http://cussinsenterpirses.com Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:24:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2012/01/10/what-makes-a-successful-blogger/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2012/01/10/what-makes-a-successful-blogger/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:22:21 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=207 Yesterday, I was reading a post on ProBlogger.net titled, “Why Most Bloggers will Fail, No Matter How Hard They Try“. I like the content so much, I sent a link to the post to a young future blogger. After I pressed the send button, I had second thoughts. I was afraid the title would discourage they [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2012/01/10/what-makes-a-successful-blogger/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/09/06/i-want-to-take-you-on-a-journey/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/09/06/i-want-to-take-you-on-a-journey/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:45:47 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=188 Hello one and all, I want to take you on a journey of endless possibilities. Where the only limitations is what we you put on our selves. Yes there is some risk to your pride and reputation, but we will get over it. Before we get started, I want to give some background by a [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/09/06/i-want-to-take-you-on-a-journey/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/03/27/wordpress-or-not-to-wordpress/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/03/27/wordpress-or-not-to-wordpress/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:51:56 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=181 WordPress or Not to WordPress that is the question? Is it more nobler to pay high website development fees to promote my business on the we web or should I go with WordPress and build it for a fraction of the cost? Because of the Great Recession people have looked for more economical ways to [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2011/03/27/wordpress-or-not-to-wordpress/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/11/13/blogoshere-report-for-2010/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/11/13/blogoshere-report-for-2010/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:12:53 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=169 This week Technorati came out with its’ annual report concerning the Blogoshere 2010. I just got through reading it. I am going to save it. It is after Christmas we sit down with some of my associates to discuss the direction we are going to take in the next year. This year we are going [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/11/13/blogoshere-report-for-2010/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/09/08/content-is-king/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/09/08/content-is-king/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:52:21 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=152 Over the years, I have read and heard different marketing; supposed experts talk about what makes a good website or blog. At one time it was just the right domain name. Then it was SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Now everyone has admitted that it is not the fancy hype that attracts people and keeps them coming back. It [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2010/09/08/content-is-king/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/14/graphic-better-than-text/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/14/graphic-better-than-text/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:00:08 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=96 One of the major ways to building traffic to your website or blog is through cross promotion. This is usually done by linking to other websites and have other websites link to you. This is nice. A better way to get the link to your website notice on another website is through an eye catching graphic. All [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/14/graphic-better-than-text/feed/ 3 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/10/success-comes-from-two-directions/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/10/success-comes-from-two-directions/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:15 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=86 The most bloggers just write as a venue to express his or her ideas. The professional blogger writes from a passion with the hopes he has enough people paying reading his blog. While at the same time another group will sponsor his writings. For some the mere thought of having X number of people reading their blog [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/11/10/success-comes-from-two-directions/feed/ 0 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/08/12/building-a-website-step-3/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/08/12/building-a-website-step-3/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:53:17 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=73 In Step 1 of this group of posts we looked at planning. Step 2 was the actual construction of a website or blog. Now in Step 3 we are going to look at the hardest/never-ending part of having a website or blog. If you have not guessed. Step 3 involves all the work after the [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/08/12/building-a-website-step-3/feed/ 11 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/07/23/building-a-website-step-2/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/07/23/building-a-website-step-2/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:00:33 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=59 It is always good to draw on paper the look on paper a rough sketch of what you want the home page to look like. Then the relationship between each page. This is known as the structure. Now comes building. Just as you would not build a office building by yourself, so building a business [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/07/23/building-a-website-step-2/feed/ 10 http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/06/13/building-a-website-step-1/ http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/06/13/building-a-website-step-1/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:35:07 +0000 efcussins http://cussinsenterpirses.com/?p=44 Anytime I sit down with a perspective client, then ask them what is the color scheme and look they want on their website, I get a look of panic. It is as if that is the one thing they did not consider. The perspective clients usually can tell me the purpose of the website. If [...]]]> http://cussinsenterpirses.com/2009/06/13/building-a-website-step-1/feed/ 5