A lot of fun stuff happens both at I Heart Blank, on the world wide web, in marketing and also with WordPress.  Here’s a place where I put information that, interests me, is important for you to know, and resources to help you navigate your website (and also the web).  Check out our most recent blog posts below.

Latest blog posts

  • Why Is Facebook Page Reach Decreasing? More Competition And Limited Attention (via Tech Crunch) 10 Quick Ways to Clean Up and Optimize Your WordPress Site (via WPMU) New HTML Is About To Make Your Phone Way Better at Using the Internet (via Gizmodo) The Best Ways to Waste Time Productively (via Lifehacker) How To Disappear Online [infographic] (via Daily Infographic) Vermont celebrates 40 billboard-free years (via Ad Week) The Best[...]

    Published On: September 2, 2014Categories: Business, Monthly Newsletter78 words0.4 min read
  • A Funny Story I'm sure I could come up with a bunch of real life examples, but I hate when I go into a store looking to be educated and I can't get what I'm looking for.  Say, for example, I'm looking for a PC and the 'sales person' just reads the boxes or the sales tags.  To me, it's kind of insulting.  Is the person 'helping' me assuming I can't read?[...]

    Published On: August 20, 2014Categories: Business776 words3.9 min read
  • So, we've talked about how not to sell.  Today, I thought I'd talk about the other side of the coin and give some inspiration about how I do sell. Most of the time I like to 'sell' with options.  Give someone options for what they're looking for with an explanation of why I'm giving those options and what the differences are between the options.  Two examples come to mind. Website Selling I love giving[...]

    Published On: August 6, 2014Categories: Business549 words2.7 min read
  • A Funny Story Funny story.  Someone named 'Sam' went to car dealership and left my phone number instead of their own.  I received a number of phone calls from the car dealership.  I let the first few go to voicemail.  I figured after 1 or 2 calls, they'd realize no one was interested.  They weren't getting the message.  Finally, on the third or fourth day I picked up just to[...]

    Published On: July 22, 2014Categories: Business541 words2.8 min read
  • The folks at Daily Infographic came through again.  This months infographic it titled "18 Ways To Be More Positive At Work."  Check it out below or at Daily Infographic. Positivity changes everything. Having a good environment and a healthy outlook can really make any situation into a productive one. Practicing behaviors that will influence beneficial results will be necessary in order for you to have a more successful and constructive[...]

    Published On: June 10, 2014Categories: Business, Infographics99 words0.5 min read