We created Garden Shop of Homewood’s website several years ago, when WordPress was still thought of as a blogging platform. All they needed was a 5 page brochure-ware site to send folks for contact information, store times, and a little background on the shop. Pam Clark, the owner of Garden Shop of Homewood, recently decided to make a few updates to her site and asked what she could do to improve her search rankings. The first...
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We are proud to announce the launch of finishingtouchesbyjan.com, the new website for Jan Roberts’ finishing business. The site is WordPress-based (of course) with a custom theme developed in-house by DIS. The focus of the site is Jan’s finishing work, which includes faux finishes, surface designs, murals, trompe l’oeil, and restoration work. Congratulations to Jan on the new site! We’re proud to work with her...
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You’ll want to go directly to business.pinterest.com to set up a site specifically for businesses. You’ll be presented with a “Join as a Business” button. There are also links to learn about Pinterest but if you want to jump in and get going, click the big red button. Fill out the provided simple form. There’s a drop down to select your type of business. You’ll add a contact name. Enter your email...
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According to Pinterest, “Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing the things you love.” Seems like a great thing for hobbies, crafts, trip planning and such. The way it works is you “pin” an image or video from a website or you upload the same from your computer. Pins link back to their original sources. You then can organize the pins by topic. These collections are referred to as “boards”....
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As you may or may not have heard, this past week saw a significant number of hacking attempts on WordPress-based websites. That’s the bad news. The good news is: 1) A quick check of our client sites showed that no one has been hacked; and 2) A simple, five-minute fix can decrease the chances of a hacker gaining access to your site. In this instance, hackers are attempting to enter sites by going to the login section of the site,...
Read MoreShare your knowledge with the public! We are entering what Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? and Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, refers to as a “gift economy”. According to Wikipedia, the gift economy is “a mode of exchange where valuables are given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards.” From Wikipedia and free blog information...
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