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How to Make Your Own E-Book

0 Comments/ in Digital Tips for Business / by Sofia Woods
April 13, 2013

E-books are a great way to engage people with your business and draw traffic to your website. You can use them to entice people to sign up to your newsletter or blog, or if you’re selling the e-book, generate a passive income. The amount of people downloading e-books to their mobile and smart devices is quickly on the rise so it’s a great time to start thinking about how you can use e-books to capture the attention of your target audience.

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6 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Business Website

0 Comments/ in Small Business Web Design / by Sofia Woods
February 20, 2013

Are you about to start a re-design or perhaps you’re embarking on a new site? Your website can be a vital part of building your business profile, both offline as well as on-line, if you make the most of it. Here are 6 important things to help you get the most out of your website.

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Using Backup Buddy to Backup and Migrate a Site

0 Comments/ in Presentations, Wordpress / by Sofia Woods
February 14, 2013

As a WordPress developer having a backup of your WordPress website is an important part of any contingency plan for when sites get hacked, the server goes down or you need to move hosts. Backup Buddy is an excellent premium plugin that enables you to backup, migrate and restore a site. In this post are my Brisbane WordPress Meet Up slides about using Backup Buddy along with a video tutorial. I go over  important plugin settings, how to backup and migrate a site using the migration script.

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Tips for Effective Small Business Web Design

3 Comments/ in Small Business Web Design / by Sofia Woods
December 12, 2012

For a small business, embarking on the journey of getting a website can be a daunting and overwhelming experience. What kind of site do you need? What kind of content do you put on the site? How do you make sure your site stands out from the crowd?

Here are a few small business web design tips to help you plan your website so that it’s effective, meets the needs of your business and delivers content to your visitors in an engaging way so you can thrive online.

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Building Community with WordPress – 2012 Sydney WordCamp Presentation

0 Comments/ in Presentations, Wordpress / by Sofia Woods
July 21, 2012

 

I  had the privilege of presenting at the 2012 WordCamp in Sydney in July. For those who missed the talk or want to view the links and resources in the presentation, below is my slideshow from SlideShare. Please feel free to share, tweet, and ask questions.

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