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I’m Always Up For Laughing At Myself

by Carissa Dunphy on May 11, 2012

The other night I shot what seemed like a million takes for some Ovaleye video tutorials (stay tuned). Note our Chief Decision Maker, Kathy Nelson and Tech Director, Tracy Nelson laughing in the background. Nonetheless, we not only successfully completed the tutorials and trailers, but we also gained some laughs that our Director of Operations, Jennifer Donogh put this together:

Go ahead, laugh, it’s funny. Tell me all about it below ;)

 

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Today’s Webinar: DIY Website Design Tips

by Carissa Dunphy on May 4, 2012

Today I will be hosting another free webinar, brought to you by Ovaleye. “DIY Website Design Tips” will teach you my tricks and techniques that you can apply when working on your own website. All of the tools I will be using and showing you are free to use, and available online to anyone.
DIY Website Design Tips

The webinar itself is being presented in Ovaleye’s Web Conferencing room, which is made available for free to website hosting members. You too can host your own online meetings! (find out more here)

Today we will cover:

  • Making a banner for your website
  • Choosing a color scheme
  • Making buttons for your site
  • Basic photo editing
  • Working with fonts
  • Creating a website background

I am also going to throw in a very cool bonus trick about making custom Facebook tabs/pages, which is VERY easy and can be done with just one extra click.

Join me today at 11am PST/2pm EST in the Ovaleye Web Conferencing Room or you may RSVP for the webinar.

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The 5 Most Popular Blog Posts of All Time

by Carissa Dunphy on April 17, 2012

Blog Marketing Up Close Word Blog GraphiJennifer from Ovaleye recently had a blog post, “My Most Popular Blog Posts and Why“, which inspired me to research my own blog posts to see which have been the most popular. After running some analytics reports I’ve come up with the five most visited blog posts, since my blog’s creation date, and why they are the most popular. The “most popular” posts are blog posts with the most unique page views, the number of comments and social media shares were not a factor.

  1. Tracking Your Website’s Traffic: this post is classic Evergreen content, it will be read for a long time to come. The content will continue to attract traffic, help readers and not need any tweaking.
  2. How to Customize Your Facebook Page’s Featured Likes: This post is popular for a couple reasons, primarily because it is a help post that readers want to learn from. This post also continues to gain traction because Facebook is constantly changing; Every time they make changes the searches become popular again and bring in more traffic.
  3. Google+ Tips and Shortcuts: I was fortunate to be included in the pre-launch for Google Plus. This allowed me to write a teaching and “exclusive” content post since not everyone had Google plus access as early as I did. I also think this post is popular because this social network is more inquired upon than used, people are curious, but it stays just that.
  4. How to Blog Better: Another post that will stand the test of time, but the content is based on my own experiences, bringing original insight. This post has brought me many thank you emails, which makes all of the hard work worth it!
  5. The NEW Microsoft Store: I’m honestly puzzled as to why this post gets so much traffic, I suppose it is from local searches surrounding each Microsoft store. This post is also packed full of Microsoft, tech and gaming keywords which probably has heavy value.

Bonus post: #6: How to Get More Traffic to Your Website: This blog post was one away from the list, it is so good I had to include it. Another post that has sent me much social media and email thanks, and full of information that will continue to be useful for a long time to come.

I am curious what blog posts have brought you much traffic, please share below!

Image courtesy: Maria Reyes-McDavis

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A Strong Characteristic of Successful Business Owners

March 8, 2012

Over the past few weeks Ovaleye‘s Chief Decision Maker and I have been interviewing some amazing and successful Entrepreneurs on our weekly Small Businesses Do It Better Show (watch the videos at http://ovaleye.tv). After speaking with these small business owners and hearing about their lessons learned, triumphs, and what has enabled them to grow and [...]

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How Your Website Can Get More Traffic From Having a Google+ Profile

February 21, 2012

By now you’ve heard of Google Plus, but you still may not have create a profile…you should. Think about it this way, Google is the most used search engine and they give priority to their services and those who use them. Not to mention, because Google.com is the most visited website, the sites they own [...]

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Incredible Facebook Stats From Their IPO Filings

February 8, 2012

As you know, Facebook has recently filed documents for their initial public offering, expecting $5 Billion to be raised. The company was created in 2004 and rapidly gained millions after millions of users, and revenue.  The details inside the 197 page prospectus are so remarkable that I wanted to share them. Take a look: 2009 [...]

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The “Small Businesses Do It Better” Show Debut

February 7, 2012

Attention all small businesses! The fabulous team at Ovaleye.tv has created a new weekly show just for you! Each week Kathy Nelson, Ovaleye’s Chief Decision Maker, and I will bring you an amazing small business owner who shares their tips, knowledge and insights on how small businesses do it better. Join us LIVE tonight, and [...]

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10 Ways to Display Your Social Media Profile

January 30, 2012

Social networking is an important small business tool. Use these ideas to display your social media profile for maximum exposure. When used strategically, you can have many different ways for visitors to share your posts and including links to your profiles, all on one page. Side bar – this is the most common area, if [...]

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Take Five Minutes to do These Two Things… Your Website’s Health Depends on it!

January 16, 2012

These two quick website scans take less than five minutes, yet are vital to your marketing, social media, page speed and how your site is viewed by search engines. The reports will provide you with a grade on where your site stands and give extremely beneficial and detailed suggestions on improving your website. Type your [...]

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