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This is Day 5 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 4’s post here. I’ve got so used to having free wi-fi available that it comes as a surprise when I have to do without it. I found myself on a Virgin Train today, wanting to connect to their service on my MacBook.… Continue Reading Why I can’t live without free wi-fi
This is Day 4 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 3’s post here. Everyone knows it brightens up a web page to have a photo or two. It’s obviously fine to use your own photos, but you may not be a whiz with a camera, or may sometimes want to use a photo of… Continue Reading 10 Sources of Free Stock Photos For Your Website or Blog
This is Day 3 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 2’s post here. So you’ve searched for a WordPress theme and found one you like, but there’s one little thing about it that you want to change. Maybe the font is too big, or you want a different link colour. How can you… Continue Reading How You Can Customize Your WordPress Theme
This is Day 2 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 1’s post here. With WordPress sites accounting for around a fifth of all websites, it comes as no surprise that WordPress has also become the target of hackers, spammers and other nefarious characters due to its popularity. If you run your own self-hosted… Continue Reading WordPress security basics: how to keep your site safe
This is Day 1 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. I shared a tweet the other day about Sarah Arrow’s ebook, Zero to Blogger in 30 days, being given away free for a couple of days. I actually had a copy of the book from a previous giveaway and had not got round to reading… Continue Reading Why I am taking part in the 30 Day Business Blogging Challenge
WordPress 4.1 was released last month, and along with it the Twenty Fifteen theme was launched. I’ve had a look at it to see what it can do. First impressions Twenty Fifteen has some passing resemblances to the previous theme from the WordPress.org team, Twenty Fourteen, with a left sidebar and widget area. But the look… Continue Reading Thoughts on the WordPress Twenty Fifteen theme
This post is part 2 of my summary of Brad Sugars’ business seminar on 20 October 2014. Read part 1. Referrals Every business needs a referral system (or multiple systems). His dog food company gave away dog bowls or personalised dog coats to customers who referred new customers. There was an ongoing offer to give away 1… Continue Reading Brad Sugars Buying Customers – How to target your marketing, improve profit and customer loyalty, and be a happier entrepreneur (Part 2)
Brad Sugars, CEO of ActionCoach, came to Glasgow as part of his UK tour. In a packed conference room on October 20, Brad shared his wisdom following years of experience running companies and advising businesses. The topic for the seminar was ‘Buying Customers’, meaning that you invest money to acquire them. Brad’s aims for attendees were: Have… Continue Reading Brad Sugars Buying Customers – How to target your marketing, improve profit and customer loyalty, and be a happier entrepreneur (Part 1)
Note: as of October 2017, the Canvas theme is retired and is no longer available to buy. I’ve used Canvas as the basis for a few WordPress projects now. It is the main theme produced by WooThemes, and it is powered by their WooFramework. Like the Genesis framework, I’ve found some things I really like… Continue Reading Working with the Canvas theme for WordPress – pros and cons
I’ve just reached my first anniversary in business for myself. It’s been an interesting ride! I thought I would share a few insights I’ve learned along the way in my journey as a freelance website designer. 1. Be open to learning new things, always As far as web design goes, there is no point at which anyone can… Continue Reading Lessons learned from a year in business as a freelance web designer
