WP Engine – Rock Solid WordPress Hosting

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As vsellis.com has continued to grow the need for a very solid hosting platform has become increasingly important. After maintaining my own server for a few years, and not being particularly good at it, I started looking around for managed hosting. About that time, friend Aaron Brazel started work with a specialized WordPress host, Austin …Read More

The Truth About Website Hosting

How complicated can web hosting be? Hosting is a commodity right? Not so fast… While it’s true you can get website hosting for $5 a month (sometimes less), just because you can doesn’t mean you should. In the following video, taken from the 1st OpenCamp Meet Up, John P. explains the different types of website …Read More

5 Things To Stop Obsessing Over On Your Website: a.k.a. “Can I get that button in cornflower blue?”

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When you kick off your next webstite or refresh the one you already have, focus on what matters and what will get you results (content, leads, whatever…), not what won’t. Put another way, don’t focus on things that really just serve to distract you from the real work of building a business website. Definte your …Read More

Interview with John Pozadzides of Woopra on Practical Applications of Real Time Analytics

I recently had an opportunity to sit down with John Pozadzides, CEO of Woopra to discuss practical applications for real-time analytics and how real-time information can impact your business including the financial implications on the bottom line.

WordPress Membership Sites, WishList and Micro-Continuity

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I’ve been building WordPress Membership Sites using WishList Member for about 9 months now but the concept of micro-continuity is one of the more intriguing concepts I’ve run across for membership site models. If you aren’t already familiar with the concept of Micro-Continuity I’d encourage you to watch the video explanation of micro-continuity and a …Read More

Moving to Google Apps

Update: As you are reading this article keep in mind the principles of minimalism (excellent read from Zen Habits) and apply that to ditching your email client. You might have to learn a little something new but few moving parts means less complexity and less opportunity for things to break, and ultimately less work for …Read More

7 Things You Should Not Do On Your Web Site

Let me start by saying that while every rule is made to be broken it’s important to know the rules so you can break them properly (Dalai Lama). While I acknowledge exceptions, there are a few things you should generally avoid, especially on your business website. As a professional web developer these are a few …Read More

Alternative Ways To Monetize Online

When we think of ways to make money online advertising dollars and selling products are the obvious choices. And while it’s important to focus on your main revenue stream first and get it nailed down don’t just stop there. All too often there are unexplored revenue streams that can add to the bottom line with …Read More

Twitter Applied

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It hasn’t failed to surprise me how many people don’t get an application like Twitter. I will concede that most of the “noise” on Twitter, not unlike much of the noise on the web is just that, “noise.” However, like the web, Gwitter like applications have potential to be more than the “Me-generations” platform for …Read More