5 Ways to Survive a Conference
It’s the final day of WordCamp Chicago and I’ve had a blast being here, doing a little sightseeing and just hanging with some online buddies I don’t see in person often (or ever) …. So here are a couple of ways I’ve survived (and thrived) in this conference and am excited to come back ….
Chicago Day 2 – Photos
We walked down Michigan Ave., went up to the John (aka Herbie) Hancock Observatory, and Millennium Park, took our photo on the Jelly Bean (the wierd mirror blob) and of course eat at Giordano’s Pizza.
Our Newest New Venture: WebDesign.com
For the last couple of months, we’ve been working behind the scenes to launch our next venture. Not talking about it openly has been extremely hard as we’ve been so excited about it. We’ve acquired the category-defining domain name for our new venture: WebDesign.com For those of you familiar with domain names of this caliber,
How to Look for a Super Small Office Space for Freelancers
One of the most enjoyable things I’ve done as an entrepreneur is look for our first office, which we affectionately called The Dorm Room. It was a simple 300-square-foot, one room office. We had a small closet and a window. We shared Internet for a while with the other tenants, until we need to hog
New Business WordPress Theme Released: Charlie
We just released a new blue and white WordPress biz theme called Charlie at iThemes.
The Value of an Active, Simple To-Do List
Over the years of working in pressure-cooker situations like as a newspaper editor with daily deadlines, I quickly learned the value of a simple to-do list. I’m writing this post because I want to share this with our team at iThemes, but also to those outside of our circle. This is not rocket science. It’s
‘As Seen on TV’: Marketing Ideas Gleaned from Infomercials
I stumbled upon this CNBC Original Episode titled “As Seen on TV,” a revealing report on the $150 billion informercial industry … I tried to take decent notes but these are, at best, paraphrases from the report from various infomercial giants … there’s some real gold here: “We tried to convince people of something they
Social Media’s Great Opportunity Is …
… Search Engine Optimization. I just touched on this when I said that the day a social media platform (like Facebook or Twitter) outranks me in Google for my own name is the day I might consider changing my online strategy. I still firmly believe that WordPress-powered sites on your own domain name – with
Go Where the Conversation Is
It’s taken me a while to finally realize that “the conversation” isn’t on my blog. In fact, unless you’re like Penelope Trunk (an awesome, sharp writer with big-time exposure) and blog about going to your first day of marriage counseling (or even something remotely controversial), there’s a chance the conversation isn’t on your blog either.
How to Start Your Own WordPress Web Development Business Today
I remember the first weeks and months of trying to break into the web design field … It was hard. It was drastically different from my print design background (my first career was as a newspaper journalist). There were so many things to learn. After I learned some basic CSS skills, like what to look