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

January 12, 2010

When you kick off your next webstite or perhaps even with the one you already have, focus on what matters and what will get you results (sales, 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. [...]

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

December 17, 2009

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.

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WordPress Membership Sites, WishList and Micro-Continuity

September 22, 2009

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 [...]

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Moving to Google Apps

August 13, 2009

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 [...]

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7 Things You Should Not Do On Your Web Site

August 11, 2009

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 things I [...]

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Alternative Ways To Monetize Online

February 2, 2009

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 [...]

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Twitter Applied

August 16, 2008

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 [...]

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Getting more from Google Mail

May 8, 2008

I’m a huge fan of most Google applications and am consistently turning my web development clients on to the benefits of using GMail for managing e-mail, typically via their own domain and Google Apps. A while back I stumbled upon this post on the official GMail blog explaining how use “multiple” addresses while only [...]

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