Rebecca Gill

Another year, another WordCamp here in Detroit.  I was excited for it to arrive and I’m definitely sad to see it go.  I love WordCamp almost as much as I love WordPress.  It brings together my favorite things: WordPress and my fellow like-minded geeks.  This year I was able to bring along my possy, which included my assistant Jen (and long time BFF), my fellow internet marketer Rachel, and our collective friend Megan who is completely new to WordPress.  Good times. This year’s WordCamp was hosted at the Detroit RenCen building.  Yes from the image below, you can see the building(s) are as cool as the name.  Not only was the RenCen luxurious, the staff was superb. Jen and I arrived to WordCamp Friday night.  We come from the burbs where husbands and children are plentiful, so sneaking down to Detroit (aka the D) Friday night was an opportunity neither of us wanted t... (more)

The Case of the Hacked WordPress Website

A few months ago I was out of town visiting a client. On my route home my faithful iPhone popped up an email from another client. The client said “something strange” was appearing on their website. Peculiar I thought, because I’m the only one with admin access and I haven’t changed anything. I thought an investigation was in order, but didn’t go much past that initial thought. Following the Clues When I could get my hands on my Mac, I checked out the website. Sure enough, there was bizarre language or code across the header. It referenced the WP e-Commerce plugin. At first I tho... (more)

Web Design Ain’t Over Until the SEO Sings

So you’ve gone through weeks of website design, content creation, and setting up your social media accounts.  You are ready to go live with your beautiful new website.  Ah, not so fast.  You’re forgetting the SEO consultant has the last word and no website should go live until your SEO guru dots all the I’s and crosses all the T’s. At Web Savvy Marketing we work on a good mix of web design projects and straight SEO consulting.  Our website design clients typically select us because our process is integrated with full search engine optimization.  The funny part is that they’re al... (more)

Why DIY Websites Are Many Times a Horrible Mistake

So you’ve finally made the decision – you need a new website.  If that’s the case, you’re probably trying to figure out if you should hire a professional or try to go it alone.  If you’re a small business or a tech savvy marketer, you’ve considered doing it yourself or maybe even decided to take the DIY website route.   For some, this can be a great decision. For others – aka most – this can be a disaster. The DIY Website Designer Lately I’ve received a lot of emails and calls from people who ventured down the DIY website path only to find themselves going astray.  They realized... (more)

Pimping my Website with Plugins

Virtually everyone has heard of MTV’s Pimp my Ride. The world of web development has been blessed by a little friend called a plugin that allows webmaster’s to pimp their websites. A plugin is the webmasters best friend when designing personalized websites via open source (aka free) CMS (content management systems) like WordPress or Joomla. They are many times free or available for low subscriptions or onetime fees. WordPress and Joomla are common open source or free software packages that are available for download and usage via the Internet. These two CMS packages represent a ... (more)