some Random Thoughts on a Thursday
I tried to email someone the other day and I got a reply that before my mail would be delivered I had to go to a website and fill out a captcha to prove that I’m a real human who wants to contact them. I almost left the page, but I filled it out and […]
Don’t Even Look Like A Spammer
I saw an ad posted on Craigslist the other day from a person who wanted to find someone with software to spider the Internet and collect email addresses to send their ads to. I normally just chuckle at something like this and move on, but for some reason I sent a note and asked them […]
What Your Web Site Shouldn’t Do
I went to a website today to buy a part for a small appliance that I own. I’m not going to name names here (bionaire.com) because I didn’t like their site. I found my model and couldn’t find any links to parts for that model on the page. I clicked the general parts menu and […]
Good Publicity Can Spread Fast, Too
I wrote the other day about how many companies just don’t understand just exactly how bad publicity can have a negative effect on their business on the web these days. How social media can take one person’s negative opinion and if left alone can spread faster than wildfire. While it’s probably more usual these days […]
A Fall Sunday Drive Through the PA Laurel Highlands
My wife Nancy and I took a long drive through the PA Laurel Highlands yesterday to see the fall foliage. It was a spectacular afternoon no clouds and almost 80°. The leaves are changing a little late this year and some of the displays are spectacular. I took quite a few pics and posted some […]
Some Random Thoughts on a Thursday
When sending email newsletters I believe it’s best to allow people to view the site with whatever font that their computer defaults to. When you don’t specify a font style it lets the readers program go to whatever it defaults to. I think that gives a person more of a feeling of familiarity when they […]
Email Newsletter Marketing
I have been helping several of my clients with their marketing recently by using email newsletters. Newsletters are a wonderful way to promote your business in a very cost effective way. I wrote about PHPList which is a effective way to manage your email list and campaign for free. It works very well for a […]
