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Walk away

One of our SEO strategies is to migrate all of our blogs over to a CMS Platform (WordPress or Joomla!) to enable SEO features and tagging. I was working on one of our sites which had about 350+ entries, when in the process – the screen went blank. So, I fiddled with this, mess with that and still blank. You know that queasy feeling in the bottom of your stomach? 3 years of entries down the drain? Ugh!

I went online and begged one of my Facebook buddies for help. He didn’t have an immediate solution, but he offered some sane advice – take a break. Walk away, come back fresh. A cool and calm approach – I’ve just lost 3 years of profound words of wisdom – I am not calm!!

Despite my inner control freak – I followed his advice. I took a break.

I came back – reinstalled WordPress 2.7 and there they were – 350 or so of my most profound postings just waiting to be shared with the world.

Sigh!

Popularity: 4% [?]

Tags: Blogging, facebook, Joomla!, SEO, SEO strategies, WordPress, WordPress 2.7

Meeting Client’s Needs

Can you match my business card?

They had two requests

1. Make it simple to update
2. Make it match their existing business cards.

OK, done.  We opted for a WordPress platform that they can manage through a hosted dashboard – no html skill needed.  And we selected a nice clean template consistent with their business cards.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Tags: easy to use, hosted solution, Meeting Client's Needs, no html, Template, Website, WordPress

No Arsenic

We opted for a WordPress blog and iRealEstate theme.

We really liked the tabbed browsing for listings, tips and the blog.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Tags: blog, iRealEstate, iRealEstate theme, WordPress, Wordpress blog