Posted by Dan Romanchik on Mar 8, 2011 in
Website Advice
Many small businesses think that once their website is up and running they can pretty much forget about it. Of course, nothing is further from the truth. As your business changes and as you get more sophisticated about how to work the Web, you’re inevitably going to want to make changes. That’s why it’s so [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Jul 8, 2009 in
Website Advice
This morning, I received an e-mail from a graphics designer who’d found me via biznik. She was interested in looking at my work, but when she went to www.webpublishinggroup.com, all she got was a blank page. This was very puzzling to me as this website is a WordPress blog, and I’ve never had any trouble [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Feb 13, 2009 in
Website Advice
Six Overlooked SEO Tips has a couple of great suggestions for publication websites. While they are all good, the last one is something that’s easy to implement and could be quite valuable: 6. LOCALIZE Whether a publication sells directly or through distribution channels, Riegel suggests placing detailed sales information—or at least an address—on each page.
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Feb 5, 2009 in
Website Advice
It’s nearly a year and a half old now, but OJR’s “How to make money on your news content website” gives some good advice about making money with a blog or other for form of website. One idea I hadn’t thought of is to get funding from a foundation or some similar nonprofit group.
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Sep 12, 2008 in
Website Advice
Many YouTube videos can be played at higher quality by making a simple change to the URL used to access the YouTube page. Just modify the URL in the address bar by adding “&fmt=18″ to it. The visual difference is quite noticeable. If you are posting a link to a YouTube video, you could choose [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Sep 10, 2008 in
Website Advice
Josh Klein makes a good case for using forums (and mailing lists, I might add) to drive traffic to your website. I think this is one of the most overlooked methods of increasing website traffic, but also one of the most effective. It’s great for your Google ranking, too. I have the #1 rated ham [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 24, 2007 in
Website Advice
Over the years, I’ve been involved with many different online communities— some that thrived and were a joy to be a part of, some that devolved into a series of flames, and some that simply never seemed to get off the ground. On the Knight Citizen News Network, they’re running the article, “Twelve Tips for [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Jul 24, 2007 in
Web Development,
Website Advice
The Inc. magazine website has two articles on choosing domain names: 10 Tips for Choosing a Domain Name Choosing the Perfect Domain Name They both offer similar advice, including: always use dot.com and use company names and brand names. Both are good pieces of advice.