Yearly Archives: 2009

How To Make a Facebook Page

A facebook page for your business is different than your personal facebook page (why do they call them both pages?).  It is confusing, but I finally found a slideshare guide that explains it perfectly. Thanks to Olaf Nitz and slideshare. Fancy Facebook Fan Pages – A Step By Step Guide View more presentations from Olaf […]

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Why Local Search Matters To You

Image via CrunchBase According to Small Business News, in 2008 the use of local tools to find local businesses rose 58%.  Even better news is that 75% of searches are not “brand driven”, so smaller businesses have a strong reason to have an online presence.  Nearly half of these searches went on to make a […]

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Web Checklist for Monterey Websites

Image via Wikipedia Website owners in the Monterey Bay can benefit from this excellent checklist to make your site as search engine friendly as you can. This list is from SearchEngineGuide‘s Stoney DeGuyter.  If you want your pages indexed easily and often, follow these tips: Correct robots.txt file: Make sure robots.txt file is free from […]

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1Clicktale Analytics Tool for Monterey Websites

Do you know what users are doing on your web pages? I have been using Google Analytics for years; lately I have added Clicktales to the arsenal as well. Clicktales records visitors’ every movement within your website and records it for you in a video. Wondering about shopping cart abandonment? What amount of time each […]

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Growing Your Business On a Budget

By Guest Author Ali Brown “5 Ways to Keep Learning and Growing – Even on a Tight Budget” by Ali Brown I recently received a long letter from one of my readers – whom I’ll call “Amy” — that went something like this, “Ali, I see you’re now charging beaucoup bucks for your coaching programs […]

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Free Blog Monitor for Monterey Bloggers

If you are adding content to your website or blog, you already know life would be easier with fresh ideas and new things to share with your readers.  With thousands of new blogs created everyday, finding information could be like trying to pick out one of these boats in the Monterey Harbor. Sure, you use […]

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