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3 Things Stephen Covey Can Teach Us About Technology

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One of the crowning accomplishments of the late great Stephen Covey, author of the classic 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is his idea about the difference between effectiveness and efficiency. It can teach us a lot about the challenges of connecting with people through technology. With this mind, let’s talk about his greatest insights and relate them to technology. Efficiency is the heart … [Read more...]

How To Move Blogs From Google Docs To WordPress (Video Guide)

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We build a lot of websites in Wordpress, and we greatly encourage people to add new content to their business blog. Those who do usually have their own process for collaboration and curation of their content, but if you happen to use Google Docs, make sure you don’t make this mistake... Highlighting and copying all the text in Google Docs, then pasting it directly into your Wordpress … [Read more...]

What Is A Shared Hosting Plan?

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The Bad Its unfortunate that there are still hosting companies out there that are offering shared hosting plans. A secure managed wordpress hosting plan means your website is being hosted on a hardrive disc with up to 64 other websites. That means that when one of those websites’ gets hacked or is receiving an abundant amount of traffic, its slowing down your website as well. It opens your … [Read more...]

Heath Rost, Founder of Personable Media, Interviewed on Business Innovators Magazine Radio Show to Discuss Website Design

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Business Innovators Magazine covers stories from the most innovative leaders in business such as Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos and Dave Ramsey. The interview with Heath Rost was published on April 21, 2016 Heath Rost, founder of Personable Media, recently stopped by the online radio show hosted to discuss web design, with host Mike Saunders from Marketing Huddle. The conversation covered a range of … [Read more...]

7 Ways To Make an Unforgettable First Impression With Your Website

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For many reasons, a great first impression is vital to the success of your business.  You want to leave people better than you found them, but how do you accomplish this through your website? Tip #1  Posture The swagger in your step should mimic that of your website. When going out to meet new people its a great idea to practice proper posture ahead of time.  Having good posture is one of … [Read more...]

How To Choose A Great Website Host For Your Next Rebuild

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The vast majority of the internet is using Wordpress, almost 20% of it.  What's most interesting about that statistic is that 80% of those Wordpress websites are small businesses. So what do you do when its time to start with a fresh design for your Wordpress website? Your website is the digital storefront to your business.  Its always executing your marketing strategy for you, and its what … [Read more...]

The Coolest Instant Chat Feature No One Is Telling You About

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So check it out, Facebook has just rolled out a new instant chat feature that is just a small piece of code.  The best part?  It can be installed on any website. I'll talk about the top 3 reasons why you need to install this code onto your website today, but I won't keep you waiting--here's the code: <div class="fb-page" data-tabs="messages" … [Read more...]

The Top 2 Design Flaws Hindering Your Blog’s Shareability

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In this post my focus is how to set great content and a great content strategy up for success through utilizing best practices in web design.  My intention is to bring these 2 very common design flaws to light. I believe the same way the right posture and strong vocal tonality allows anyone to deliver their message with clarity, having the right structure in place through the design of your … [Read more...]

3 “Charming” Website Design Strategies For Small Business

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We live in a time where the Internet is truly in its infancy.  Social media has taken all our lives by storm in the past decade.  Arguably the most common mistake made by small businesses using social media is forgetting the "social" part of social media. The following website design tips will work for a business of any size.  Implementing any of these tips is sure to make your business website … [Read more...]

[RESOLVED] “Fatal error: GeoIP API: Error traversing database”

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Hi Wordpress hackers.  I've been scouring the internet like the rest of you searching for how to resolve my clients Woocommerce websites being down. Anyways here is the quick fix to get you back up and running. The error people are getting is: Fatal error: GeoIP API: Error traversing database Fatal error: GeoIP API: Error traversing database - perhaps it is corrupt? in … [Read more...]