Mailchimp vs Express Email Marketing

I have enjoyed high-fives for sending one of my client’s newsletters via MailChimp for about a year now. Recently, we ran across an old list of contacts. Afraid of jeopardizing our MailChimp list (by people forgetting who we are and marking us as Spam or unsubscribing), we decided to write to those people via Express…

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Making my Atahualpa theme mobile-friendly on WordPress

Last month, (March 2013) over 40% of visitors to my most popular website were on mobile devices.  It is clearly time that I put more effort into optimizing my websites to be cell phone friendly. A task that proved to be a little more complicated than expected. I like WordPress and I love Bytes For…

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Threatening Comments and Emails – Do not give in!

I will not give in to extortion! Most visitors to this website seem nice. They come, they get their information, and they go. Sometimes they even leave a comment or send a friendly messages that make me feel good about what I do. But today when I checked my messages, I saw something very unexpected.…

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Google AdSense – Bringing in the money

When I signed up for AdSense in October of 2006 I thought “Cool! Free money!” I already had a website, complete with affiliate links and paying customers. Adding a few Pay Per Click ads sounded like an easy way to bring in more money. Here is my real-life Google AdSense story 2006 In October 2006…

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Smart FTP Line Endings – Finally working in version 4.0!

I will let you in on a little known problem that sometimes causes files to do weird things when switched between Unix/Linux and Windows computers: Line endings are not your friend! You see, at the end of every line of code, there is something called a line ending. Linux machines (which are widely popular for…

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Why you should avoid a black background.

When I first got into web design, I loved nothing more than to create a lot of bright, cheerful colors on a black background. It looked good to me and that was all I really cared about. When I started to design websites professionally, I quickly learned that a solid black background is not the…

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Hostgator’s Upgraded Plans

I am VERY excited to announce that a few weeks ago, HostGator updated their hosting plans. ALL regular hosting accounts (Hatchling, Baby, and Business) now come with Unlimited Disk Space and Unlimited Bandwidth. Prices appear to be the same. Hatchling plan is $8.95 per month if paid monthly, 4.95 per month if you prepay 3…

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Domain Names For Sale!

I have the following domain names available for sale. Prices are negitiable and subject to change at any time. Most of these prices will go up after Christmas. txphone.com … $20 servingeasttexas.com … $20 ultimatecmssite.com … $20 embracethetemplates.com … $20 funtimesatwork.com … $30 santascience.com … $60 magicalcures.com … $75 poka.me … $80 chainsgalore.com … $100…

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