Bricks and Mortar WordPress
You’ve been itching to take back some of the fun from the hands of your web designer or office manager. Your great idea for an article for your customers has to be handed off because you haven’t yet mastered the simple tasks you can do yourself in your company’s blog. Here are a few of the top tasks — in a step-by-step format — for owners of bricks-and-mortar businesses. Jump in — feet first!
There are a total of 5 posts in this series.
CSS Text-Box Styles For Serious Writers
When presenting information online, you often want to do more with it than just italicize some text, or make a headline big and red. You probably want the means to create callout boxes and sidebars, with different colors, different borders, in differing sizes — just like you would find in offline documents created with OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or your favorite Desktop Publisher. Often, the code to create such boxes is not usually included in the stylesheet that comes with your theme or template. This series remedies that!
There are a total of 5 posts in this series.
Economic Development Video Series
Economic Development Video Series – Vintage and modern videos and films highlighting economic development, industrial build-up, global trade, labor, profit motives. See similarities, contrasts, and draw your own conclusions. Some videos and films are animated; some in black and white; some silent. Some are entertaining, others disturbing, all informative.
There are a total of 2 posts in this series.
Futurisms From Lee and Ling's Berkeley Groks Radio Show
Audio snippets from Charles Lee and Frank Lee, radio talk show hosts for the science and technology show they produced at CalTech back in mid-2000s. Their Berkeley Groks show touched on some futuristic truisms — our realities today.
There are a total of 2 posts in this series.
Internet Policies Series
Just like the ones you have for your offline business (if you have one), you need a set of policies for your online business activities. Not having them could be harmful to your internet business health. If your business or even personal website is missing these critical legal-type documents, it’s high time you did something about it. Lack of know-how is not a good-enough reason.
There are a total of 1 posts in this series.
Is Identity Theft Affecting Your Local Business?
Identity theft seems to be a purely personal issue. But is it? Is your local business at risk for identity theft? Have scammers targetted your business because it is easy for them to steal someone else’s credentials and then easily use them at your business?
There are a total of 1 posts in this series.
Linux For Your Small Business
The Linux Operating System Is An Acceptable Open Source Alternative for Desktop Computers! Linux is a free-to-use and free-to-modify computer operating system (also known as “open source”). Linux can be a replacement for Windows(TM) on desktop computers or you can use it in addition to Windows on your desktop, laptop or netbook. With a Live CD, you can try-before-you-keep, and the GUI is as attractive as any Windows(TM) eye-candy. Find out more about Linux and dispel the two prevaling myths.
There are a total of 1 posts in this series.
Power-Up Your Online Business
No matter what kind of local business you own, once you get online you’ll enter a world both familiar and new. It’s like going back to school! Automation will make the difference in your time and bottom line. Don’t worry . . . This series gives you a walk-through of some of the systems you might need to implement and takes the mystery out of e-commerce online.
There are a total of 6 posts in this series.
SearchMe! Getting Better Results When Trying To Find Answers
Wouldn’t it be nice to actually find some useful information when you went searching for answers to a pressing problem? Believe it or not, many people cry “I can’t ever find *anything* when I search for something!” You may not be one of them, but if you are you can benefit from this little project of mine. Each post answers the question: “Why Was I Searching For This?” The exact search terms are provided along with a snapshot of the results. You can actually perform the search yourself using the cut+paste link. Google is featured a lot here, but it is not the only search engine or resource for answers. I’ll cover a variety of avenues in this series.
There are a total of 2 posts in this series.
Social Media Broadcasting Using Internet TV, Internet Radio, and Video Curation
Social Media Broadcasting Using Internet TV and Internet Radio is a phenomenon coming into its own. Video aggregation and curation is close on its heels. How are you using them?
There are a total of 4 posts in this series.
Welcome! I'm Vernessa Taylor, a local business Internet Coach. That's me in the B&W and this is a website I created to help entrepreneurs and local business owners (like you) put your business online. 