Category Archives: Articles

Don’t “Utilize” Social Media – Participate

By iamronen | Published: August 8, 2010
It isn't uncommon for businesses to want to utilize social media as a marketing tool. But as a business you need to realize that people aren't likely to want to socialize with you - so it's up to you to do the socializing. But be warned, if you "socialize" with the intent of marketing - that really isn't socializing and people will spot you and call you out very quickly.

Make Time for Writing

By iamronen | Published: August 4, 2010
If you are running a business then you are probably busy - very busy. If you've added to your business a new website with a blog then you probably don't have much time (because you are busy) or motivation (because you don't yet see how your business can benefit from blogging) to write. What to do?

Blog for Yourself

By iamronen | Published: August 2, 2010
Though publishing online is relatively easy to do (thanks to WordPress, affordable Linux-based hosting, search engine traffic, etc.) - reaching people remains a formidable challenge. Attempting to satisfy the craving for "reach" is a slippery slope that can quickly lead away from flowing, honest & purpose-filled writing to burdensome, superficial & manipulative writing.

Panel Discussion: Blogging for Your Business

By iamronen | Published: August 1, 2010
An informative panel discussion from a recent WordCamp was recently published on WordPress.TV. Highlights from the discussion: be found online, direct contact with audiences, answer questions, share your passions, connect, be genuine.

Curating Content

By iamronen | Published: July 28, 2010
Curating online content, in it's most basic form, is about sharing with others things that interest you. When you come across an article or post that you like you can share your finding with your community of readers on your own website or through other social media tools.

Blogs are Good for Business

By iamronen | Published: July 26, 2010
The fact is that web sites with a blog received 55% more visitors, 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages than those that didn’t have a blog. Businesses in particular can capitalize on this because businesses that blog experience 126% higher lead growth than non-blogging businesses. Can you really afford to miss this opportunity?

Review of WordPress Menus User Interface

By iamronen | Published: July 18, 2010
WordPress Menus are a new feature introduced in WordPress 3.0. I think that you have to have had previous experience with creating WordPress navigation elements to appreciate the new menus ... Since menus have been introduced I have replaced most of the navigation elements on numerous website projects with menus. This has also exposed some problems with the menus user interface.

Launch Announcement: Centre for Yoga Studies

By iamronen | Published: July 17, 2010
This is the first "official launch accouncement" on oDharma - all of the other websites in the oDharma porfolio were already in existence before oDharma itself came to be. I could not wish for a more purpose-filled project to announce ... my teacher's website: The Centre for Yoga Studies.

WordPress and the General Public License

By iamronen | Published: July 16, 2010
A heated argument in the WordPress community reached my attention yesterday. Since most of the people I engage regarding WordPress have very little knowledge of the GPL, I thought it would be a great opportunity to explain it within the context of the ongoing argument.

Are You Ready for a Website?

By iamronen | Published: July 12, 2010
The title of this isn't quite right - it should say "Are you ready for a website with me?". I write this based on my beliefs on what a good website should be and the kind of work I do. I can easily sum it in one word - Content. Content is the best way for people to get to know you ... experience your uniqueness ... engage with you ... keep you fresh ...