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A Simplified Users Guide to Wordpress

A Simplified Users Guide to Wordpress

Axemedia has developed a very useful simple guide to using Wordpress (WP) for those new to managing a WP powered site. In particular those who’ve had their WP site set up for them by a web designer or developer. It covers the common tasks of writing and managing content and basic site maintenance. It does [...]

Google Caffeine is Coming Soon!

Google Caffeine is Coming Soon!

Sometime in the next few days, Google Caffeine, their newest search engine algorithm, is going to be fully operational.
Google is always improving user experience, but this is their first major algorithm change in quite a while. Caffeine will significantly speed up Google’s results and will give more weight to website-specific keywords. Sites with content that [...]

10 Online Marketing Trends for 2010

10 Online Marketing Trends for 2010

I met John Arnold at a conference in Phoenix about 2 years ago, and was impressed with his approach to marketing. He could take large concepts and make them not only understandable, but important for small business people.

Local Marketing Works – 3 Million Page Views!!

Local Marketing Works – 3 Million Page Views!!

“Local marketing for local businesses really works,” says Lynne LaMaster, Publisher at Prescott eNews. “On Christmas Day, we passed 3,000,000 page views for the year!”
PrescottENews.com is an online newspaper that covers the activities, business, government, sports, education and upcoming events for the Prescott, AZ, area. Lynne started her online business just two years ago, and [...]

We’re a Favorite Place on Google

We’re a Favorite Place on Google

I just received a letter (a real letter — on paper!) from the Google Local Business Team, telling me that Sigma Web Technologies’ business listing as accessed 240 times in the past quarter, and driving directions were accessed 38 times.
The letter goes on to say “Because you’re so popular, we’re enclosing a window decal that [...]