This is a huge debate among people just getting started with online business. Should you use WordPress which a little bit more of a learning curve? Or use squarespace the quick and easy method just sign up for an account pay $50 a month and boom your on line. Well this argument has valid points from all sides and has the most typical answer in the book. It depends. Now when I say Squarespace I'm referring to all, all in one platforms that are like squarespace there are a ton of them out there, … [Read more...]
Doing the DIY Website
Websites are expensive. A good design and development team to do your site professionally isn’t cheap. I know that. You’re likely here because you want to start your own online business of some sort. I’m here to tell you it's not necessary to hire a professional team to get your website up and running. Places like Wix, Squarespace and several others offer this service but then you're on their platform and subject to their rules as to what you can sell and sometimes what content you can … [Read more...]
Why Mobile Design is Important
The Internet viewing audience is rapidly making the shift to mobile. Most people browse online through a smartphone or a tablet or something that is a mixture of both. If you have a site that hasn't been updated since 2012, you are probably due for an upgrade. You see, before the introduction of mobile, sites were viewed on pretty standard screen sizes and pretty much looked the same on every computer. If you were an early adopter of smart phones then you probably know the pain of viewing a … [Read more...]
Blogging is still alive and kicking
I keep hearing all over the web that blogging is dead. Social media is taking over and there just is no place for self hosted blogs anymore. Well, I can tell you at least one reason why that is false. You are here reading this. This is a blog post on a personal blog and now I'm here to tell you why blogging is not dead, again. The reason other than you being here reading this, blogging is not dead because people have their own platform. You see social media only has the power it does … [Read more...]
My top 3 podcasts of 2016 (so far)
Podcasting has changed my life, quite literally. I started listening to podcasts back before they were cool again. Not just saying that, it's true. I've been listening to podcasts for more than four years. I started with investing podcasts and moved onto more technology based podcasts, as I'm trying to shift my focus to a career in tech. My current job is over an hour from my house so I have a lot of time everyday to listen to them. And I listen to a lot of them. Although I have found that … [Read more...]
What I’m doing to learn JavaScript Deeply
Being a so called developer in the web world it's almost a must to know JavaScript. Yet there's a lot of people who don't. Don't worry if you're one of those people so am I (shhh don't tell anyone.) Well at least I used to be. Back in December 2015 at the very first Word Camp US (which I attended) WordPress co-founder and Automattic's CEO Matt Mullenweg announced to everyone that they should learn JavaScript deeply. My biggest question was why? Isn't WordPress written in PHP? Yes, … [Read more...]
Defining your audience
Here’s a bombshell for you, are you ready? Your product and/or service is not for everyone. It is 100% impossible and unrealistic for everyone to find purpose in your product or service. So do NOT waste time targeting people who don't want your product, who will never want it, and who are not interested. You end up with wasted money on ads and resources and no ROI return on investment. With wasted money and no return you ultimately face a huge problem… you have no money. With no money you have … [Read more...]
Why have a Website
Why have a website when you can have a Facebook page or Twitter account or any other social media platform out there? That’s a good point and a good argument. For a long time I thought the same thing especially when Facebook came out and said they were going to make it possible to have an online store embedded within your page. I know there's etsy, amazon, ebay etc. to sell your items online, and there are all these social media platforms out there to house your content. … [Read more...]