I’m happy to announce that I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Vegas October 14th and 15th. My presentation “WordPress Lightning Fast” will be about how to optimize a WordPress site for page speed using Google PageSpeed Insights tool. I hope to see you there!
MozCon 2016 Review – Part 2
This post originally appeared on the Mvestor Media blog. This is part 2 of 2 of the my MozCon 2016 review. You can read part 1 here. As I stated earlier, I did not attend every speaker – only those that I thought were relevant to my particular line of business, web design. Taking the … Continue reading MozCon 2016 Review – Part 2
MozCon 2016 Review – Part 1
This post originally appeared on the Mvestor Media blog. Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit Seattle for MozCon 2016. This was my 5th MozCon, where my first was in 2011. I was looking for partners for our new Local SEO partner program. As usual, I met up with Brodie Tyler from ReviewJump where we … Continue reading MozCon 2016 Review – Part 1
MozCon 2016 in Seattle – See You There!
I’m heading to MozCon 2016 in Seattle, and I’m super excited! With the exception of 2015, I’ve been a MozCon attendee since 2011. I’m very excited to attend again this year. Over the last 2 to 3 years, my business has changed so much. This year, my purpose for going to MozCon is a bit … Continue reading MozCon 2016 in Seattle – See You There!
Remove Sharedaddy Sharing from the Post Excerpt in WordPress
At Mvestor Media, we regularly make tweaks and updates to sites that we have built or taken over. We were working on a blog slider for a client recently, where we were taking advantage of the_excerpt() to display a snippet of the blog article. They had Jetpack’s Sharedaddy sharing feature enabled, which by default, was … Continue reading Remove Sharedaddy Sharing from the Post Excerpt in WordPress
My New Book Is Now Published!
After several months and lot’s of “writer’s block”, I finally finished my book, entitled, Websites that Win: 11 Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making. I am extremely excited that I have completed this process, as I hope it will propel me into the next phase of my business at Mvestor Media. The book is an essential … Continue reading My New Book Is Now Published!
See you at Forecast 2015!
At Mvestor and FCI, we use a sales pipeline management tool called Base. It’s basically a CRM for any and all deals/quotes/proposals that are currently active. It helps organize, track, maintain the sales process. If you aren’t using The company who built Base is putting on a conference in San Francisco called Forecast (props to … Continue reading See you at Forecast 2015!
Cinemagraphs – Cool Alternatives to Video
So I have been kind of in the dark about this upcoming cinemagraphs “trend” in web design recently. I’m glad I was enlightened, because these things are cool! In layman’s terms, a cinemagraph looks like a still photo, but only a certain element of it moves. I hope that they become more mainstream in current … Continue reading Cinemagraphs – Cool Alternatives to Video
My thoughts on “Mobilegeddon”
Last week, Google officially rolled out their mobile friendly update, which basically favors websites that are mobile friendly in their search results. This has caused a bit of a panic. Some small business owners are now taking reactive efforts in making their websites mobile friendly, to keep Google happy. I find it interesting for a couple … Continue reading My thoughts on “Mobilegeddon”