This has been an amazing year for me. A year ago I was barely breaking even and struggling to pay the bills as a web developer. This year I’ve seen my income grow four-fold, have met many amazing new people, and built myself a sustainable business. Here’s specifically what I did to help grow in [...]
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This guide is intended to serve as a complementary resource to my presentation on Intro to WordPress Development at the MarkNet Group on September 25, 2012. MarkNet Group is run by Alex Miranda and Gina Nieves, two colleagues and friends who are amazing resources and huge contributors themselves to the web development, SEO, and WordPress [...]
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I have been on a real search engine optimization kick lately, sparked in large part by a recent meeting with Alex Miranda of PRUnderground. After implementing a long list of changes to my site with Alex’s recommendations in mind, I started to rank for specific keyword phrases – connecticut search engine optimization, connecticut web design, [...]
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This week kicked off with a presentation at WordPress Developers New Haven hosted by Sandra Christie of M Squared Web Design. It was a pleasure to present to a group of WordPress enthusiasts and hopefully spread some knowledge. At one point our conversation turned to one of my favorite topics – becoming a WordPress developer. [...]
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On August 20th I’ll be presenting at the Meetup.com WordPress Developers New Haven group, hosted by Sandra Christie of M Squared Web Design, on WooCommerce. I am very fortunate to have access to so many WordPress groups in Connecticut and New York. I’ve used WooCommerce to develop several simple e-commerce sites, and prefer it to Jigoshop, [...]
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I decided to start posting once per week with a roundup of the best links I stumbled upon that week. I try to spend downtime online doing ‘productive surfing’ – researching topics I’m interested in vs. clicking through funny pictures on Reddit. Lately I have been most interested in Search Engine Optimization strategies and web [...]
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A few months ago, after reading an article by Justin Tadlock about the Smolov Squat routine, I made a goal for myself to squat 500 lbs within 12 weeks. The more I read about the Smolov Squat routine, the more brutal it sounded – pushing the limits of strength, endurance, and mental fortitude. What I [...]
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Follow these tips to find the right Connecticut WordPress Developer I’m always shocked to hear horror stories from clients whose previous WordPress developer disappeared on a project, didn’t deliver what they promised, or flat-out lied to them. I don’t know how frequently this happens in other industries, but it seems to crop up at an [...]
View Post connecticut web design, connecticut wordpress developer, wordpressLast week I went to make a change on my personal site, and I noticed a long string of strange code inserted in the header.php file. It didn’t take long to realize my site had been compromised. The next day, a client called saying that they weren’t able to login to their site. I visited [...]
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A few months ago, Zen Habits, a blog I follow, ran an article that talked about not setting goals to have the best year ever. While I respect Leo Babauta’s advice, I disagree with this point of view entirely. Part of his reasoning behind “the best goal is no goal” is that: In the past, [...]
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