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)
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)
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)
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)
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)