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  1. 10 Web Trends for 2013

    “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” Joseph Priestly

    Methods of communicating are constantly changing –  especially when it comes to Web design and mobile devices. As a result of these frequent changes, it is the smart Web marketer and designer who keeps up with not just the communication devices but the design elements that are used on them. After all, communication only communicates if it is useable and understood. To help you be up to speed with communicating with your Web customers here are 10 of the latest Web trends.

  2. MailChimp Huge Update Feb 18

    If you use Mailchimp for managing your email lists, then you may want to check out this notice from them. More than likely this will not affect you but it’s still a good idea to make sure any integrations your website or social media has tied into MailChimp still works after February 18th.

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    Here’s their notice:

  3. Beware Underhanded Marketing Practices

    blackhatThere are a lot of companies out there offering internet marketing, but just like any industry, there are best practices that are lost on the consumer. Below are some warning signs when working with an internet marketing company:

    1. Guaranteeing the #1 spot on Google. This cannot be done as no one controls Google’s algorithm. A company that promises the top spot is either using unethical SEO measures or  ranking you for a long keyphrase with very little competition in order to trick you into “amazing” results.
    2. Requiring a one-year contract, often with a multitude of restrictions and references to proprietary information if you ask for more information about what work is really being done on a monthly basis.
    3. Having a contract that is unclear about how and what they are doing to promote your business. Like any contract, do not sign it until you fully understand what is being done. In fact, you may wish to get a copy of the contract and have someone you trust, that understands the Internet, explain the contract to you. If you don’t understand the language used, you won’t know for sure if, or how, they are doing their job.

  4. Website Spotlight: Aviation Family Fund

    AFFWe often get asked to do custom website designs, create personalized logos, do updates or add graphics for an existing website. We love to do this, as it is a great way to give an “old” site a new look, while increasing the site’s search engine ranking in the process. One example is Aviation Family Fund, for whom we improved a basic WordPress template by adding custom graphics and a logo that helps express who they are and what they do.

  5. Lunch and Learn at Hillsborough Chamber – 3/6

    danieltrimpeyDaniel Trimpey, CEO of Page Progressive, will present “Four Critical Components of Effective Internet Marketing” on Wednesday, March 6 at noon at the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce.

    Daniel will offer a brief overview of search engine optimization (SEO), social media, link Building and Pay-Per-Click Advertising as options to help you maximize your internet marketing effectiveness.

    What:  Lunch and Learn:  Four Critical Components of Effective Internet Marketing

    When:  Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 11:30 to 1 pm

    Where:  Hillsborough Chamber Office, 1000 Corporate Drive, Suite 301

    RSVP no later than March 1 by clicking here.

  6. Managed Optimized Wordpress Hosting in Raleigh NC

    WordPress 3.5.1 Maintenance and Security Release

    WordPress 3.5.1 is now available. Version 3.5.1 is the first maintenance release of 3.5, fixing 37 bugs. It is also a security release for all previous WordPress versions. For a full list of changes, consult the list of tickets and the changelog, which include:

    • Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed or modified in rare cases.
    • Media: Fix a collection of minor workflow and compatibility issues in the new media manager.
    • Networks: Suggest proper rewrite rules when creating a new network.
    • Prevent scheduled posts from being stripped of certain HTML, such as video embeds, when they are published.
    • Work around some misconfigurations that may have caused some JavaScript in the WordPress admin area to fail.
    • Suppress some warnings that could occur when a plugin misused the database or user APIs.

    Additionally, a bug affecting Windows servers running IIS can prevent updating from 3.5 to 3.5.1. If you receive the error “Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable,” you will need to follow the steps outlined on the Codex.

    WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following security issues:

    • A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress versions. This was fixed by the WordPress security team. We’d like to thank security researchers Gennady Kovshenin and Ryan Dewhurst for reviewing our work.
    • Two instances of cross-site scripting via shortcodes and post content. These issues were discovered by Jon Cave of the WordPress security team.
    • A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the external library Plupload. Thanks to the Moxiecode team for working with us on this, and for releasing Plupload 1.5.5 to address this issue.

    Download 3.5.1 or visit Dashboard → Updates in your site admin to update now.

  7. Hiring Internet Marketing Consultants: Choose Wisely!

    marketingHave you ever hired a company to do link building, SEO, PPC or other forms of Internet marketing, and months later realized that despite much time and money invested that your website page ranking has not improved, or perhaps, it spiked for a time, but then dropped significantly? If so, then you are not alone! In fact, many companies have been taken advantage of by Internet marketing businesses, which they hired to help them to increase their Web presence.

  8. New WordPress Update Service

    wordpress-pluginIf you are running a WordPress website and you can’t remember the last time you updated WordPress and your installed plugins, then this is for you!

    Updating WordPress and plugins regularly ensures that your website is running with the latest features and most importantly has all of the latest security patches applied. Just like with your computer updates, your website system needs to be updated regularly too to minimize the threat of a hacker exploiting your site.

    To make sure you are staying on top of your WordPress updates, we are releasing a new monthly service where we will update your WordPress install and all your plugins at least once a month for $15 a month.

    If you are interested, contact us here or call us at 919-374-3014.

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