Archive for the ‘Website Reviews’ Category

The Dani Vlad Family Firesale

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

As you might know, I try to help out with some fundraising efforts each year. Within the past year we have raised funds for missionaries in Belize and India, and it was just a little over a year ago that Eric's Tips readers helped raise money for a boy with ...

Traffic Sage Outsourced Web Traffic and SEO Review

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

For the past 18 days, I've been on vacation in France (with brief side-trips into Spain and Italy). I'll post some pictures soon, but first I want to tell you about how I was able to increase traffic to my website while on vacation, doing no work. I outsourced it! A few ...

The State of Twitter: Thriving but Not for Everyone

Friday, April 17th, 2009

This is the follow-up to my recent State of Twitter Part 1 post, in which I talked about the growth of Twitter, its proliferation in the media, and my decision to give it a try. Along with my previous post, I conducted a survey about Twitter to over 1,500 participants. This ...

The State of Twitter: Part 1

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

On January 3rd of 2008, I wrote a blog post entitled: Stop Twittering and Focus on Your Business Well, I'm not issuing an official retraction of my stance on twitter... YET. But that day might be coming soon. In the 16 months since I wrote that post, twitter has grown at a ...

LESSON #33: Getting Started with WordPress

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

(Part 1 in a series of 4) Throughout the previous several lessons, I've covered a handful of different ways of building a website. Now it's time to talk about my favorite method! Today we're going to use WordPress... (Watch this video...) Main points: WordPress = blogging platform and content management system (CMS). A CMS ...