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How to Get Started Writing Content for your Website
You’re a business owner, marketing professional, entrepreneur, team leader, volunteer, teacher, gardener, parent, and so much more. Regardless, you’re definitely the expert on your business, services, or products. Documenting and sharing your knowledge is a crucial...
Confusing Website Design Terms and Important Accounts Your Designer Will Need
There can be several technical pieces that a website designer will need to access when designing and developing a website. Usually these are accounts that clients set up (for payment purposes) and then share account access with the designer. Many accounts now offer...
How to Know If It’s Time for a New WordPress Website or Redesign
When was the last time you logged in to your website or updated any of your business details? I'm guessing you're too busy, overwhelmed with updates, or just not interested in the tech stuff that comes with website maintenance. You're not alone - many small businesses...
Camper Van Living in Iceland in August
A lot of the logistics of our trip were learned along the way and shared by our adventurous friends who visited Iceland before us. I like documenting and sharing because I want need to grasp my surroundings and accommodations before I arrive. Pretty much everyone we...
Is this thing on? I’m back, baby.
How does one merely start posting to their blog again after all that has happened? When I say "all that has happened," I'm specifically referring to having a baby a few months into a pandemic in the midst of a racial justice reckoning during a critical election year....
My First Group Workout Class
I told myself for a long, LONG time that exercising in a group sounds like my nightmare! First of all, I don't know what I'm doing so I'm not going to be perfect at it. Second, struggling in a room full of people is very embarrassing! Plus there are just so many...
Step Away From the Desk
It's taken me nearly 30 years of sitting at desks to realize that I've been sitting at desks for THAT LONG. You've heard the sad, morbid warnings of sitting for hours on end. Most are based on research, and I am big fan of science and facts. Scary statistics to do...
Day of the Week Sunglasses
It's late April in the Midwest which could mean ANYTHING weather-wise. But on this particular day, it's sunny and 60 degrees and I'm happy. Been in a mental rut all week and decided to do a short series to design for fun. This particular series was inspired by my...
Video Class Recap
I committed myself to one class each semester at a local university for the last year (and continuing this year). The experience has been positive in so many ways including but not limited to getting out of the house, meeting people, being uncomfortable, learning new...