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The Plight of Working from Home When I joined the “work from home” world, I imagined it would be a land of fun and freedom. Partly it is but the numerous distractions really limit productivity. From the mounds of clothes that need to be washed, house begging to be cleaned, and the fridge asking to […]

Although there are countless contact forms for WordPress, the tried and true (and free) Contact form 7 plugin is still widely used. Sometimes simple is better and with a little HTML and CSS skills, anyone can create quick forms. Here are the top addons and tips that we implement ourselves.   Track contact form submission attribution […]

You will find useful yet simple excel tips that has saved me countless hours processing data. Although there are insanely advanced ways to use Excel, this blog post will be continously updated with practical beginner tips that most people would need to use. This is for 2013 but some features are liklely to be found […]

For most growth focused businesses, shared hosting will usually suffice. However, shared hosting is just that – SHARED with hundreds and sometimes thousands of other accounts. Problems will arise sooner or later and the company that was once great will become a thorn in your side. This tends to happen more frequently with companies with […]

As business owners, we focus on growing our business.  The cost of hiring an in-house experienced marketing/SEO/Web designer can be daunting for small to medium sized business owners. It usually makes more sense financially to outsource to a marketing company.  From million dollar marketing companies to small freelancers, I have seen this tactic played out […]

On March 16, 2016, the Google webmaster blog announced that they will once again increase the ranking signal strength of mobile friendly websites when showing search results on mobile devices. This important update rolls out in May 2016. However, they said if another non-mobile friendly site has more relevant content in relation to the search terms, another […]

RAM (memory) issues can cause random freezing and lagging of your Windows Operating System, including blue screens of death. Aside from swapping them out with known working RAM, Windows 10 has a built-in feature that will diagnose your memory upon reboot. Type “mdsched” (without quotes) in the “ask me anything” text field that is next […]

Broken links or 404 errors can really hamper the user experience. Have you ever been to a website and clicked a link that didn’t work, saw X’s over missing images, or a video that wasn’t valid any longer? I don’t know about you, but if I’m shopping for professional services or products, that’s a major […]

Two easy CRON jobs that will have you feeling confident that your files are backed up! For WordPress sites, I recommend UpDraft Plus and use it on all my client’s sites flawlessly. However, for non-Wordpress sites, your hosting company might provide a daily or weekly backup as part of your hosting package. Regardless, it’s best practice […]