Photo by Search Engine People Blog on Flikr Running a business is a bit like riding a century ride on a bike. There are thrilling moments (starting out, coasting downhill) and moments of where it’s just grinding work (going uphill, or miles 50-70 where you wonder how you’ll ever make it). I have an MBA, […]
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The Lightbox Effect is a great way to showcase our images. You’ve probably seen it and may not realize it was the Lightbox Effect. Have you visited a gallery page, clicked on an image, and it opens up into it’s own box? That’s the Lightbox Effect. It is easy to use and gives a professional
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Not only is text important when it comes to search engine optimization, the code around our images affects SEO results. If we are not optimizing our images for search engines, it’s likely we’re missing out on significant traffic. Here are several steps we can take to improve search engines results with our images. Use keywords
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Photo by Mike Baird on Flickr Most of my clients are looking for the easiest way to install and setup WordPress. It can be as easy as clicking a button but if it leaves our site vulnerable to attack – the ease of setting it up quickly fades. Here are a few steps we can
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One of the many things I love about WordPress is the ease in which a gallery or a portfolio can be placed online. There are tons of options available for Portfolio Themes. In this post, we are going to take a look at FREE themes. All these themes have good documentation available online and make
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As creatives, we often hit the creative roadblock. When that happens, I always like a fallback plan. For me, that includes visiting other websites that offer creative motivation. Here are 7 sites that do that for me. Siiimple I tend to like simplistic. This site offers just that. Lots of sites using the simplistic approach.
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If you’ve been in the creative field for any length of time, my guess is you’ve ran across Behance. Behance is a website where you can share your work, where you can connect with other Creatives, and where you can sell you work. Behance also offers products for Creatives. Let’s explore these aspects of Behance
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Having run a creative business for the past 10 years, there are certain business tools I wouldn’t do without. As owners of creatives businesses, it’s paramount that we’re using tools to help organize and streamline our business. Here are my top 12. Accounting: Quickbooks This is a given. I need to maintain my books. My
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You’re ready for your photography website. What do you need to know? Here are five questions to ask your web designer. Plus, since WordPress has become a very common option for websites, we’ll look at how WordPress addresses each of these questions. Before we get started, let’s look at a few Photography sites done in
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