In: Blogging Help, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing

SEO Matters: How to use the Power of Local Search

by Scott Frangos

A lot of “Content Masters” (a name for all of you managers using a Content Management System for your business websites) focus their Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategy on good SEO techniques to rank as high as possible.  And with today’s modern CMS and blogging tools like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal — you get a lot of built in help in the form of RSS feeds and… Continue reading

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WordPress as a CMS: Fifth Avenue Advisors

by Scott Frangos

Fifth Avenue Advisors, is a “B2B” (Business to Business) website for a company that helps other business people decide if it’s time to sell their company, and learn what it’s worth. The company wanted the advantages of a good, dynamic CMS — Content Management System — and one that was simple to manage and use. WordPress was chosen for its easy learning curve, powerful… Continue reading

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WordPress as a CMS: Greek Care Website

In this edition of the continuing series on using WordPress as a Content Management System — CMS — we take a look at GreekCare.org — a non-profit resource site using a handful of key plugins and some custom programming to meet its mission online.

by Scott Frangos

The Greek Care website (GreekCare.org.au) is a service for Melbourne, Australia’s aging… Continue reading

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WordPress as a CMS: NEXTBus News

In this continuing series on using WordPress as a Content Management System — CMS, we’ll take a look at NEXTbusNews.com — a corporate marketing site to get the word out about NEXTbus technology service for bus companies.

by Scott Frangos


NEXTbusNews.com features a features & benefits slideshow on the home page plus static elements and dynamic elements (posts at… Continue reading

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Economist Redesigned to Simply Present More Content

by Scott Frangos

How about redesigning your website to simplify it… and make more content accessible at the same time. Is it possible? Yes, and that’s exactly what the venerable print magazine, “The Economist” has done. I think they’ve succeeded on some key points that are equally relevant for BlogMasters, and CMS website content managers who are also in the publishing business. You could even… Continue reading

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WebChew: News and Views for BlogMasters, WebMasters, and Social Media Marketers…

by Scott Frangos

Here’s an overview of some of the latest resources and news…

New SEO Videos… and an SEO Rapper

SEO Videos: The Search Engine Optimization Journal has released SEO Videos to help you keep on top of the game. I listened to the “Keyword Discovery Tool”, video — it is pretty basic with audio and views of the computer screen, but informative. Other titles there now… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

Mobile Web is Going to be Big… Real Big

by Scott Frangos

Are you ready for the Mobile Internet? Maybe you are, but your website isn’t. Well, you better make the necessary modifications, because if research by Juniper Inc. is right, you’ll miss out on a huge market if you don’t. How big? 24 billion by 2013. Let’s take a look at what’s… Continue reading