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We get this question a lot from clients and potential clients.

Why use WordPress over any other platform?

The 3 part answer is quite simple:
1) You can customize fast.
2) You can optimize quickly.
3) It’s the easiest platform to use for someone new to managing a website.

The WordPress Installer allows you to have a site up in less than an hour, and ready to post content.

Standard HTML and Joomla are the basic ways to create a site.  HTML means you have to learn the basics of code, including CSS; and Joomla is awesome, but very difficult to get a handle on.  In other words you really need some advanced programming and software skills.  Most site owners don’t have the time or inclination to learn Dreamweaver or X-Site Pro.   They have jobs and families and are trying to make money.

We originally started out building HTML sites and quickly added a WordPress blog to go with it for social media marketing.  Then later we decided what to do with the HTML site, either keep it the same, switch it over to Joomla or an Ecommerce platform.   But WordPress has improved.  You can now do almost anything that the other platforms can do only easier, faster and with more tools.

Thanks for coming back. If you have read everything, let me know how I can help you.

How would you like to ensure you get a financial boost that will absolutely help you grow your income, build a giant email list and boost your marketing skills in 2010 and beyond to sustain you with multiple streams of RESIDUAL INCOME!

So the big question becomes – How do you get that BOOST that you’ve so desperately been searching for?

Well, here’s the Solution:

There are the usual ways of getting a Business BOOST: Google Buzz, Twitter, forums, Skype, etc. but all of those fail in comparison to talking to potential JV partners face to face and really getting to know them (having a beer while you talk is optional). Yes, we will cover these other Business BOOSTers while we’re here, but you’ve got to be where the action is.

The connection and trust that can be formed so quickly in person would take you months, if not years, to achieve in any online medium… Not to mention that online, most big names are busy people and have “gate keepers” to handle most of their email and phone calls. It’s practically impossible to send someone a friendly ‘hello’ anymore. Usually, they go unanswered.

But there is a way around this dilemma. It gets you past the gate keepers and gets yourself noticed and that how big deals and friendships are started.

(You do want to show them you’re the genuine article and someone worth doing business with, right?)

So what’s the secret? What do other successful people do?

Conferences!

Call them conferences, call them seminars, call them whatever you want… But they are, hands down, the best way to connect with anyone in this game and make them friendly to your cause.

You’ll have big name players, that you have been dying to meet, sitting right next you with no one to “forget” to mention you called.

It can be the chance of a lifetime and is the real “secret” behind internet marketing deal making.

To get yourself started, I recommend a conference that is right around the corner. It’s called the Boost Seminar and this year it’s running March 19th – 21st, 2010.

It’s the premier event in the USA and is going to be jam packed with incredible speakers, VIPs and potential JV partners for you to make lucrative connections with.

To find out more click on the link below:

David J Sprague

Anyone that has watched this site knows the theme is changing again.  I am doing this for two reasons.  One reason and my main goal is to show I can and fast which is the same we can do for you should you become bored or unhappy with the design you have.  Secondly, it is to stay current and interesting to my audience.   Things change quickly on the web and sometimes what worked yesterday just doesn’t cut it today.

I have been working on building logos and specifically a logo for this site.  This should provide visible continuity to the design.  If you have a minute make some suggestions for my design and future topics.

This site is setup to help users learn website building tips and most importantly to help you build a site quickly with limited knowledge.  I want to help you get online quick with a domain registration and  site setup.  Hence my offers.

I like to tell the story of someone coming to a small town on the weekend.   Ideally they are looking for a church to attend on Sunday.  Do they ask around? Or maybe they drive around town looking for a church?  I doubt it.  They search online!

See my main headline tag.  People search for business and even you online no matter where they are.  If you’re not seeing this you have haven’t got it.  I’m sorry to be so blunt but the statistics are overwhelming.

After over 20 years of advertising in Super Bowl commercials Pepsi decided to not do it anymore.  Why?  They wanted to switch their ad dollars to online marketing.  Branding is much more important and less expensive online.  Plus, you can reach your specific target customers.   Old school marketing blanketed everyone and hoped they hit the target.  Online marketing hits your target market with tons of information to interpret it.  How you can afford not to have a presence online?  We can get started today.

My latest work is concordiawesleyan.com  Take a look and see what you think.  Their ideas and my implementation.  Now they can be found on the weekend or if you miss the service catch the podcast.  ><>

Anyone who has researched opportunities on the internet understands that you have to find your niche. Well, I have found mine. I understand and use WordPress for almost all my installations. WP recently won best CMS of 2009 and many, many shout the benefits of the software. WP is free and easy to install. Every day you can do more with it. You don’t have to know any programming but whatever you do know does help. WP has tools (plugins, themes, widgets) that are being upgraded and added to daily that help with marketing, SEO, desgin, etc… I can now compose a site that looks like a website and not the blogger site WP was originally designed for. Others can edit WP with a minimum of coaching.
I could go on but I know everyone is busy. Do yourself a favor and learn to use WordPress for your site. It will greatly reduce your learning curve and efficiency.

So when your ready to get your site up and running, let’s get WordPress working for you.

• 52% of all web traffic is video (according to industry watchdog, eMarketer)
• More than 70% of all web visitors watch online video (according to NY Times)
• The average YouTube visitor spends 27 minutes watching video per day
• The search engines visit video sites every few minutes—so your videos appear in Google, Yahoo and MSN just MINUTES after you submit, not days or weeks
• Because video is so popular, video links and clips often show up before other content

Just a quick note to emphasis that video will help your site faster than any other tool.   Learn to shoot short 2 minute segments to inform people about what you are doing.

Hi all!

I’ve been repairing fire damage and remodeling plus trying to build some sites for others. One of the most important things is verifying your WP site with the three major search engines. If they don’t know you are on the web, they’re not going to find you. After some research and head banging, I discovered the best plugin for this.

Word Press has a information link here. but it doesn’t seem to work all the time. Where in the tools page? What? What is line #6 all about?

Anyway, on to the awesome link. This is for WP installed on your own host like mine. These guys have a great tool for your content/plugins folder. This will have to be uploaded to your server folder. After that you simply activate and then access in “Plugins” drop down in your admin panel.

You must have a webmaster tools account and META code with google, yahoo and bing. Don’t worry they are free. You only use the later code in quotations and not the whole meta tag since that part is already written. That’s my banging part.  Enjoy and get yourself indexed.

How to get free google updates, free listing and free insight in to people searching for your business. Up to 82% of people searching for a business use the internet. When you have your site up and running you need to do a few basics.
Watch the video to see how simple it is.

Let me help you get up and running fast with the big dogs.

My friend and I decided to form a joint venture and offer three types of websites.

We had started doing this just not formally.

Many in North Central Kansas and beyond desire to have their own website but have no idea how to set it up.

Here is the first type we decided upon to set up and serve for any in North Central Kansas or beyond. The price is incredibly low when you compare around. I will give a minimum of two hours time free to those who want to start a site. Get it here.