Many of us have spent a long time building up our Facebook business pages. Now that organic reach is {nearly} dead, some people have abandoned their pages to look for audiences elsewhere. However, some of you may want to soldier on — learning the ins and outs of what it means to build a Facebook […]
Archives for June 2014
Finding and Using Fonts for Your Website
Welcome to the world of fonts — a place you can get lost in for days only to return with — Helvetica. Designing a website is no small task, and fonts are a cornerstone of your design strategy. Though a seemingly small factor compared to a logo and/or color scheme, your font selection speaks volumes […]
22 Ideas to Help Your WordPress Website Look Customized and Professional
When you first install WordPress, it’s fairly bare bones. You are given a default theme, no plugins (or very few) and all the default settings for comments, timezone, favicon, etc. In order to make your blog or website stand out, here are 22 ways to customize your site to look like one of a kind. […]
Quick ‘n Dirty – Your Questions, Answered!
As a blog designer and social media consultant, I receive a lot of questions in my email inbox. And you’d be surprised how many are repeats! So I thought I’d start a series where I compile them in a list with no frills answers. Consider it a grab n go resource guide for you to […]
Everything You Need to Know About Twitter Lists
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Twitter Lists are the single most essential organizational tool for managing Twitter. Without them, you will be lost, disorganized, and unable to track the best tweeters in your niche. What is a list? A list is a group of tweeters that are centered around […]
IFTTT | Social Automation for Working Smarter Not Harder
I can hear what you’re thinking…Oh no! Not another social media tool to learn! I’m not introducing a new platform today, but I am going to show you how to use all these tools in the most efficient way possible. If your blog or website is the storefront to your business or platform, social media is your […]
Ask Fabulous Blogging: The Quick ‘n Dirty
As a blog designer and social media consultant, I receive a lot of questions in my email inbox. And you’d be surprised how many are repeats! So I thought I’d start a series where I compile them in a list with no frills answers. Consider it a grab n go resource guide for you to […]
Never Miss a New Pin From Your Favorite Pinners Again
This is one of those hacks that I wish I’d known about months ago. Today, I’m going to show you how to keep track of your most favorite Pinterest boards. It’s so simple! Here we go. Step One: Get a Feedly Account (or some other RSS reader). I love Feedly. It’s easy to star things, […]