Help Eradicate Pretty Picture Disorder from Website Design

website design is not a fashion show

Today, I want to enlist your help with an affliction that is debilitating our business community. It’s an affliction that causes business owners to pay tens of thousands of dollars to companies who can build them a website that’s beautiful on the outside, but empty on the inside. I call it Pretty Picture Disorder or PPD. … Read more

A Three-Step Inbound Marketing Plan

Inbound Marketing Plan

This is a great time to be a small business owner or entrepreneur. Thanks to inbound marketing, there has never been more free, high-quality resources available to learn lots of critical business skills. Of course, there’s no shortage of blogs, e-books, videos, tutorials, white papers or info-graphics when it comes to inbound marketing. But there are … Read more

WordCamp Boston: The Agony and the Ecstasy

I spent this past weekend at WordCamp Boston. If you use (or want to use) WordPress, this event the best use of $20 and 14 hours of your time you will ever spend. The event was well organized, the speakers were dynamic and interesting, and the presentations were instructive and inspirational. As is always the … Read more

Of Eggs and Baskets: Weekly High Five

Weekly High Five lists the most interesting, compelling, and/or useful links of each week. This week’s theme is “Choosing a basket for your Internet eggs.”