I’ve long made it a mission to support small businesses in my community and the February edition of that is the first time I’ve made a conscious effort to document that. Let’s see how I did: My kids both needed…
Recently, more clients have wanted to use advertising to promote their businesses. And there’s confusion over what kind of advertising they should do. In simple terms, there are two models – search advertising (on Google, exclusively) and display advertising (everything…
I get this question asked in a couple of online groups at least once per week (maybe more), so I thought I’d answer it in a blog post. What does a basic website cost? Basic would be described as an…
In my SEO Basics series, I cover some things every small business owner needs to do to their website whether you host on Shopify, Squarespace, WordPress or another platform. This article is SEO Basics: How to get Backlinks (the easy…
Do you want a super simple five-minute registration setup for one event or a few events? Ann recently deployed a super simple system using one professional version of a popular and well-developed WordPress plugin WP Forms for a dog training…
I recommend that you take a day off to get out in nature and dream about what you want your business to be this holiday/new year. What Would Your Life Look Like IF: WWYLLLI (wiley) is a great way to…
I love to create handmade gifts – in years past I would bake cookies for clients! While I don’t do that any more (allergies and really, an overproduction of holiday treats at this time of year), I do still love…
As an entrepreneur, do you journal? Whether you choose personal or professional journaling, or a hybrid, here’s the entrepreneur’s guide to journaling. I’ve journaled for over forty years. In the beginning, it was Dear Diary with big loopy letters, for…
I have a small collection of how-to WordPress tutorials on YouTube. I’m about to split of my YouTube channel into marketing/web and sewing / craft. Why? Because my sewing/craft reviews and tutorials get WAY more views than my marketing/web ones…