January 20, 2013

Keywords mean nothing unless you back them up with content. Improve your SEO by creating quality, relevant content for the search engines and your visitors

Tags: content, Google, relevant content, search, SEO, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

January 17, 2013

Ask yourself these 5 questions to help you discover how to distinguish yourself online. Then, act on the answers and make it happen.

Tags: distinguish yourself, online, website

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

January 14, 2013

Useful when changing domains or link structure, the 301 redirect is a status code that, when applied to a web page, automatically “redirects” the visitor to a different designated page. This also indicates to the search engines, etc. that the page has moved permanently and that they need to update their records with the new address. Read on for the benefits…

Tags: 301 Redirect, domain, Google, redirection, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

October 29, 2012

For smartphone optimized websites, “responsive” web design is Google’s recommended configuration. Read more to find out why Google takes this position and what you can do about it.

Tags: Google, mobile search, responsive web design, smartphone optimized website

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

September 29, 2012

If you use Facebook, Twitter and/or Linkedin to grow your social media presence, you should be using Buffer.  This awesome web app increases the chances follower interaction by scheduling your posts to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin for when they will most likely be looked at and interacted with. How can you use Buffer? Excellent question.  Imagine this scenario:  You have a product launch coming up and you need to get the word out to your followers.  You know they interact with you but you don’t know exactly when so it’s hard to gauge when the best time to post is. [...]

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

September 18, 2012

Update as of 9-19-2012: See more Twitter profiles with unique header images and get yours added to the list here What the new Twitter Profile looks like: (Mobile website) The skinny: Twitter released a new version of it’s Profile page today which features a header area that you can upload a photo to.  The change was rolled out to Twitter’s iPhone, iPad, and Android apps as well as it’s mobile and regular website.  It would seem that with this change, Twitter’s goal is to bring more focus on a user’s profile which, in my opinion, is a bit overdue and [...]

Tags: twitter, twitter profile, twitter update

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

September 14, 2012

A common question I get regarding custom wordpress themes is: “Why would I go with a custom WordPress theme when I can just get a $30.00 pre-made theme?” I have to say this is an extremely legitimate question and one that everyone should ask themselves to make sure a custom wordpress theme is really what you need for your situation. Ultimately your situation will determine if you should get one or not. For some people, they don’t need one. For others, they should have gotten one yesterday. Keep reading to find out if you should consider a custom WordPress theme. [...]

Tags: custom wordpress theme, theme, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

September 8, 2012

As the importance of a memorable online experience becomes more and more of a deciding factor to our visitors and customers, we should strive to always be improving it. If you need help figuring out where your visitor / customers’ online experience can be improved the most, drop us a line or tweet us on Twitter (@BigCloudMedia).

Tags: customers, deciding factor, online experience, visitors

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

April 15, 2012

Hey all, I just wanted to provide an example of a spam email that looks legit but is really SPAM. Notice who it is To: “recipients” and there are misspellings and malformed sentences all over the place. These are clues to watch for anytime you get a suspicious email, such as this. PayPal is a major corporation and they don’t make these kind of mistakes when writing emails. SPAM BOTS do though. Be careful with your info and be safe browsing. As always, if you are in need of a website, WordPress help, or anything having to do with online [...]

Tags: emails, spam, suspicious email

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

December 6, 2011

As you know, we are always looking for ways to improve the level of service that Big Cloud Media provides and to move toward that goal, we have recently begun posting helpful tips on Twitter regarding Blogging, WordPress, Websites and Marketing (with a little SEO thrown in for good measure). It is our aim to keep you informed on common issues that we have run into while completing our various projects and ways to avoid them. We also want to provide great advice and helpful burbs to educate, inform and empower you to make the web related decisions that will [...]

Tags: blog, success, tips, twitter, website, Wordpress

Category: Helpful Info