People who visit your website are important. In addition to being potential customers or leads resulting in profit for your business, they are a valuable metric for advertisers. So, how do you get these people to your site? Here are 4 ways you can drive more traffic to your website. Drive More Traffic to Your…
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Watermark Your Images Online for Free
Have you seen photos and images that had transparent text or different colored images that indicated the owner of the image? It may have had a copyright symbol followed by a person’s name. Or, it could have been a company logo or other symbol. These marks are called watermarks. As I researched this topic, I…
9 Free Online Photo Editors
You’ve looked through several images on free stock photos sites and found an image that fits your needs. Now, you want to make changes to the image to make it fit your brand. Here are nine online photo editors that allow you to edit images for free. Free Online Photo Editors Canva Be Funky…
Memoir Writing Workshop – October 26, 2019
Here’s your chance to get started. Award-winning author and writing coach Tammy Letherer will teach you how to build a powerful outline for your memoir using the Hero’s Journey, a story form based on Joseph Campbell’s monomyth The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In this workshop: You’ll see why and how you are the hero…
15 Free Stock Photo Sites
Did you know that when you download images from Google images, Pinterest and other search engines you are violating copyright laws, even if you give credit to the photographer or designer? That’s right. It’s called copyright infringement and could result in litigation, fines or both. To avoid this situation, here are 15 websites where you…
Coming in October: Photo Resources
Recently, it occurred to me that I do not share the resources I use for my writing and blogging projects, even though I love sharing resources. That is going to change effective immediately. For the month October, I am going share photos resources. Following are tentative topics, in no particular order: Stock photography Online photo…
The Power of Google
Google earned $39 billion dollars in ad revenue in the last of quarter of 2018. In fact, they’ve earned over $30 billion in ad revenue all four quarters for the past two years. Have you ever wondered how they earned this much money with all of their “free” consumer products? I have. And I’ve…
10 Must-Have WordPress Plugins [PowerPoint Presentation]
I presented 10 Must-Have WordPress Plugins for the Chicago WordPress Community Meetup on Wednesday, September 11th and it went very well. This was my first official WordPress presentation and I wanted to make sure it was on point. There were some technical things I didn’t know, and I was honest at the beginning. I also…
What’s Stopping You from Increasing Your Freelance Income
When you first start out in the world of freelance, you don’t always know what you’re doing. And that’s not always a bad thing. Sometimes, when you’re new and inexperienced, you’re hungry enough to learn as you go. You’ll try harder, put forth more effort and be up to speed in no time. Unfortunately, you…
5 Types of Bios All Professionals Should Have
Professional bios are the most effective marketing tools for highlighting your credibility as an authority on your subject and in your industry; for promoting your brand; and for sharing your professional story. They differ from resumes in two ways. First, they show you as a human “doing” versus a list of bullet points of job…