Free Is Good
Scott Ginsberg is an author and speaker who wears a nametag 24/7 to make people friendlier. He recently wrote a post called “The power of FREE?” I am a big fan of Free. Some of the biggest sites on the Internet have been built by giving away free stuff (Google). So what can you or […]
Tips When Looking For SEO
I always to try to build the best SEO that I can into a website that I design, however due to what the customer wants they always don’t do that well. I have had people tell me that “I just want a page or two (or three), but I want to be on the first […]
Free Office Templates
Here’s a post from a blog called dumb little man. This blog provides tips and tools to make things a little easier for you. This post is called “250 Free Office Templates and Documents”. They has categorized many templates from the Microsoft website to make them easier to find. I have tried several and can […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Design Your Banner
Here’s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Here’s a site that I designed FastDiscountBanners.com, I hope that you have fun playing with it. You can pick the size of your banner, add a border, add a background color, then add images to your banner from […]
Why Pittsburgh Is Not Silicon Valley
Paul Graham published this essay back in May. It’s called “How to Be Silicon Valley”. In it he talks about how smart people tend to go where other smart people are. It turns out he is also from here in Pittsburgh and he thinks we have the smart people to do the job, but because […]
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization
I recently found SEMPO. They seem to be a very good organization with the main goal of helping people with search engine marketing. SEMPO Mission: SEMPO is a global non-profit organization serving the search engine marketing industry and marketing professionals engaged in it. Their purpose is to provide a foundation for industry growth through building […]
The Art of Using E-mail
Using e-mail to communicate with long distance customers can be a challenge to say the least. I wrote a small article on the subject. The trick is to convey your message as well as to understand what your customer is trying to get across without clues from body language or voice inflections. I found it’s […]
JPG Magazine: A New Kind of Magazine
“We consider ourselves an open source magazine — participants have access to everything the editors have access to…. In traditional magazines, it’s all about hoarding until that last moment and then going ta-da – buy the magazine!” Issue 7 of JPG Magazine had 2,400 submissions come together to make this great looking photog mag. The […]
E-mail Virus Warnings
I still get an occasional e-mail from well meaning friends that tell me that the newest virus is on the loose. It is undetectable, not repairable, and if I open a certain attachment a hammer will pop out of my screen and smash my hard drive to bits. Unfortunately it’s just not that simple anymore. […]
