Barebones Guide to Starting a Blog

If you’ve been thinking about starting a blog but putting it off because it seems like a lot of work, we’ve got a challenge for you. Launch your blog this weekend. If you’re any kind of strategist or perfectionist, the sound of this will make you feel like you...

What an SSL Certificate Is and Why You Need One

SSL is an acronym that refers to Secure Sockets Layer. SSL certificates are small data files that bind a cryptographic key to an organization’s details. The reason why you’d want to bind a key to your organization is that this keeps your website’s information safe and...

New WordPress Website Settings Checklist

This overview is for a basic, vanilla installation of WordPress (WP). Think of this post as a new WordPress website settings checklist that you can build upon. Depending on what type of website you want to make and the tools you have available, your mileage may vary....

Website Performance Tools and CDNs

This article will provide some useful website performance tools. Pingdom Website Speed Test WebPageTest – Test a website’s performance It should go without saying that you need to test your website’s performance. When you run these tests you’ll...

13 Tips on Getting Started With YouTube

We were reviewing our notes on how to start on YouTube from a couple of years ago and thought it would be helpful to review the 13 tips on getting started with YouTube we had written down. Take YouTube seriously. If you don’t have a YouTube account yet, go ahead and...