Google Analytics is a free web analytics service by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. It’s one of the best ways to measure the effectiveness of your marketing efforts and most of the women I work with have no idea how to access their analytics much less interpret them. You see, once you know where to access your website analytics you’ll be able to: Today, I’m taking you on a VERY candid tour of my own google analytics. I want to preface this video with the acknowledgement that I have done ZERO thing in the eight-twelve weeks before this…

In this tech tutorial, I’m showing you how to enable the notifications in your Mailchimp account to ensure that you’re notified every time someone joins your newsletter. If you’re a new to the email marketing game, this may be a benefit to you because it opens the door for you to reach out personally and welcome your new subscriber. Let me be clear: not all businesses would want this notification turned on. If you were list building regularly, it could be uber annoying to have your inbox light up each time a new subscriber joined your community. You wouldn’t really…

In today’s video tutorial, I’m tackling the issue of how to ensure the Images you add to Mailchimp never come through as blurry. In today’s world with the high resolution screens we have, it’s important to use retina rules where we can so our images come through crystal clear. In order to do that, we need to bring images in at 1200 px wide (by whataver height) and then go into the settings and constrain them, by 50% to ensure crisp photos! Sound hard? It isn’t. I promise. I’m walking you though it in this video tutorial:

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had clients and students reach out and tell me how fearful they are to perform updates on their websites. The biggest reason it’s important to stay on top of your Wordpress updates is security. Hundreds of websites are hacked every single day. The #1 way in which hackers are able to accomplish this is from outdated plugins + themes. They find a vulnerability (think secret back door) in the code of a particular piece of software that keeps your website running and they create code to gain access to your website. I…

One of the biggest things you can do for your SEO and your bottom line is to use your website for its intended purpose : Attract Your Audience. In my daily conversations with the women I work with, I know that coming up with a list of ideas to generate content is a real road block to moving you forward in your business. Today I’m sharing with you my FREE cheatsheet that comes complete with 100 different possible topics that you can write about RIGHT NOW for your audience. You can instantly get access to it right here: Set yourself…

In today’s video tutorial, I’m walking you through the steps on how you can create or update the avatar image that shows up next to your name whenever you post a comment online. It’s possible you have a new email address or a really old headshot or possibly have never created one! In this quick video, I’m walking you through the exact steps you can take to control which images shows up when Globally Recognized Avatars are an option. Gravatar Website: https://en.gravatar.com/  

In 2019 and beyond, it’s crucial for even a new business to have a website. AND when you’re just starting out, it’s hard to invest in a full custom website + strategy. It’s even a conversation that comes up in many of my early discovery sessions with clients. Once we start talking about target audience, ICA (ideal client avatar), what your audience struggles with, what they want to learn from you, and how you’re uniquely positioned to help, it oftentimes becomes clear that instead of investing in a custom design right now, it’s more valuable for you to get something…

In today’s post I want to show you how I created the branded signature that shows up in every email I send. NOTE: I use G Suite for my email. If you use Gmail, you can also follow along using this tutorial. Before you get started, it’s important to think about WHAT you want to include. Here are some examples I saw when I looked through my own inbox: Personally, I signed up for Acuity Scheduling in late 2017 to use as my scheduler. I cannot tell you how much time this has saved me from being in my inbox.…

I have a client who wanted to create an Instagram graphic to showcase a glowing review she received. She had a lovely little image she pulled together in Canva that she wanted my opinion on. Once I had a peek, my designer and brand strategy hats had an opinion AND an idea. I believe we need to think less linearly when we’re thinking about our Instagram feed. We need to start using the “adding multiple images” option more instead of trying to keep everything in one, easy photo. One thing I’ve seen more recently, is that Instagram will actually show…

SEO. Search Engine Optimization. Three little letters that define to the search engine bots what content is on each page and post of your website and which collectively work to affect your rankings or visibility in search engines. Why should you care about your images? Google does. If you do a search for your business name in Google and click on the “images” tab, you want to make sure that you and your website is showing up at the top of those images. If you’re not, you have some work to do. Don’t believe me? Go to Google and type…

I’m working with several clients right now who are deep into developing a successful brand strategy as we are building their websites and when it comes to their about page, they are unsure of what to add and how to make it attractive + appealing for their audience. Today’s blog post will take you step by step through how you can write an effective about page particularly for your service based business. I hope this doesn’t come as a complete surprise but your about page is actually not about you at all. (I know, right? BIG happy sigh!) The About…

I love that I can run my business with a laptop, my iPhone, and a wireless connection. I’d love to say that I can work at the beach but the reality is that sand is not a friend to technology! I can do social media from the beach for sure — not really run my business. I get asked a lot about the tools I choose to use to run my business. Today I want to give you an insiders peek into my top ten tools I use to run my online business. G Suite – My Tool for Email,…

Can you believe that August is ALMOST over? I’ve had the best summer – no big travel and lots of staycation mini moments. Today I wanted talk about a hot topic – video – and include my thoughts on why I think so many women are ambivalent to using it on social media. I’ve been having some REAL results and conversations happening on Instagram using video over the summer. I can tell you for sure that the most significant portion of my revenue since June has come directly from Instagram. I want to share my own experience in hopes that…

I have SO many clients who offer workshops, retreats, or online experiences that want to easily accept registration, get payment, and send an automated welcome email that I thought it was time I showed you exactly how easy this can be. In today’s tutorial, I’m showing you how I use Gravity Forms, Paypal, and Mailchimp to create a registration form + accept payment on your Wordpress website.

It’s just a fact; businesses revolve around the sale. This isn’t news. But as a web designer and business coach for female entrepreneurs, I find all too often my clients are hesitant to include sales information on their websites. I understand where this hesitation comes from. The women I work with are coaches, consultants and creatives. And we creative entrepreneurs see our businesses not only as our income, but as our craft. We want our clients to respect the integrity of the our work beyond the integrity of the price tag. Today, I want to talk about why publishing prices…

Can you feel the energy shifting online? It’s significant and deep. And it’s an opportunity. We need to ensure privacy for small businesses is addressed. Something is happening, and I’ve felt it for a while. I’m sure you have too. In this world of Google, Facebook, and privacy concerns, the European Union (EU) has taken a big step to protect personal data. You’ve likely noticed your inbox filling up with privacy policy updates. This is a good thing. What’s All the Hullabaloo? The EU passed a law that took effect on May 25. It’s called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).…