Client Spotlight - Website Services for Small Businesses

Interview with WanderLust and Lipstick Founder, Beth Whitman

April 13, 2012

1. I'd love to know how you moved from website to book and then travel guide and now world-travelling speaker! Was it intentional? Do you have advice for others who want to follow that path? I initially wanted to write a book to establish myself as the expert in the women's travel market. I knew I had to launch a blog at the same time as the marketing arm but the site kinda grew out of control and I had to keep adding elements to it! The site first launched in late 2006 and the first book in early 2007. From there I started speaking and then started leading tours in 2008 (I now have 9 … [Read more...]

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Two Special Winners in the Top 25 Travel Blogs on Babble!

April 5, 2012

We're so proud of our friends and clients who have landed themselves in the top 25 Travel Bloggers on Babble! Spot #1 for Tips & Tricks & #4 for Overall Blog: Autistic Globetrotting, the baby of Margalit #3 for Family Adventure: Mara's Mother of All Trips Well done! And congratulations. Its nice when all your hard work pays off with a little recognition! Have you been featured in any top lists? Let us know - we'd love to feature you too! … [Read more...]

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Business Lessons from our Clients – the LPM Blog

February 17, 2012

The LPM Blog has been running since December, 2006 and averages 450 comments per post. Is your ministry or church interested in starting a blog? Perhaps the experiences of Beth Moore's Blog team can point the way. Why did LPM start a blog so long ago? When Beth stopped teaching her Sunday school class a few years ago, her daughter, Amanda, thought a blog might be a different outlet for Beth to connect with the ladies she served. At that time, blogging was fairly new but was becoming widely popular. Amanda was right, within a year the bloggers who participated and commented back, … [Read more...]

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A video collage of client sites & Harry Connick Jr

December 22, 2011

http://youtu.be/gK_0RnDLyKY … [Read more...]

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DSWP Reader Special: Keeping It Personal

March 14, 2011

As the newest member of the Desperately Seeking WordPress Staff, I also get to contribute a few blog posts here and there. The DSWP Reader Special is a brain child of mine - oh I love to take credit for something that someone else thought up. :-) The point of the DSWP Reader Special is to spotlight some of our clients in the business blogging world and allow them to offer a special for the services or products that is exclusive to the Desperately Seeking WordPress readers! Doesn't that sound awesome!? So, I sent a call to action to our newsletter subscribers and only 1 person took me up on … [Read more...]

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How to Watermark Your Photos

November 15, 2010

Wendy had emailed earlier this week with a tip for adding watermarks to your photos. The first photo below from Wendy's blog is a little naked at the moment. What we're aiming for is a watermark similar to the photo on the right from the Picky-Palate blog. Wendy, La Phemme Phoodie, with gorgeous photos all over her foodie blog, wrote this: I exchanged messages with Jenny at PickyPalate. She uses Picnik. I have been using Picnik so I was thrilled to hear she was doing it on their site. It's super easy. On the Create tab, click in to Text. Type your text, Add it, and toggle through … [Read more...]

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One of my blogging heroes: the Big Mama

September 21, 2010

Melanie is one of those bloggers that I'll never be - consistent! She blogs every single day and she has the following to prove it. If you want to see an active following and what its like to actually get comments on your blog posts - you need to see Melanie's blog. Read one post and you'll know she's got a special way of stringing together words. I find myself sucked into her blogs for sheer enjoyment. Rarely is there anything that will make me cry or even think too hard - just a lot of fun - and really engaging!! I asked Melanie to answer a few questions at the beginning of the … [Read more...]