You may ask yourself, why in the world would I pay monthly for G Suite email, when I have a free account. Your email may look similar to this: yourname@gmail.com your-company@gmail.com your-company-support@gmail.com Perhaps your employees are using their own individual free Gmail addresses, or even Yahoo Mail or some other free email address for business purposes. If you want to make the right professional impression, it makes much more sense to use email addresses such … [Read more...] about 10 Reasons why it makes sense to use G-Suite for your business email
Blog posts that sell
What do you want your blog post to accomplish? Why do you blog? The answer to this should be: to get results. What those results are might vary. Two examples of goals: To make sales immediately. To generate leads you can market to going forward. Of course it could very likely be both of those goals. How to write a blog post that sells Headline The first thing to think about is how to create a headline that catches attention. It should be something easy to understand and talk … [Read more...] about Blog posts that sell
Free images for your website
So you have a new website, and you need some images and photos to make it look good. The problem is, you are not a photographer, and you don't have the money hire a pro for the job right now. What to do? Hopefully you are well aware of what not to do. Don't perform a Google image search and download the images you like and use them on your site. If you do that, you are stealing, plain and simple. An image does not need to have a copyright on it in order for it to be off limits, unless … [Read more...] about Free images for your website
Immigrating with cats and blogging for success
29 years ago I moved to the United States from Sweden. I ventured out on the trip with a bit of trepidation, because of a previous experience. I met my husband in Sweden, when he was there for a visit. We fell in love, but I was not in any way inclined to tear up stakes and move to another country. So he was the one who made the sacrifice and came to stay in Sweden. My first trip to the USWe got married within 6 months of meeting each other, and truth be told, we thought that would help … [Read more...] about Immigrating with cats and blogging for success
How the right WordPress plugin is like a garden glove
I love tools that make life easier. I keep a garden glove in the kitchen. Why? Because it makes it so much easier to get a lid off a jar. In fact sometimes it is not about making it easier to get the lid off, it is about being able to get it off at all. So yes, even a glove can be considered a tool in certain circumstances. Plugins can be just like that. Are you an intrepid website owner who has taken charge of creating your own site? Or have you taken charge of maintenance and edits, after … [Read more...] about How the right WordPress plugin is like a garden glove
8 Ways to Improve SEO and Get Your Website Found
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, it means developing and improving your website so that it ranks highly with search engines When looking at search results in Google, there are two types of results returned. There are paid ads, and there are non-paid search results, which are called "organic" search results. The focus of this post is on organic results and how to achieve a higher organic ranking in Google. Generally there are two broad categories for SEO. #1: On-page … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Improve SEO and Get Your Website Found
Blog Resources and Recommendations – The Basics
Here are some blog resources and tools I recommend for your DIY blogging journey. It is by no means a comprehensive or all-inclusive list, these are my personal favorites. You have a very large number of choices, and your preferences may vary. In some cases the links on this page are affiliate links, which simply means that if you use the link to make a purchase, I earn a small commission. It adds no extra cost to your purchase, but supports this blog. Blogging Platform Lets start … [Read more...] about Blog Resources and Recommendations – The Basics
Money wasn’t good enough… Blogging Effectively
Continuing the theme of previous posts, the title refers to a line from the TV series Firefly. It is a conversation between Captain Mal and Jayne, and it goes as follows: Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: [smiling] Well... that'll be an interesting day. It's a very valid question, given that Jayne is a man driven by money interest. In fact he joined the crew, and turned on his previous compatriots, for … [Read more...] about Money wasn’t good enough… Blogging Effectively
Never forget what you are… Wear it like armor
The title is a quote from season one of Game of Thrones. Tyrion Lannister is speaking to Jon Snow, and the full quote is as follows: "...never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you." I grew up with the opposite idea in my head, fearing that being who I was could, and probably would, get me hurt. I loved writing As a child, I wanted to blend in, to fit in. I never trusted that people would like me or accept me for … [Read more...] about Never forget what you are… Wear it like armor
“Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal”
What should you blog about? Ah, that is the question isn't it? (another question that might be on your mind is what this has do with sudden betrayal, don't worry, I'll get to that) When you blog, you sometimes struggle with coming up with topics to write about. I am certainly not going to tell you what topics to blog about, since only you know what your expertise is. Obviously you should always keep your focus on providing value for your target customer or client. You know what their … [Read more...] about “Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal”