Online Marketing Tips ~ Blogging Your Brand with Wordpress

Headspace2: The End Of An Era in SEO

Headspace2 is no longer supported. I can’t tell you how sad I am. Frustrated. Confused. Maybe a little bitter. Headspace2 was an SEO plugin I found some time ago. As anyone who follows me knows, it’s a plugin I have proclaimed long and loud. I install it on all my...
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Unlimited Backup For The Price Of Coffee

Okay, you might have noticed it’s been a bit quiet around here. In fact, it’s positively ghost town-ish. That’s because I’ve been as busy as a one-armed-paper-hanger on a new project. A project near and dear to my little geeky heart. Something I wish had...
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Responsive Web Design : Going Mobile? It’s A Requirement.

First Impressions Count. Does Your Site Render Well On Mobile? As a web designer or site owner, you owe it to your customers to offer a place on the web they can visit to learn more about you, on the device of their choice. Sites that display only one way are doing to be missing...
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Trackback Spam: The Price Of Page Rank

I don’t mind telling you, there is a downside to finally getting your blog a page rank. Trackback Spam. And yes, I have written before about the wonderful way to get inbound links to your blog using Trackback’s, but this isn’t what I meant. Leave it to spammers...
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Add Images With Pixlr’s Help : Online Photo Editing

As you probably already know, *eye-candy* for your blog posts help make it easy to read, keeps your visitor’s attention longer and helps convey the emotional content (where applicable). But consistently adding images and making them appropriate to the post means having...
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Who I Am

Yep, I’m a geek.

A techno-nerd of the geeky variety with her nose stuck to a computer monitor almost every where I go. Well, except when I am out riding quad’s or motorcycles. But that’s only because I get motion sickness trying to read the screen while bouncing down the trail.

Nope. Not kidding.

Build websites and blogs. Teach. Train. Make how to videos. Coach. Brand. SEO websites. If it’s geeky, I am all over it.

I particularly like the 1 on 1 coaching since I get a real charge out of watching someone start a task they don’t believe they can do, and then do it really well.

I love my job. I love building websites and blogs. I love creating. How can I help you?

Please use ths page to contact me for ANY reason. Suggestion, complaints, hints, tips, questions or just to say hi!

Need a quote? Want to know if I can help? Reach me here.

Want to ask a question? I might feature the answer on my FAQ section.

Some Of My Recent Work

Click the mag glass to view large. To see and read more on each, click Portfolio link.

Scallywaggs Gymnastics in Australia

Dog Guard VA in Virginia. (Update: No longer using my theme)

Lapband Information Site (Adsense revenue site)

Portland Home Source : Real Estate site

Point Loma Cleaners : Dry cleaners in San Diego

Eco Market Store : Green products for a cleaner environment

Positively You, with MK : Healthy living coach

Entrepreneur and Direct Mail Advertising Consultant Deborah Klemin was seeking a more modern appearance and easier maintenace of her existing site. She was restricted to using a developer to add anything and was having trouble getting her site found by the search engines.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Aggregate

Visit the live site Money Mailer of South Orange County

Entrepreneur and Property Broker Uwe Jacobs came to me to replace an existing site he had, which he had to rely on someone else to manage for him. The need to hite a developer for every little thing was something he wanted to eliminate. He also wanted special customization code to allow tracking the Newsletter and making portions of the site available to only paid members.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Elegant Estate

Visit the live site Property Friends

Entrepreneur and chef Maria T Cummins came to me with a site she had created herself using HTML. She wanted to make managing her site easier, and she wanted a polished website to go with her newly designed logo. Since she was opening a new store front, the web presence was becoming more and more important.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Chameleon

Visit the live site Cooking with Kids Miami

Entrepreneur and community activitivist Kathleen Hedlund contacted me about creating a new look for her non-profit site and getting a little one on one coaching for how to get it found. We started with a new theme from Elegant and customized it to exactly match her goals.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Modest

Visit the live site St Alegis

Entrepreneurs Denis Foley and Carol Hansen decided to add an online business to represent their offline passion, chickens! They selected an Elegant Theme and then we tweaked it to match their specific goals. They really like the large featured image area at the top of the page, and additional advertising space.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Cold Stone

Visit the live site Chicken Junkie

Entrepreneur and former Pentagon Security Consultant Matt Burgess contacted me about creating a new site for a business he was planning on starting, and a little one on one coaching for how to get it found. He choose the eStore theme from Elegant Themes to allow him to highlight with emotional images, his services.

Theme: Elegant Themes : eStore

Visit the live site Security Integrator

Professional author and Sales training specialist, Ann Barr was looking to replace her old web blog with a new fresh look that was crisp and well defined. She choose the clean lines of True Type and had me customize the look and feel to be more her style.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Pure Type

Visit the live site Ann Barr’s Blog

Dentist and business man Dr Randy Latta was looking to showcase his new modern office space, his extended staff and new family centric practice. The theme he choose highlights all the special service features he offers while still allowing him to attract the search engines with newly minted content on his blog.

Theme: Elegant Themes : The Professional

Visit the live site WNC Dental

While a lot depends on the theme you choose, and we can certainly recommend some of the best themes out there, having your message match your theme and vice versa goes a long way to promoting the image you want.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Cold Stone

Visit the live site Eco Friendly Green Earth

World of Warcraft Info needed a theme heavy in images with dark and brooding colors. TheSource theme at Elegant was a perfect match that offered features like random posts, tabbed areas to reduce the space requirements and clear and concise category lists.

Theme: Elegant Themes : The Source

Visit the live site World of Warcraft Info

Attorney and business woman Nancy Byerly Jones was looking to merge her business website with her blog into a single site. Not wanting to lose the professional appearance of the website or the ease of use with the blog, Nancy decided on eBusiness from Elegant Themes.

Theme: Elegant Themes : eBusiness

Visit the live site Law Business Tips

Sue Marostica was looking for an upgrade to her existing site that would bring in new features, while retaining a strong western flavor. We selected the Elegant Themes ElegantEstate theme and made substantial modifications.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Elegant Estate

Visit the live site Gold Buckle Champion

Cake makers David and Sam wanted a site to wow their visitors and show off their beautiful gourmet cakes, pastries and desserts, while still retaining the features and ease of maintenance of a blog. We selected an Elegant Theme eStore and modified to match their specific goals. This crisp and clean design was an immediate hit.

Theme: Elegant Themes : eStore

Visit the live site Bakery Delivered

Montana Cutting Horse Association contacted me about creating a new look for their site and getting a little one on one coaching for how to get it found. We started with a new theme from Elegant and customized it to exactly match their goals. They also wanted it easy to maintain and add on to.

Theme: Elegant Themes : Minimal

Visit the live site Montana CHA