Websites & Business
Are you taking full advantage of your form plugin?
As a WordPress consultant, I’m often asked about my favourite plugins. I usually decline to answer, because it’s best to source a plugin that meets one of your specific needs rather than looking for a way to use one just because someone else really likes it. That said, most websites have a contact form, and…
Read More5 Quick Ways to Get Your Website Ready for Fall
Business is often slow during the summer, making it the ideal time for small business owners to work on their website and other marketing activities. This summer has been different than most, with so many people travelling and reuniting with friends and families for the first time in over two years. My husband and I…
Read MoreSecrets to a Killer Sales Page that Sells More Courses
You’ve created an awesome online course, and you know it will have a huge impact on people’s lives, if they’d only sign up! Although you’re probably great at explaining concepts in a way that others can understand, marketing your course and getting people to sign up requires an entirely different skill set. If you haven’t…
Read MoreChallenges of the Introverted Blogger
When I was a regular contributor to Introvert Retreat, I’d often do a Google search on ‘introvert’ to see if I could find something to blog about. One day my search led me to A Guide For The Introverted Blogger. In his fascinating article, Micah Sparacio explained that introverts are often sensitive to criticism, which…
Read MoreStill learning and going strong after 20 years in business
It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that I launched my business twenty years ago today. It doesn’t seem very long ago that I wrote What I’ve Learned in my First 10 Years of Business! My business has continued to evolve since I wrote that post, and I’ve continued to grow both personally…
Read MoreColorcinch: A powerful yet easy-to-use photo editing app
As a blogger and web designer, I’m always looking for ways to make the process of resizing photos less labour-intensive for myself and my clients. So, when someone from Colorcinch told me about their image resizer, I was eager to take it out for a spin. I confess that as a hobby photographer, I was…
Read MoreBuilding your own website? Save time and stress by reading this first.
If you’re facing a lot of start-up costs, you might be thinking about creating your own website rather than hiring a designer or developer. Before you make that decision, I encourage you to read Your First Website: Are you ready to dive in? After reading that, if you’d still like to give it a go,…
Read More10 Mistakes to avoid when creating a WordPress site
As a website caregiver, I’m often asked to take over a site created by my client or their previous service provider. In both cases, I’ve found a lot of mistakes which could easily have been avoided. Here are a few I’ve seen recently. 1. Using admin as your username Using admin as your username is…
Read More10 Ten-Minute Tasks to Keep Your Website in Top Shape
When you have a website, there’s always something that needs to be done. You may not have a solid chunk of time to devote to website tasks, but that’s no reason to just let things go. Here are 10 website tasks you can do in ten minutes or less to keep it current and running…
Read MoreIn the Spotlight
It’s always an honour to be mentioned in someone else’s blog, and it’s one that I received three times last month. My Thoughts on Life Balance First, Linda Samuels of Oh! So Organized asked me and 11 others to respond to and elaborate on this prompt: If I had less ________, I’d feel more balanced.…
Read MoreYour Business Year-End Review
With the end of the year in sight, you’re probably starting to think about your goals for 2022. Me too! But first, we need to see how we made out this year. In this post, I walk through the process of conducting a year-end review in your business. 1 – Review your goals and outcomes I…
Read MoreCan an E-learning or Membership Site help you grow your business?
As a consultant or coach, you naturally want to help people. You can’t help everyone though! There’s only so much of you to go around – and not everyone can pay your fees. Online courses and membership sites allow you to: offer an affordable option to clients with smaller budgets support clients who prefer to…
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