Small business owners and entrepreneurs get so little respect. Sure, politicians pander to us and some of my favorite magazines are devoted exclusively to our needs, But unless they’ve been through the small business fire themselves, few people really understand the pressures and pains that come part and parcel with small business ownership. Time management [...]
Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Effective Time Management Strategies for Entrepreneurs
July 20, 2012 By
How to Create a Privacy Policy for your Website
July 19, 2012 By
If you do any kind of business online, you need a privacy policy. It doesn’t matter if you don’t sell anything but are primarily using your website to promote yourself as a thought leader in your field or to solicit speaking engagements. If you collect any information from your visitors — even if it’s just [...]
How Safe is Your Website?
July 17, 2012 By
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you know what happened to it in May: we were hacked. We had to take down the entire website, and because of a family emergency, internal personnel changes, and a very busy client schedule, it stayed down for weeks. Weeks. Fortunately, we don’t sell anything on our [...]
Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Sometimes Bigger is Not Necessarily Better
July 13, 2012 By
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that entrepreneurship can be a real bitch. Fun, yes, but really, really painful at times, too. Blue Volcano Media has gone through a whirlwind of changes the past few months — some good, some not so good, all eye-opening. We’ve grown faster than I ever imagined we would, brought on [...]
SEO for Blogging: What You Need to Know, Part 2
July 9, 2012 By
In my last post, I covered such scintillating SEO topics as alt-txt, meta data, and the importance of self-hosting your blog. All of these elements are fairly basic, and you may have already implemented them on your blog, but it never hurts to check your meta data and alt tags, for example, every now and [...]
SEO for Blogging: What You Need to Know, Part 1
July 7, 2012 By
With all the hoopla surrounding social media, Facebook’s IPO, LinkedIn’s growth, and Pinterest’s phenomenal explosion as a social media force to be reckoned with, it’s easy to forget that the humble blog is still one of the best social media tools out there, particularly from an SEO perspective. It’s more than just the [very important!] [...]