Who Controls Your Content?
As the the world of media gyrates and wobbles, I have heard of some instances where friends have lost social media accounts due to the whims of the gatekeepers. Overnight the carefully collected archive of creative work is gone. Some were lost through discussing topics declared forbidden by the page admins, some through mistaken instances…
Make Your Social Media Previews Shine
After building a site, doing the QA, fine tuning the carefully crafted content, it’s time to share it with the world. So you post it on Facebook and bam – the funky slider you had tried early on is showing up. Or the short blurb summary is something you wrote on the last site. It’s…
Identifying Scam Posts on Facebook
I see them almost every time I look at Facebook. Posts that tug at your heartstrings with pathetic stories about lost puppies found by the side of the road, lost elders wandering away from home, or children that are in the hospital and need prayer. One thing they all have in common is the request…
Why “Click Here” is Bad
It is used all over the place. “Click Here” to get this coupon. “Click Here” to send us your story. To visit our webpage “Click Here”. It’s simple, direct, and devoid of any clues. Out of context on the page, it is a meaningless call to action. As a designer committed to enhancing web usability…
The 10 Step Sirius Process
If you want a cookie cutter website you can find them elsewhere. Each Sirius Media website is hand crafted to tell your story in the most effective way possible. Our sites are finely tuned to engage your web visitors and convert them into customers. It’s both an art and a science. Here’s how we do…
Creating Online Courses with Learning Management Systems
This was a presentation made at the Portland WordPress Meetup session in July 2022