by Nicole Ouellette | Jan 3, 2014 | Websites
We had a client we did regular services with us for six months. When it was time to renegotiate the contract, she decided to not renew. A few months later, she emailed us. “Well you must have been doing something because my search engine rankings tanked.”...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 29, 2013 | Websites
I am all for paying for a great product. But I am a big believer of using open source (free) content management systems (CMSes) to build websites. I think this for a few good reasons. I thought of this analogy story to illustrate my point. Once upon a time, there was...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 25, 2013 | Websites
One of the first unsolicited pieces of advice I ever got was from Meg Wolff, a big deal author and food expert who lives in Maine. I had sent her something in my early internet days (I wanted to be like her, still do.) and she wrote back something to the effect of:...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 22, 2013 | Websites
When I started my blog in 2007, I took any free listing I could get. This did a couple of things: 1) Connect me with people who were looking for blogs to read about certain topics. 2) Put my link on a new domain. Did I really think posting my blog link on...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 18, 2013 | Websites
After Wordcamp Boston, it was clear. We have to get our (and our clients’) websites loading in 3 seconds or less. It is natural to think about our website for a few reasons: 1) If we messed anything up, we could easily restore a backup (and have no one really...
by Nicole Ouellette | Oct 25, 2013 | Websites
It’s always interesting working for people you grew up with. Mr. Leblanc (as I used to call him) was our industrial arts teacher in school. I worked as a lifeguard with their daughter. They have known me a long time and live in the beautiful town of Fort Kent,...
