Enough with the excuses. Social media is not hard to get into. Just do it!

Some people don’t even know they have a database, let alone know how to go about optimizing it!

This post contains the (not so) magic trick to fixing everything about your website. Care to find out? Read on!

Figure out exactly what makes your website too confusing.

What do you do when the power goes out on your website? What happens when things go wrong with your site? Do you have a backup plan?

Have you ever started reading a How To guide for websites, only to discover that you feel like you’re reading a foreign language? This is for you.

Learn the way that websites work (and how to put one together).

If you just can’t get your head around the technical aspect, but you really need to get one online – this is the answer.

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The number one question I receive from people is “how do I get my website set up?”

Even a quick search on Twitter shows the dire need for an answer:

Finally, an answer to the question “How do I make a website?”

I have put together the ultimate beginner’s guide to understanding how websites work and how to get one up and running in under 20 minutes.

This includes a 17 minute long MP3 and a PDF guide in which I walk you through:

Understanding how websites work
Explaining how the elements of a website come together
Understanding what open-source is
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Part Six of The Small Business Website Guide for Business Owners

Welcome to part 6 of the Small Business Website Guide. In the past we’ve reviewed why websites are important for your small business and how you can plan for a great website. We’ve talked about what you should do on your own and when to hire a designer. You’ve also learned what a successful site consists of and how to get started in keyword research. Today you’re going to learn the essentials of how to write content which is both visitor friendly and search engine friendly!

Here’s an overview of today’s lessons in writing search engine friendly content for small business web:

Lesson 1: Users don’t read
Lesson 2: Think like a searcher
Lesson 3: Simplify
Lesson 4: Simplify
Lesson 5: Would you read it?
Lesson 6: Writing 101

Today, I discovered Wordle. It’s this neat app that allows you to create beautiful word clouds using custom text input, an RSS feed, or your Delicious account. Well, I wanted to input my Facebook status feed, but alas – I could not find it!

After a little research, I finally found a useful post about finding your Facebook Status RSS feed at Tech Life Web, and I wanted to share my findings with you guys.

*** UPDATE 6/22/2010: Thanks to Shirish, I have learned that this only works if you’re a long time Facebook user. If these instructions aren’t working for you, it may be because you were late to the party!

*** UPDATE 6/24/2011: It would appear there’s some Facebook apps available to provide this functionality if you search for them. Anyone want to … Read More »

Recently I’ve been making a bigger effort at being an active member of Twitter. Doing so made me realize that I wanted a cute, memorable icon as my profile picture. I wanted people to see me, as well as get an idea of what my focus is on Twitter (which lately has been photography).

Step One: Create the canvas

You have 73×73 pixels to work with. Using Photoshop (or whatever image editor you use that can save transparent PNGs), create a new document 73×73 at 72DPI.

This is what 73×73 pixels looks like:

Step Two: Choose your elements

Since I wanted to show both my niche (photography) and myself, I decided to look for some icons to work with. I found the icons I wanted in the free “Function Icon Set” package.

These are the items I chose to work with for my picture:

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