It’s just after one o’ clock on a cold, rainy Tuesday afternoon in north central Illinois, and in the other room I can hear the sound of Thumbellina entertaining my thr…

I’m pleased to announce the launch of The Forums at Site Sketch 101…. This should provide us with an easy way to discuss a lot of important issues that we face as bloggers. How of

These days you hear a lot about web design and hosting. A web host is basically the middle man between you and the internet. If you want to design your own web pages and get them up onlin…

Businesses from small to medium can benefit immensely from having a company blog and, subsequently, getting into the habit of microblogging. However, not many of them actually d…

When writing a blog post we always want to feel as though our audience will hang onto our every sentence – as though every word that we write matters. While we may surely have a loyal…

Today, business people have a greater opportunity than ever before to reach potential customers in a different way. No longer are there barriers between business and consumer. B…

Blogging is a technique and an art that can often seem difficult to learn and impossible to master. However, you only need to look online to see that there are a large number of highly…

It’s exciting to see people reading your posts, but they don’t stay (at all). Is this the story of your blog? Then it is time you do something concrete about it. A high bounce rate…

Foursquare is coming up in the digital world and wants to be the cool social hangout everyone thinks of when they’re out and about. The location-based service recently introduc…

If your small business is not using Pinterest, be prepared to be left behind by the competition. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites, recently hitting over 10 million…

I have been writing about some marketing strategies used to increase traffic to blogs and websites. I thought I should now take a look at another form of marketing called Joint Vent…

Blekko…, currently a beta search engine, has created some unique features that sets itself apart from the competition. Blekko uses slashtags to change the way we search. By search

Everyone wants their business to be a success. After all, you started a business to provide a product or service and to make money. With the internet there are more ways than ever to g…

Most businesses use the Internet in some way or another to interact directly with their customers. However, few businesses are actually taking advantage of user generated video…

A problem many established bloggers are currently facing is staying relevant relative to an increasingly mobile web community. This has less to do with content and more to do with…