http://www.nextsteph.com Taking web presence to the next step. Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.nextsteph.com/give-out-samples-before-you-have-a-sale/ http://www.nextsteph.com/give-out-samples-before-you-have-a-sale/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:00 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=5353 I was at a popular food shopping destination in NYC and as soon as I got on the long winding line to pay, I saw “BBQ chicken pizza” samples. At the time, I was talking to Gram and I told her that I saw the samples and it was too late for me to grab [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/give-out-samples-before-you-have-a-sale/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/mothering-your-own-website/ http://www.nextsteph.com/mothering-your-own-website/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 23:50:54 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=5149 When you serve your clients, its hard to stop and think about your own web presence. Here are some tips I have to step back and give my website the TLC it needs. Is your website receiving traffic? If you have Google Analytics installed you can answer that question by simply logging on. If you [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/mothering-your-own-website/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/beat-the-page-not-found-offender-rap/ http://www.nextsteph.com/beat-the-page-not-found-offender-rap/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:00:43 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=5091 I was clearing out some items from bookmarks folder and ran across some links from a while ago. I visited an apparel store to see if they still have a dress I had my eye on. Aghast, they didn’t have the dress, and they weren’t even courteous about the fact: Not Found The requested URL [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/beat-the-page-not-found-offender-rap/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/taking-the-weekend-to-make-some-headway/ http://www.nextsteph.com/taking-the-weekend-to-make-some-headway/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:34:45 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=5087 Every so often, I learn something new from my prospective clients, clients, subscribers, colleagues and friends. Headway Themes, a premium WordPress theme. I initially found out about it several years ago through a prospective client. Recently, I had another opportunity with the theme with a move from a static site to WordPress. I was surprised [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/taking-the-weekend-to-make-some-headway/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/do-you-have-a-plan-to-move-your-posterous-site/ http://www.nextsteph.com/do-you-have-a-plan-to-move-your-posterous-site/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:51:20 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=4974 In case you didn’t know, Posterous is shutting down its blog services to pay attention to the Twitter side of the business. I can’t say that I didn’t see it coming. This leaves a lot of blogs with the task of choosing their next step. Which blog platform should folks go to? Tumblr, WordPress.com or [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/do-you-have-a-plan-to-move-your-posterous-site/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/1-min-tip-youtube-favorites/ http://www.nextsteph.com/1-min-tip-youtube-favorites/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:19:28 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=4848 Welcome to the premier episode of One Minute Tip. I hope you’ll find these tips helpful. If you do, please comment below. Thanks.]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/1-min-tip-youtube-favorites/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/should-you-create-a-website-around-your-book-or-yourself/ http://www.nextsteph.com/should-you-create-a-website-around-your-book-or-yourself/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:42:35 +0000 nextsteph http://nextsteph.com/stephblog/?p=1690 One of the many tips about blogging that I have encountered is the question focusing on book authors. Should I create a website around my book or myself? I know I will get comments from the peanut gallery, that’s what the form below is for. However, my vote will always go to self, and not [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/should-you-create-a-website-around-your-book-or-yourself/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/tame-your-twitter-account-from-the-twits/ http://www.nextsteph.com/tame-your-twitter-account-from-the-twits/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:51:32 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=4491 One thing that’s scary is finding out that your Twitter account has ran away from you. More specifically, that your Twitter account has been compromised. I saw more than my share of clients and friends tweets saying that their accounts fell victim and to not click on any previous links. One way to “Tame your Twitter account [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/tame-your-twitter-account-from-the-twits/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/what-the-godaddy-service-outtage-has-taught-us/ http://www.nextsteph.com/what-the-godaddy-service-outtage-has-taught-us/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:28:20 +0000 nextsteph http://www.nextsteph.com/?p=4379 The internet has a tendency to be like life. If you don’t get the lesson the first time, you’re bound to repeat it. Sure, we saw the warnings with Dreamhost, Posterous and Tumblr . We sit back and think “That can’t possibly happen to me. I’m with this other company.” Then the sky is falling. [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/what-the-godaddy-service-outtage-has-taught-us/feed/ 0 http://www.nextsteph.com/are-you-minding-your-own-brand/ http://www.nextsteph.com/are-you-minding-your-own-brand/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:53:41 +0000 nextsteph http://www.stephaniecockerl.com/?p=4050 Some great tips today coming out on the web about branding. You don’t have to be a celebrity like Magic Johnson to mind your brand. Also, do you know what Google is saying about you? Megan Smith (@MeganSmith) has a post on Blogher today on helpful tips you can use to get rid of your [...]]]> http://www.nextsteph.com/are-you-minding-your-own-brand/feed/ 0