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Tutorial: Managing Your Business with Trello
Are you feeling ‘all over the place’ when running your online business? Don’t beat yourself up. Use Trello to organize your business tasks … and ‘aha’ moments. I’ll show you how.
There’s no excuse not to secure your website
Green padlocks are all the rage these days! Every website needs to be secured. Is yours? It should start with https:// and not just http://. Unless you have a secured website, the information sent to your website can be read by any system in transit between your visitor and you. Secure websites encrypt this information so that it cannot be interpreted by anyone other than the person to whom it was intended.
Choosing the right colors to inspire your visitors to action
People usually consider the colors first when it comes to web design. While this is important, we have to take a few steps back to understand how to get it right the first time.
As a mission-driven entrepreneur, it’s even more important to consider your visitor because you want to inspire them to action.
In part 1 of this 3-part series, we’ll look into the psychology of colors as it pertains to your mission-driven website.
Why Your Website Needs to be Responsive (and what it all means)
Responsive design optimizes the content based on the width of the device. This makes your site look good on many devices, especially on mobile.
VIDEO: 5 resources for inspiring images for your website
If you are still looking for website photos, I’ll give you 5 places to get free, paid, or low-cost options.
Selling Your Superpower When You Feel Less Than Heroic
Are you uncertain about what you sell because you aren’t convinced of the benefits?
Do you feel less than heroic?
Your credentials don’t matter when you can solve real problems
Are you good at helping people with relationships, burnout, grief, or self-worthiness?
I bet you’ve already solved plenty of problems for others already. Did they check your resume first, or did they seek you out because they knew, liked, and trusted you?
Do you feel the need to prove your worthiness to be a coach before anyone really knows what you do?
10 Reasons Why You’re Ashamed of Your Website
Are you ashamed to promote your coaching website? Here are 10 reasons why you might not love your website, and 10 ways to fix the problems with it.
Keep Going, Keep Pedaling
“Keep going, keep pedaling. You’ll ride farther than you expected to go.”
I’m sore, dirty, and tired. But I’m super happy after riding my bike for about 4 hours. I expected a scenic, smooth path but ended up trudging up hills, through mud, and over rocks. But I made it!
This may be the last post you read on productivity.
I make a bold claim that I can change the way you increase your productivity. I can say that because I’m not a time-management guru or know-it-all. In fact, I haven’t yet mastered the art of productivity myself. I’m still working through it.
I can say that I can change the way you work on your business because I am doing it now, getting better at it, and seeing the results of my efforts. As a bonus, I feel overwhelmingly less … overwhelmed.
Flaunt Your Digital Flair – Give your brand some character
Ever struggle to be yourself and have some fun while growing your business? Watch my very candid Facebook Live video where I share my back story, provide some tips, and tell you it’s OKAY to be yourself.
Let’s stop romanticizing the ‘hustle’
Stop the hustle? This flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Conventional wisdom tells us to work harder, and harder, and harder. And through that hard work, we will be successful. Even worse, conventional wisdom tells us that those that aren’t successful didn’t work hard enough. It’s time to think differently!
5 Pitfalls of Being an Information Hoarder
There is a clear distinction between information and knowledge. Hoarding too much information can be detrimental to getting your business started. Here are 5 tell-tale signs of an information hoarder!
VIDEO: Speaking at the Happy Black Woman ‘Launch Your Business’ Live Event
Exactly, one week ago, I had the privilege to speak at the Happy Black Woman ‘Launch Your Business’ Live Event. In this video, I talk about why I started FoolishlyCreative, what my next steps are, and my advice for other entrepreneurs.
7 symptoms of a Zombie Website. A postmortem and tips to bring it back to life.
WTF is Zombie Website?!?!
It’s a website that is alive on the internet, but the content is rotting within. Let’s explore some signs that your website may be amongst the Living Dead.
Are you letting competition defeat you?
Sit it down on the sofa beside you (as if it was another person). Tell it to name ALL of the reasons why you can’t do what you’ve dreamed of just because other people are doing it as well.
Then, look into its eyes and say ….. “F**k that!”
Excuse my language, but do you feel better now?
VIDEO: WordPress fundamentals for the absolute newbie!
Are you a first-time WordPress user and confused by the user interface. Let me walk you through some fundamentals to create pages, posts, and more!
Here’s a snippet from my ‘Launch Your Website in 7 Days’ webinar. Enjoy!
VIDEO: How to choose an available domain name? Let me show you a faster, better way!
Finding an available domain name shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Would you like to know how I do it?
Here’s a snippet from my ‘Launch Your Website in 7 Days’ webinar. Also, if you are interested in how I can kick off your business website, book a strategy call with me. I’d love to discuss how I can make your current website even better!
VIDEO: You deserve to be known – a case for putting yourself out there
As an introvert, it’s not easy to be amongst large crowds. A group of 10 or more is overwhelming. And if you are introverted AND socially anxious, it appears that the world demands you to change in order to be successful. What if I told you that you can stay exactly the way you are AND still have success in your business.
My motto: Know thyself.
Google Analytics: 3 basic ways to measure audience engagement
If you have a website, it’s imperative that you measure its performance. You’ve spent the time and money to set it up, and you think it’s pretty good, but if you are not regularly checking your analytics, you may be missing out on some key areas for improvement.
I can build very detailed custom Google Analytics reports for you, but it’s helpful to have the knowledge to be able to interpret the results at a very high level. Here’s my way of sharing my knowledge with you.
Security Alert: Is your admin username putting your site at risk?
If you are using the default ‘admin’ username, the world knows your name. And many hackers know it as well. The only thing left is to figure out is your password through a brute force attack – and voila! – you and your hacker buddy are more acquainted! You now share your WordPress website and now they can install all sorts of cool malware or take your site down. Fortunately, it’s easy to change.
Mobile-friendly design is not optional.
About 60% of all internet traffic is from a mobile device. You want to make the best impression where your target audience will find you, and that will likely be using a smartphone. Responsive design is not optional, it’s required.
WordPress plugin shopping 101: 5 Things to look for
In my previous post, 5 things you need to know about WordPress plugins, I’ve reviewed five areas of caution before installing random plugins.
However, I would like to review some tips for choosing good plugins. I don’t want to discourage the use of plugins, I just want you to install the right ones – safely.
5 things you need to know about WordPress plugins (Before you install)
One of the great things about WordPress is the ability to extend its functionality plugins. There is almost a plug-in for anything that you are looking for. Most of the time, these plugins are available for free as well.
However, before you start installing plugins, here are 5 things that you need to be aware of.
