Glenwood Springs Hosts a Full Day Small Business Summit and Expo
We are excited to participate in the 2016 Biz-Opoly Small Business Summit & Expo on Tuesday, October 18th at the Hotel Colorado. The morning events (from 7:30 AM to 1:30) are by registration only… BlizzardPress purchased several dozen tickets for our clients and friends… and if you are interested, give us a call – we […]
The Benefits of SSL: Adding a Layer of Security to Your WordPress Websites
Ok, ok – I know you are thinking… snooze, how boring – or maybe even, “huh?”. BUT, listen up folks – this one is actually worth your attention. SSL is the technology that keeps your website secure – it is easily recognized on any website by an https:// versus http://. This would most commonly be […]
45 Ideas to Please Google and Up Your Game
Last night I took a rare moment to clean up the desktop on my laptop and discovered a few interesting pearls. Specifically I found a some notes from Wordcamp Denver last June (2015). First of course I had to figure out what the heck I was looking at, and next I realized… damn, there is some great stuff […]
On-site vs Off-site SEO
SEO – it’s one of those catch phrases we’ve been throwing around for years. And everybody is a guru right? Before we can claim all-knowingness, let’s review just a few search engine optimization basics. When we build WordPress websites, we say they are “optimized for search“. What does that mean? Very basically there are things […]
The Best $50 Marketing Spend for a Small Local Business
This blog post is about retargeting. I write it in an effort to convince more folks that a failure to retarget is just not smart. At best, failure to consider retargeting is a missed opportunity to cost effectively market your business, at worst it is just plain stupid. Read on to find out why… What is retargeting? It […]
Blogging for Business | Tips and Best Practices
Once again, Trent Blizzard is teaching a free business class at the Glenwood Springs Library – this month is Blogging for Business. Here is a quick download of the topics, the slides, and links to sample blogs. The slides are at the bottom of the post… so scroll down if that is what you are looking […]
Get in the Game – Colorado Gives Day!
Check out the slides from Kristen Blizzard’s presentation to DEVO. Learn how Eagle County Gives raised nearly $750,000 on Colorado Gives day in 2014 as “Regional Champions.” And, support your favorite nonprofits on Colorado Gives Day this year – December 8th, 2015!
How to Rock Your Online Reviews
Trent is presenting today on reputation management at a conference in Denver. I’m going to do my best to keep up with him and download the tasty bits in this blog post. Here we go… What we LOVE about Reputation Management: Reputation Management rewards good businesses The cost is very low and there is a high DIY component It […]
How to Lose Your Shit With WordPress
That’s right, I said it. I might have better titled this article “The Hidden Costs of WordPress” but I’m feeling just a bit sassy today. So there you have it. Let’s find out just what I’m talking about. I’m a bit biased of course but WordPress is one of the best content management systems in the […]