This morning I reached 1000 Pinterest followers on my new Pinterest account! -confetti and fanfare- This comes exactly two months from when I began my Pinterest account in late September. More importantly, in that time I’ve doubled the traffic I receive from Pinterest. But most notable is the HUGE amount of information I’ve learned about Pinterest in […]
Flat Lay Photography for Web Sites and Blogs
One of the hottest trends in online is flat lay photography. If you’re not familiar with it, you’ve probably already seen it around. Flat lay is where you lay items flat and take a photo from directly above. Here’s an example of a flat lay photograph I took: This is a simple example of flat […]
Web Hosts: Picking the Best Web Host For YOU!
I currently use several web hosts for my web sites. Over the past 20 years, I’ve had at least half a dozen different web hosts. I had some customer service and outage issues in my earlier years online, slowly learning what is and isn’t important in site web hosting. Over time, I’ve come to rely on a few […]
Pinterest Graphic Sizes: Magic Ratio for Viral Pins
Pinterest is a very visual medium. If you want to be on Pinterest, you must up your graphics game. I am a longtime experience graphic designer (20+ years), and even I was challenged in my first few months on Pinterest. What works on other social media platforms does not work on Pinterest. And not only is […]
Pinterest Followers: Get Your First 100 Followers
Pinterest is a very strong social platform and I recommend everyone use it to network and promote their web sites and blogs. I’ve been using Pinterest for my business site since its early “waiting list” period many years ago and benefit greatly from it. My business Pinterest account has 5000 followers, all organically obtained with minimal effort. Recently […]
Starting a Web Site: A Basecamp for Jenuine Sites
I get approached by colleagues and friends about helping them create web sites and blogs on a regular basis. Of course I help. I LOVE to help people realize their dreams to start a web site or a blog. I’ve been on the web before it even became available for consumers. I was a beta tester for AOL’s World Wide Web […]