A couple of days ago, I received a comment on one of my Headway Hero tutorial videos. I occasionally get some very encouraging comments on the video lessons I produce. They all mean a whole lot to me. This comment left me speechless though. Once I started writing my reply, thoughts and words began flowing […]
The Research Payoff Curve: Know Your Limit!
I just got home after a trip to Magasin (a Danish shopping mall like Debenhams or Macy’s) here in “Wonderful Copenhagen” as the Danish tourism office likes to brand our little capital. I needed some jeans and/or chinos, so off we went (yes, even Muffin the dog). The first store we went into, was the […]
My Headway Hero Journey – Lessons Learned
For a long time I’ve been wanting to write a blog post sharing my experiences and lessons learned, while making Headway Hero: my first real, full-blown online course / membership site. It’s been ride, and I have so much I’d like to share with you! Regrettably, I haven’t had the time to do so. For […]
WordPress Jetpack Publicize for Custom Post Types
This is a short blog post, to quickly share with you how to enable automatic social media sharing of custom post type content, in WordPres, via the Jetpack plugins’ Publicise module. In case you don’t know what the WordPress Jetpack plugin is – and what its Publicize module does – here’s a short backstory: the […]
An Update on the Headway Hero Video Tutorial
Today’s january 28th. The anticipated launch date of my Headway Hero video tutorial. Anyone who knows me well, will attest that I’m quite serious (arguably to the extent of being rigid) about dates, appointments, and my work. I hate when people change plans or don’t live up to their promises. Yet here I am. Is […]
Design Your Own WordPress Website: Announcing Headway Hero
Without further ado and to cut a long story short: my long-awaited Headway video tutorial / online course will begin: Tuesday, January 28th! That’s in less than 3 weeks:) If you’ve been asking yourself: “how do I make my own (WordPress) website” this is the tutorial that will show you how to make your own […]
A Mixpanel WordPress Plugin (in 3 easy steps)
This post isn’t about cookies. It’s about finding a Mixpanel WordPress plugin. I already moaned about cookie notices in a previous blog post. It’s not worth reading, honestly;) Nevertheless, we live in a world of cookies. If in doubt, just ask the EU “Cookie Club” who came up with the lame idea that all European websites using cookies […]
Here’s an idea: don’t set New Year’s Resolutions – set New Year’s Principles
With Christmas coming to an end, I traditionally spend considerable time and focus, thinking about, and refining: my principles for the coming year. Every year, in the days leading up to new years eve, I contemplate and write a document I refer to as my “Nytårsprincipper” (in Danish, my native tongue) – in english it’s: New Year’s […]
Moz Pro review: an (almost) complete suite of SEO tools
As a business owner, no matter whether your business is small, medium or large, you’ll need to look into the numbers. “Big data” isn’t just a fancy buzzword. It’s a requirement nowadays! Web analytics is an extremely important pre-requisite for doing business – and especially online business. Keep your eyes on the ball Even though […]
How to Blog for SEO? Use Google Search Console Like a Pro
Never write for SEO purposes only. But if you are serious about your blogging – and want your efforts to pay off, and be read by real people: you’ll need to make sure they can find your hard-earned content in Google, Bing and the rest of the search gang. Some years ago, and even occasionally throughout […]
Headway 3.6 beta – hopefully room for improvement?
The Headway theme holds so much promise. It’s the only theme framework that really does deliver what it says on the box. Using Headway, you can – in real life, not some upbeat marketing fantasy universe – design your own WordPress website, without coding. That’s why I’m such a big fan of Headway and recommend it so […]
Death of The Professional Web Designer
I’ve wanted to get this off my chest, for so long. Here we go: A sense of redundancy – and immense future potential Even though I make most of my living as a web designer, I have this growing, inner urge; to teach my clients how master their websites themselves – and not depend on me to do […]
Ghost vs WordPress (What I Miss Most in Ghost)
Unlike seemingly everyone else within the web design / web development community and across the global blogosphere, I’ll have to admit that I still haven’t installed Ghost – John O’Nolan‘s new, slick blogging platform (that began as a Kickstarter project) out to challenge WordPresss’ position as the world’s number 1 blog software. Why haven’t I […]
The Best WordPress Theme Framework For You: Free Guide!
It’s become more and more clear to me, that many are in doubt about which WordPress theme framework to choose. There are so many, and they all differ vastly from each other. There’s the drag & drop PageLines DMS, there’s the maverick Thesis 2.1, Headway 3 with its innovative Visual Editor, then there’s trusty Genesis now at version […]
EU Cookie Disclosure? Okay, I’ll Bend Over…
This needs to be written, both from a legal perspective, as well as to get something off my chest. I think I’m required by EU law to tell you that my site is using cookies. Duh! Who woulda known, huh? It’s one of many lame EU regulations. It means all EU websites are required to […]
Update on the Upcoming Headway Video Tutorials
My long-promised, long-awaited upcoming Headway video tutorial has been delayed for longer than I feel good about. Honestly. I embarked on creating these Headway tutorials, to help you design and build your own custom, 100% unique Headway site. And many are waiting eagerly for my Headway tutorials, which only serves to confirm the need for such a comprehensive […]
The Klout Score: Most Vanity Metric EVER on the Web
I’ve been thinking lately… Social media marketing requires lots of thought. So much is happening, all the time, and we all try to stay afloat and gain more momentum, in our attempts to conquer the throne of “the interwebs”. I often miss more meaningful analytics. I often think about how they can become more useful. […]
PageLines DMS Review – a WordPress Theme Revolution?
PageLines DMS was “secretly rumored” for a while, and some weeks ago, some official info was finally launched. The PageLines team have definitely held their cards close to their chest, in an almost Apple-like top-secret fashion. Probably due to two reasons: 1. To avoid getting ripped off before even entering the market. Andrew Power’s confabulatory blog […]
PageLines DMS is not the only DMS in town!
There’s a new blog post over on the PageLines blog, titled “What is a DMS?” stirring up the imminent launch of PageLines DMS that will début this coming Wednesday. Update 31-7-2013: PageLines DMS review is now online! (but be sure to also read this blog post as well, it contains additional information!) The blog post lists […]
Thesis 2.1 and The Future of DIY Web Design
As most regular followers of my site will know, I was not impressed with the long-awaited release of the Thesis 2.0 theme framework for WordPress. Matt Cutts (Google’s SEO representative) and Sugar Rae Hoffman (a former Thesis evangelist) and many others have also jumped ship after the disastrous Thesis 2 release. Pre-launch, I had high […]