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 10, 2012

Are you into infographics? Good, we are too. Enjoy this “Online Travel Industry Statistics” from Funsherpa.com.  (Click the image for the full size) *Image source: http://www.funsherpa.com

Tags: infographic, travel

Category: Infographic Awesome, 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

January 28, 2012

Here is a recently (and randomly, I might add) whipped up logo creation.  No real rhyme or reason behind this one, it just popped into my head when I was working on a design for a client’s website.   Funny how that happens sometimes.  ;-)  Enjoy!! (This logo is a fictional work which was created with no intentional reference to any actual company.) Thanks for stopping by.  Please feel free to leave a comment about this logo or anything else on your mind.

Tags: creative, logo, random

Category: The Big Cloud, 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

December 2, 2011

To iterate this website tip in the best way possible, I will simply say: KEEP IT SIMPLE!! I know it is a matter of opinion but honestly, simple is best. Agree or disagree? Leave a comment. Have a wonderful day!

Tags: help, success, tips, website

Category: Helpful Info

September 8, 2011

Considering the impact that a website (or database) gone kaput can have on your mental health and your pocketbook, I want to make sure that the importance of this message is delivered without any distraction… pause for effect … THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!  Now that the importance of this message is out in the open, you can read on This is a friendly reminder to back up your website (and database if you use one) to save yourself a lot of headaches.  It is super important, as mentioned previously, because it can save you a lot of time, money and [...]

Tags: data backup, data loss, data recovery, database, website

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

August 28, 2011

This is the first post in a new blog series I am doing geared toward helping those who use web marketing to succeed in their efforts.  I encourage you to leave your comments and tweet it as you see fit and hopefully, we can all learn something new. So what is the key to a great web marketing campaign?  Some would say the delivery of the message is the key.  Others would say it is the platform.  Both of these are great answers and very important to the success of a web marketing campaign but ultimately, what makes a web marketing [...]

Tags: conversion, converts, marketing, success, web analytics, web marketing, website

Category: Helpful Info, The Buzz

July 20, 2011

As part of our “From the Lab” series, I will be presenting some ideas and experiments that we currently have going on.  In this “From the Lab”, I will explore a different way to employ a CAPTCHA  test on a web form. So what is CAPTCHA? To start, CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a common technique deployed on web forms to avoid spam messages or bogus information being sent through them.  CAPTCHA often manifests itself as an obtuse set of characters that you have to enter in order to submit information through the [...]

Tags: captcha, clicktcha, from the lab, labs, spam, spam bots

Category: The Big Cloud, The Buzz