Branding Yourself and a Banana
Something pretty interesting, hoped for and cool has started to happen. You might have seen the above photo of me and the banana before which found its way onto my business card and has been incorporated into my branding. From the outset I wanted to try associate the Robert Ryan brand with yellow and a banana. It's a bit of an off the wall, quirky concept but one that is memorable and seems to be working. Read on as I give you some of my tips on ...
The Google Plus K1 Challenge – Google Plus Tips
You might have come across the ultimate motivational graphic ever which was designed to help me push on and hit my Google Plus challenge goal. 3 days ago I threw down the gauntlet to make 1000 connections on Google Plus before the New Year and now, this post is to formalise it, well, as much as a blog post can formalise anything. As the graphic shows I've got 526 circles to make in 31 days - it won't be easy but nobody said it would be. If ...
Onsite SEO – The SEO Anatomy of a Blog Post
Onsite SEO - you've probably heard the term but now it's time for me to really open up my SEO toolbox and give those of you who read this the not-so-secret secret sauce for onsite SEO, or, at least how I do my onsite SEO. It all starts with a target keyword. In the graphic below the keyword is "first words" and, as the graphic shows, first words are important for onsite SEO. Let this be one of the key takeaways you get - always ensure that ...
Are You Motivated Yet?
I wanted to catch lightning and bottle it. I wanted something that would make the heart beat and the blood pump with gusto and zeal. I wanted leaping cat, a soaring eagle, a ledge with a view, a snaking jungle river and I wanted a double freakin' rainbow for added intensity. I wanted something to motivate me for when all other motivational images fall short and I got it! In the run up to Christmas I've got my sleeves rolled up extra ...
5 Quick PPC Tips For The Festive Season
If you're listening you can almost hear the sleigh bells ringing as we hurtle towards yet another festive season. To help you get the most of out of your online marketing for the Christmas season I've got 5 quick PPC tips for you to help you with your pay per click advertising campaigns. Pay Per Click can be a great way of getting some quick traffic to your site but if your campaigns aren't set up just right then you may not get the ROI you ...
How To Make A Dynamic Timeline on WordPress
So, this is a quick how to post about how you can make a dynamic timeline on WordPress. For a previous WordPress web design project for the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society I had to find a nice and tidy way to create a dynamic timeline on WordPress to archive 100 years of PDF brochures from past musicals. There were over 200 brochures so that data entry part of the job was always going to be grim (not all web dev can be sexy I guess) but I ...
WordPress Site Launch – ConservatoryDesigns.ie
Hear yee, hear yee - another WordPress site launch has just gone off without a hitch and the newest WordPress site to roll out of the production yard is pretty and purple Conservatory-Designs.ie. This project was a revamp of the old site with the brief being to try retain the visuals of the old site whilst making it more modern and responsive. And that is what we did. For this project the services of Elena Montes were also utilised. She ...
Do You Know LadyUmbrella?
Did you ever hear of LadyUmbrella? I sure hope you did - but I'm very biased on the matter! Before I became a WordPress developer or SEO guy I was busy online with a business I set up with Elena Montes called LadyUmbrella. LadyUmbrella launched in 2008 with a range of quirky, colourful and unique t-shirts (sure isn't everything unique I hear you say) that featured the leading character, LadyUmbrella - a lady with an umbrella for a head - and ...
Google Plus Usage in Ireland
This is the long over due follow up post on the guest post Google Plus Usage in the United States, written by Google Plus superstar Jesse Wjodjlo. In his post he discussed Google Plus usage in the States and discussed the rate at which it is growing. In this post I'll give the tale from the other side of the pond and give my thoughts on Google Plus Usage in Ireland. So, right off the bat I'm going to say that of the big 4 social media ...
A Cameo Role – PopDeem!
So, this is a bit of a break from your normal reading pleasure here and is about a "cameo role" of mine in a video for a social media promotions company, PopDeem. Before becoming a WordPress freelancer I was the marketing director of Pygmalion and was always on the look out for new marketing opportunities. One new Irish company, PopDeem, approached me with their social media promotion app and I really liked the concept so got Pygmalion on ...