Used to be, a professionally designed and printed business card was all a small business needed to achieve credibility and garner trust. In the age of VistaPrint, though, any two-bit hustler can have a high-quality, impressive business card. (Not that there’s anything wrong with VistaPrint – I use them myself!) Today, a professionally-designed website is the …
Category: Small Business Websites
Sep 24
Small Biz Owners: Don’t Get Bullied by Your Web Designer!
Y’know what really burns my butt (besides a flame about 2 feet high)? It’s when web designers employ tactics that essentially intimidate small business owners into using their services. Or, worse yet, hold them hostage through their domain and hosting accounts. So I’d like to share these tips on how to protect yourself from having …
Apr 24
Yes, Virginia, You CAN Get Free Images for Use on the Web!! [UPDATED FOR 2018]
You CAN get images for your blog, social media, website, newsletter, etc completely, honestly and absolutely free at www.Unsplash.com. Granted, they don’t have thousands of images (yet) and they’re not searchable in the traditional sense (where you type a keyword into their provided search field and receive a list of every image related to that …
Sep 30
Google Encrypted Search and SEO – No Need to Panic!
There’s been a lot of talk (maybe too much talk) about Google’s roll-out of encrypted search. This has actually been a soft roll-out nearly two years in the making. In 2011, they began encrypted searches for all users who were signed in to their Google accounts. Now they have made the switch to secure search …
Jun 14
No More Price Banners on Pinterest!
Remember how you could type a dollar amount in the description for a ‘pin’ and like magic, Pinterest would insert a groovy little banner up in the corner over your image? Well, NO MORE!! Now, with the roll-out of other ‘enhancements’ in mid-May, Pinterest has done away with those cute little banners (and the little boost it brought …









