Jan Kearney -Your Local Business Marketing Consultant
Where to find free images that you can use on your blog or social channels without fear of a copyright slap is a question I am often asked. Really, you shouldn’t just “borrow” any image or photo – even if you do credit the artist. I’m the first to admit, I can take or leave [...]
Everyone knows that images can bring life to your blog posts and landing pages. The problem is many people don’t optimise or compress their images, which slows down your loading time. Cloudinary have a great solution Cloudinary recently released their free WordPress plugin that allows you to take advantage of their image optimisation, manipulation [...]
It’s not often I enthuse about a product, especially graphics! I wanted to share this video showing you inside the Logo Creator and why I think it is the best thing since sliced bread. If you’re graphically challenged like me, you’ll love this nifty little piece of software. It can create far more than logos! [...]
Quote images are taking over the social sharing space. From Pinterest to Facebook, can you go a day without seeing a quote image fly through the stream? As a service business owner with limited graphic ability, sometimes it’s difficult to take advantage of the latests trends in image sharing. When it comes to online visibility, [...]
Social Sharing and Open Graph Tags When you share your web pages or blog posts on social sites such as Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn, a thumbnail image is often generated and displayed next to the description. These thumbnail images can be auto-generated based on the first appropriately sized image on your page or post. [...]
Easy Facebook Cover Graphics If you are like me, creating Facebook cover images is not the easiest thing in the world! I found this nifty tool a couple of days ago and recommend you give it a try. If I can use it, there’s hope for everyone! Timeline Slicer Pro helps you to create Facebook [...]
I was having a chat on Skype when the question came up, How do I create an Infographic? Not having a creative bone in my body, my first reaction was to hire a designer. That’s great if you want something swish and looking really good. In this case, some simple charts were needed, and preferably [...]
Social Media Image Sizes I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been searching for a Facebook image size to do a new quick tab image. I’ll admit my Twitter profile still needs doing too! Lunametrics have come to the rescue with the ultimate social media image size cheat sheet. It may not be [...]
Considering how long the image ALT tag has been around, it always surprises me how often it is neglected by web designers. If you want a Jan rant, ask me about web designers who then go on to offer SEO services but can’t get the basic onpage SEO elements in place… Needless to say, the [...]
Why is resizing images important? When you upload images to WordPress you do have the option to display the image in your post or page in different sizes. Resizing images before uploading is important because smaller images load faster. It helps with the load times of your website or blog, which in turn has an [...]
I'm really pleased to have Evelyn Cucchiara as a guest blogger today. I met Evelyn through the … [Read More...]
The 30 Day Facebook Fanpage Challenge started on Monday in a flurry of activity and mad clicks. One … [Read More...]
Facebook Graph Search is rolling out to users as we speak. Unfortunately, small businesses simply … [Read More...]
“Being novices to IT, we hired Jan through a recommendation to help us with our web site(which is brilliant). Not only did she build the web site but she as mentored us through every step of the way, navigating the internet, encouraging us to joining different social networks. With out her help we would have been really struggling to cope with the requirements of a modern day business.
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