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Wacky Wednesday in the PR House: Series 1, Part 2: Creating an Effective PR Plan

by Rachael Pierce
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Happy Wednesday, folks! Wacky Wednesday in the PR House is back for Part 2 of our first series. In case you missed last week, this series is all about developing an effective PR Plan. Target Audience (put the bullseye on their backs) SWOT Analysis (again, no one has called 911) Target Audience That’s right folks… […]

Quick Tip: Mr. Tweet Can Get You Followers

by Bryan Lokey
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Update: The Mr. Tweet service is no longer available. Twitter is very similar to a large group conversation in that you must talk to people in order for them to talk to you. So as you try to build your Twitter network remember that the same rules of social dynamics apply. To be worth following […]

Create a Homepage That Sells

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Simple is good, but beware of oversimplifying. A homepage needs to be more than just one picture of your product with an “enter” link. Gone are the 1990s. You need to design your homepage for 2 audiences – your visitors (humans) and the search engines (robots). Here are some tips: Include a brief yet specific […]

How To Create a Rollover Link with CSS

by Bobby Martinez
Thursday, February 19th, 2009

One of the easiest and neatest tools that you can utilize for web design is the rollover link. You’ve probably seen a link that will change the size, color, or take on an underline when you roll your mouse over the link. This creates easy navigation for the user and can highlight an otherwise plain […]

Wacky Wednesday in the PR House: Series 1, Part 1: Creating an Effective PR Plan

by Rachael Pierce
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

We all need to have a plan. A plan to do the laundry. A plan to exercise. A plan to keep in touch with friends. A plan for your PR campaign. We need plans. Some of them are more trivial than others – a plan for your PR is not one of them. In order […]

The House that WordPress Built

by Bobby Martinez
Friday, February 13th, 2009

Blogs, content management systems, and forums represent the bleeding edge of website functionality. Gone are the days when static content was needed merely to establish internet credibility; websites with unchanging information are soon eclipsed by peers with news updates, opinions, and reasons for returning viewers to interact with one another. With thi

How To: The Easy 3 Step PHP Redirect

by Bobby Martinez
Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chances are you’ve seen a link like www.example.com/vote that will link you somewhere, even if it is not on example.com. If you own your own website, you’ve probably even wondered how to use this to your advantage. Your initial thought might be, but only an internet wizard of mythical proportions and years of studying the […]

Fonts for the Web

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, February 9th, 2009

Suppose you have spent a good deal of time and money working on your company branding, and your business logo has a beautiful scripted font that you are ever so proud of. Having this fancy logo is certainly fine, but don’t count on translating that same font into all of the body text for your […]

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