Setting Up A Wordpress Blog- Intro
Sunday, September 28th, 2008One of the promises of Web 2.0 is a fast and cheap launch to the web for the average user. Web 2.0 technology is suppose to lower the barrier to entry and allow users to get on the web and get their content out to the millions of internet users just waiting for you launch […]
Posted in Featured, How-to, Technology, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »>Your Online Business Plan
Friday, September 26th, 2008Like anything you do with your business you need (or should) make a plan. Unless you are in the habit of wasting time and money, having an effective strategy for your on line presence is important. Take the time to plan how your web presence will enhance and support your business objectives and keep […]
Posted in Business Practices, Quick Tip | No Comments »>Blog Is A Four Letter Word
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008When it comes to writing blog posts it can be like pulling teeth. We build a lot of blogging components for clients along with obviously keeping our own blog. Often starting and maintaining a blog can take a Herculean effort. “Hey, client work needs to be done! Contractors need to be paid! Whose going to […]
Posted in Business Practices, Copy writing, Ruminations, Web 2.0 | No Comments »>Vocabulary Readers Wins Teacher Choice Award
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008We found out today that Vocabulary Readers a series that Holly has been designing just won a Teachers Choice Award. Holly has designed nearly 80 books for this series of the past 3 years. Vocabulary Readers is an early reader series that helps young students with reading by introducing science to them at the same […]
Posted in Portfolio, print, Educational-Books, Announcement | No Comments »>Jacket Flap: Social Networking for the Children’s Publishing Industry
Friday, September 19th, 2008Social networks are a staple of the Web 2.0 scene and most people are familiar with MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn as ways to connect and network with other people. Sometimes the breadth and scope of a network like LinkedIn can seem a little daunting. I struggle sometimes to see the benefits of participating in such […]
Posted in Quick Tip, Technology, Web 2.0 | No Comments »>Economic Downturn, Now What?
Friday, September 19th, 2008You can’t swing a dead cat these days without hearing the bad news about the economy. It’s not hard to get mired in the doom and gloom and become recession roadkill. But bad times can spark some critical re-thinking and self evaluation. I found this on the webs today on how to help recession proof […]
Posted in Business Practices, Ruminations, Favorite Links | No Comments »>Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Email Hacked
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Last week, I wrote about password security and making sure you use secure passwords. This week VP candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account was hacked by simply answering a few password recovery security questions. The Huffington Post breaks it down here. Of course, Ms. Palin like most of us chose to use real language answers, […]
Posted in Quick Tip, Technology | No Comments »>Stephen Colbert’s Interview with Bob Lutz- Priceless!
Thursday, September 18th, 2008GM CEO Bob Lutz appeared last night on the “Colbert Report” to promote the new Chevy Volt, a plug in hybrid that promises the to deliver around 150mpg for trips shorter than 40 miles until the Volt begins to use a small gas engine to recharge the cars battery pack. The significance is that most […]
Posted in RAVES, Technology | No Comments »>Password Security
Friday, September 12th, 2008Often, client calls provide a lot of fodder for posts on our blog. recently, because of hosting security reasons we changed our clients passwords. Tail-spin! Of course, we created random passwords with lots of the things that make for secure passwords, you know, $ T h t B 5 6 ^ a G, random combinations […]
Posted in Quick Tip | 1 Comment »>The Echols Group
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Posted in Featured, Portfolio, Web | No Comments »>
Using Name Walls- Cover Design
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Posted in Portfolio, print, Educational-Books | No Comments »>