Effective Classy Websites

If you are a technician starting a business you will tend to structure it to require your presence for it to work at all. The eMyth is the myth that an entrepreneur starts a business.

“The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.”

Most businesses don’t work because the people that start them don’t know what they are doing. They know how to make widgets, or install plumbing or create a website but have no idea how to create a business that works.

Michael E Gerber is the author of the best selling book, The E-Myth. He has been working with small businesses for over 30 years and challenges us to start reviewing the way we think about what we do and what our roles are. Read the rest of this entry »

It think it is safe to say that Steve Jobs is god in the IT world. His contribution to the world of computers, beautiful text and great products like the Mac, iPod and iPhone are unique in our world. Not to mention Pixar, the coolest animation studio in the world!

It is always instructive though to hear some of the real world stories and struggles that great achievers go through. What stands out for me is their ability to take adversity and turn it into more drive, more creativity and more decision power that moves them inevitably towards their vision. Read the rest of this entry »

The rate of growth that social media is experiencing on the web is unprecedented. Sure people love to chat and share ideas but few would have predicted the kind of adoption rate that we are seeing at the moment.

Much of it has to do with the growing younger demographic, but it seems more older people are getting into Facebook as a way to connect with family and friends. Prepare to experience a presentation of the new social media revolution! Read the rest of this entry »

What is a Favicon? It’s a small 16×16 pixel icon that shows up in your browser to the left of the web address.

It also helps distinguish your site in your browsers bookmarks and is also used in some social bookmarking sites as well. Here’s how you can easily create the file and make it show up on your website.

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A website is a tool to help you create more life and/or connect with people.

By itself it has no value except as a way to facilitate change or sharing in some way. To the degree that we get clear on ourselves and our purpose we can create a website that succeeds.

This will help you to see your website through the filter of one of the most important self-help programs ever created. Stephen R Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Effective People, is one of my personal heroes.

By that I mean that he is both humble and deeply inspired to empower and educate people about the things in life that are truly important and  constant.

“There are three things in life that are constant. Change, Choice and Principles.”

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With a few clicks, your whole WordPress site can look totally different. The content remains but is displayed differently thanks to some awesome coding wizardry. Fortunately for us, getting some new layouts for your site is pretty easy.

This will show you how to upload and install a new WP theme that you have downloaded. It also covers how to browse the WordPress.org themes site as well. Read the rest of this entry »