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Updating Wordpress The Quick And Easy Way - Automatic Upgrade Plugin

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Time Management, Web Design & Development

Since moving to Roatan, my new tropical home, there’s been one main issue that I’ve needed to deal with in my online business.
Limited Bandwith.
Back in the UK I had unlimited bandwith. I could download and upload to my hearts content. I’m sure this is a luxury most of you reading this will have [...]



Get A Top Of The Range Web 2.0 Logo For $19!

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Branding, Grow Your Online Business, Web Design & Development

I came across an online business with a new logo design concept whilst browsing news at Qassia yesterday.
It’s so cool that I just had to share it with you. For $19 you can get yourself a snazzy Web 2.0 logo that looks really, really slick. Yep, for just $19!! (£10!!)
Sounds great! But [...]



Is Your Hosting Account Losing You Sales?

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Grow Your Online Business, SEO & Traffic, Web Design & Development

Photo by Grahambones
If you sell your products and services to a geographically specific audience it matters where your website is hosted.
For example, I sell products primarily to a UK audience. Therefore I host my website in the UK, with a UK based hosting company.
Now this is not because I’m patriotic (;-) ), it’s [...]



Traffic, Smaffic. What You Really Need To Know To Make Sales Online

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Grow Your Online Business, Internet Marketing Techniques, SEO & Traffic, Web Design & Development

photo by mortsan
If you market your business online, one of your biggest missions is probably getting traffic to your website.
You’ve learned that you can’t just slap up any old website and sit back and wait for the visitors to flood in. So, bearing this in mind, you get busy finding ways to attract [...]



Making Text Interesting

By Amanda Vlahakis • Category: Advertising Your Online Business, Branding, Grow Your Online Business, Web Design & Development

The title of this could instead have been ‘Making Typography Interesting’ or even better than this; ‘Creative Typography’ but I didn’t want to potentially confuse any non-designers with the word typography, the meaning of which isn’t clear to all.
Typography is defined the art of working with text/fonts…their arrangement, positioning and layout for example, and [...]



Pros and Cons Of Using Wordpress To Power Your Main Business Website

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Grow Your Online Business, SEO & Traffic, Social Networking, Web Design & Development

Pros

Wordpress is free. Your only real costs are your hosting account.
It’s easy to install, especially if you use a hosting company that has a ‘one-click’ installation option.
You can choose from 100’s of free themes for your website. Themes are templates that once uploaded to your server can be activated at the [...]



How Social Networking Can Help You Grow And Improve Your Business

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Grow Your Online Business, Social Networking, Web Design & Development

I recently created this webzine using Wordpress and in the process learned some powerful tools you can use to create a dynamic website for any type of business, for free!
Yes that’s right, you can create a website for your business for FREE!
Coming from someone who paid £5,000 for her first website to be designed five [...]



How To Structure Outgoing Links So You Don’t Lose Customers

By Leigh Hunt • Category: Grow Your Online Business, Internet Marketing Techniques, SEO & Traffic, Web Design & Development

Do you have external links enticing your visitors away from your website? If you do, they might be costing you business.
Having external links on your website is not a bad thing.
In fact, if they are of interest and use to your visitors, and complimentary to your website, external links can be a very good [...]