Taking a break…
I have been doing “website stuff” for well over 10 years now. Over the past year, I’ve been heavily involved in building two other businesses that are more aligned with my personal interests outside of web design, development and marketing. As a result, I have decided to go on a sabbatical with GnomeMedia. I feel [...]
Latest Projects
Been quite busy around GnomeMedia headquarters. Here are just a few of the projects that were completed over the last couple months: BluesCityDeli.com – Website Redesign Chiropractic-Plus.com – Website Redesign GnomeAcres.com – Website Redesign & Added Blog Functionality 3SistersWorkshop.com – Ongoing Website Maintenance & Promotional Material Designs
Updating Passwords: The Thread to our Cyber Pockets
How often do you update your passwords? Everyone talks about how you should change your passwords on a regular basis. But do you really do it? Over the past few months, I’ve had several people I know send me spam email through, specifically, their AOL and Hotmail accounts. Not sure why, but it seems that [...]
It’s Hip to Be Square…
Sorry to disappoint, but this is not a post about the infamous band, Huey Lewis and the News. Instead, it’s about an amazing new payment method called Square, that got its’ start right here in St. Louis. What’s so special about Square? Well, it allows you to accept credit card payments ANYWHERE you can take [...]
The Non-Common Sense of SEO
If you’re a chef, you trust that people will let you do what you do best — cook. Common sense, right? When you’re in online marketing, you trust that people will always question you. This is just a fact that comes with being involved in this particular profession; the non-common sense part, if you will. [...]
Images & Copyrights: What’s legal?
This is a topic that people often overlook when designing a website, brochure, business card, or any other type of marketing piece. When in fact, how you use an image you’ve “found online” could be the one thing that lands you in the hottest legal water you might ever dip your big toe in. Many [...]
Website Planning: Unrealistic Expectations
When planning a website, you might not know which expectations you’re setting for your website are realistic or not. If you’re not super web savvy, it’s always good to hire a web consultant to help you map out your “plan of attack” to ensure you’re getting the results you’d like to see come from your [...]
Website Basics
There are many different elements that are needed when creating a website. Below is a brief overview of what is needed to make a website live to the public. Domain This is the web address used to access a website on the Internet. A domain name on the Internet is the same as a house [...]
Setting Up a New Site: 301 Redirects
Building a new website to replace your old one? Do you have links on your old website that are indexed by the search engines and bringing you significant traffic? What can you do to prevent losing that traffic once you launch the new website? The answer is called a “301 redirect“. A 301 redirect is [...]
What is SEO?
SEO, or search engine optimization, is often thought of as an enigma. The overall concept is really quite simple when you look at it in comparison to owning a brick and mortar store versus an online store. Let’s say you own a brick and mortar store that sells tennis shoes. How is everyone going to [...]
