What solo entrepreneur or small business wants a generic email address at Gmail or Hotmail when they could have a custom address at their own domain? Last week we discussed the benefits of a personalized domain for your business address (http://www.15minutemondays.com/2014/09/22/5-benefits-personalized-business-email-address/). Today we’ll go over… Continue reading
If you’re using a free email account (@yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @gmail.com, etc) or the account that came with your internet service account (@att.net, @comcast.net, etc,) the email address itself can convey some additional, less than positive information to the reader or your emails. I recently received… Continue reading
It’s that time again. A new version of WordPress has just hit the digital streets and you need to upgrade. Well, probably. It may not be 100% necessary to upgrade right away, but you’re going to want these new features for sure. And, in general,… Continue reading
Those crazy Russian hackers (but not this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp47lvGR8Ek) are at it again. Hold Security reports (http://www.holdsecurity.com/news/cybervor-breach/) that a Russian crime ring hacked nearly half a million websites and amassed 1.2 billion unique user names and passwords which belong to over half a billion email… Continue reading
I love it when a business puts a map of their location on their website. Even if I know roughly where a business is, it’s nice to get a confirmation that my internal (and often on the fritz) GPS is correct. Of course, some businesses… Continue reading
Designing your website can be almost as complicated as designing your house. You want everything perfect when you launch. Of course, before that you’ll want to figure out what perfect is. Looking at other websites, getting input from friends and family, playing with color schemes… Continue reading
So, you just got a call from a friend who said that they went to your WordPress website on their iPad but it’s showing porn instead of your business’ regular page. Well, isn’t that special? There have been a rash of these events lately. Sucuri,… Continue reading
You want more web surfers reading your website, right? We all do. Otherwise we wouldn’t be spending all this time putting stuff on the internet. Last week we talked about how the first step to building a following was to create great content. Let’s dive… Continue reading
You want people to find your website when they use search engines, right? And you want to come up on that coveted first page or, better yet, near the top of the first page, right? While SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, isn’t a magic pill… Continue reading
So you’re ready to launch your website but coming up with that perfect domain name that isn’t already taken continues to elude you, eh? Join the club. Year-over-year the number of registered domains grows by about 7%. That means that by this time next year,… Continue reading