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WordPress “Themezilla” – Are You Developed Out of the Box?

Wordpress "themezilla" will feed you to its offspring for breakfast and then eats its offspring for lunch! It’s an over-developed beast that can sometimes get you into a costly mess down the road. If you’re reading this post, you probably Continue Reading

What Makes a Good WordPress Website?

WordPress tides seem to have shifted recently on the Western Slope. Over the last few years businesses have created WordPress sites with dozens of local designers. BlizzardPress has ridden the wave, designing many businesses their first WordPress website. Today many businesses are looking Continue Reading

New site for Vail Valley’s Summit Neurology

BlizzardPress recently released a new, WordPress professional services website for the Summit Neurology group. A Wide Range of Needs Summit Neurology's offices are located in Gypsum, Colorado with additional offices in Vail and Frisco.  A big challenge for www.summitneuro.com was to show Continue Reading

Startup Weekend Vail 2015

Vail is finally getting a Startup Weekend, March 27th-29th, 2015.  Startup weekend is an intensive entrepreneurial event that will draw in 80 entrepreneurs who will work together to launch business concepts during a 54 hour period.  Awesome!!  Kristen and I did Continue Reading

WordPress Hosting Pitfalls and Triumphs

You've Come a Long Way, Baby. Wordpress hosting comes up a lot in conversation with clients these days. It used to be that you could find a nearly free host, turn on your Wordpress site and pay your $5/month hosting Continue Reading

Manage Your Social Media in 10 Minutes a Day

In today’s online marketing landscape many businesses are bleary eyed, yet focused on the myriad of tools available. Do I need a blog - an Instagram account - Facebook page - Pinterest - Twitter - Google Plus? The list is Continue Reading

10 Ways to Increase Your Search Engine Rankings

This post is for the DIY Small Business Marketing Workshop Series. The topic today is 10 easy and accessible ways to help improve your search engine rankings.  By easy and accessible, I mean 10 things the average business owner can Continue Reading

Glenwood Springs Realtor Overcomes Google Penalty

This is a story about a Google penalty with a happy ending.  A google penalty can be a traumatic and business-threatening event because it causes a dramatic drop in traffic and is hard to diagnose and treat.  Sort of a Continue Reading

Colorado Engineering Firm Gets New Website on WordPress

SGM is the largest full-service engineering firm in Western Colorado.  With a staff of 80, they possess diverse technical skills to address all project challenges. They needed a website to demonstrate their wide range of skills as well as their Continue Reading

Alpine Holiday Services in Vail Enjoys New WordPress Website

Alpine Holiday Services provides indoor and outdoor holiday decorations, tree lighting and floral centerpieces to the Vail Valley.  While they had a website, and it was already in WordPress, it was a hot mess.  BlizzardPress came in and completely revamped Continue Reading

Glenwood Springs Law Firm Gets New WordPress Website

Karp Neu Hanlon, PC has offices in both Glenwood Springs and Aspen Colorado.  With 12 attorneys, 14 specialties and 2 locations their website needed to rank well in search, look great to their clients, and be easy for their staff Continue Reading

Non-Profits in Eagle County Colorado Switch to WordPress

Eagle County Gives is a coalition of over 36 Vail Valley nonprofits.  They collaborate to increase total local donations on Colorado Gives Day and need a website to support them in that effort.  BlizzardPress loves to help non-profits and provided Continue Reading