Promoting Your Facebook Page
on Nov 12, 2009 in Great Small Business Ideas How To's Internet Marketing Social Media facebook facebook page I’ve posted a bunch of posts on the topic of Facebook and how to create a page for your small business.  Now here’s some resources for promoting your Facebook page outside of Facebook, like on your blog or website or other social media s...

Hawaiian Diacriticals
on Nov 9, 2009 in Copy Writing How To's hawaiian diacritical punctuation hawaiian punctuation kahako and okina Diacritical punctuation marks are an important element of Hawaiian language, affecting both the pronunciation and meaning of particular words.   When I come across a Hawaiian name or word that requires the proper Hawaiian punctuation, I visit this...

How to use WordPress Gallery Feature
on Nov 7, 2009 in Blogging How To's Word Press image gallery plugin shadowbox js word press plugins There is a WordPress plugin called ShadowBox JS that I recommend for enhancing the look of your image galleries if you use Word Press.  Here’s where to find the plugin and how to use it. A bit about Shadowbox: Shadowbox is an online media view...

Healthy Hut Launches New Website
on Nov 3, 2009 in Featured Websites healthy hut website projects The Kilauea natural foods store, Healthy Hut launched their new Emagine website and blog this week.  Built on the WordPress blogging platform, the Healthy Hut website highlights the natural food and products carried at the family-owned store and wil...

It’s Not All About You…
on Oct 29, 2009 in Copy Writing How To's Internet Marketing customer-focused copy web copy website copywriting When writing copy for your website, it’s NOT all about you. Karon Thackston is one of my favorite experts in the web copywriting  field and her article “Writing TO Your Customers—Not AT Them” was featured on Jill Whalen’s H...

Expanding the WYSIWYG Editor in WordPress
on Oct 26, 2009 in Blogging How To's Word Press expand editor view in word press word press editor word press tricks If you are a WordPress user and are finding the writing area too small in the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor window, here’s how to make it bigger.  You can manually drag out the window by looking to the lower right hand corner f...

Building a Business Presence on Facebook
on Oct 25, 2009 in Branding Great Small Business Ideas How To's Internet Marketing Social Media If you have a business or a store front and haven’t taken advantage of Facebook yet, you might want to add that to your list of things to do before the year is out.  To read my earlier post on building a Facebook profile and business page, cli...

How To Organize Your Digital Photos
on Oct 18, 2009 in Equipment & Technology Fun Stuff How To's I’ve had a few people ask me recently, how I keep my digital photographs organized.  Here’s how I do it and some tips and resources that might help you get organized… First, there are free and low-cost image organizers available, ...

Flippin’ Easy – Flip Video
on Oct 15, 2009 in Equipment & Technology Fun Stuff Social Media I recently purchased a Flip Video camera from Costco for about $200.  The High Definition video camera fits in the palm of my hand and comes with a small tripod.  It has a built-in USB port that flips open to connect to my laptop for downloading an...

Can’t Afford a Website?
on Oct 15, 2009 in Great Small Business Ideas How To's Internet Marketing Social Media online exposure without a website So you can’t afford a professional website?  Don’t worry, there’s still plenty that you can do to spread the word online about your business.  The following suggestions are for free online services designed to help you promote you...