How to Create Facebook Business/Fan Pages and Group Pages

January 12th, 2010

After helping 5 people through this process in the past few months, I realize it is time to make a post on the subject.

Let’s face it: Facebook has a confusing interface. It’s easy to get lost on their site. And they don’t seem to have an obvious way to create Business/Fan Pages if you are already logged into your account. Actually, I’ve only found the Fan page to create these by going through their Help section. (And from here on, we’re just going to call the Business Page what many refer to them as: Fan Pages. They are the same thing.)

And then there are two types of Facebook accounts for businesses and non-profits: Groups and Fan pages.

So first, a few decisions to make and then the how to… Read the rest of the article here…

10 Steps for Improving Google Ranking

January 5th, 2010

Some people don’t have the time to work on improving their sites search engine rankings and attracting more customers, so they hire me.

Some people don’t have the money to hire me but have the time and want to do it themselves.

Assuming your website code is already optimized for search engines, I’ve got a few steps you can take to help draw traffic to your site. A lot of this information is Google-specific, since that is what I am most asked about. However, much of this can apply to other search engines too. Here are 10 things you can do to drive traffic to your site. Read the rest of the article here…

cPanel Changes and You

January 2nd, 2010

For those of you hosting with GeekArtist Web Solutions, this is important information. cPanel has come out with a major release so a few changes have been implemented on the server.

cPanel is the control panel you use to log into your website and mange aspects such as adding email addresses, domains, and so on. Read the rest of the article here…

Google and SEO: From the Horse’s Mouth

December 9th, 2009

A while back I wrote an article on How to Stay on Google’s Good Side. That post addressed guidelines for your website to help placement in Google.

Next, how about some SEO-specific information?

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Back on Track

November 18th, 2009

Well, we’re adjusting to the new schedule (such as it is) with the kids. Meanwhile, I’m already back in the saddle and working on daily business matters. So new posts to this blog will be appearing in the next week or so.