by charliezegers | Aug 8, 2017 | Content, Issues, Social Media
We’ve all been there… upper management makes a business decision, moves the company in a new direction… leaves the front-line grunts to deal with the repercussions. I’m sympathetic. Really I am. But it’s more than a little entertaining...
by charliezegers | Jul 13, 2017 | Issues
I consider myself reasonably savvy when it comes to online scams, but this one almost got me. I’ve been a target of scams for an awfully long time now. When I worked at AOL, back in the heyday of dial-up Internet, scammers would contact employee screen names via...
by charliezegers | Apr 26, 2017 | Services
You’re probably wondering why I’ve called you all into this meeting today. Well, I have an important announcement. After doing business for the best part of a decade under a purple banner that read “ctzdesign.com” I’m re-launching my...
by charliezegers | Apr 26, 2017 | Services, Training, WordPress
My next adult education class at The Digital Arts Experience will be WordPress 101. The official class description: Learn all the basics of WordPress – the software that powers much of the World Wide Web and many of the sites you visit every day. Learn to install and...
by charliezegers | Nov 7, 2016 | Training, WordPress
What is a WordPress theme? That’s a simple question… but with a wide range of answers. Let’s start with the definition from the official WordPress Codex: A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface...
by charliezegers | Nov 7, 2016 | Training, WordPress
One of the key pieces of any WordPress theme is the CSS – short for Cascading Style Sheet. So what is it? Long story short, the CSS is a set of instructions that tell Web browers how to display different elements on your site. CSS was first developed in 1997, as...
by charliezegers | Jan 14, 2012 | SEO, Social Media
Working out of my home as I do, I was initially hesitant to list ctzdesign as a business in directories like Google Places. That put me at a disadvantage when it came to search placement, but that was a sacrifice I was willing to make to maintain a modicum of privacy....
by charliezegers | Jan 11, 2012 | Issues
Some of you may remember a rash of recent news stories about banks implementing new charges on ATM card usage. Bank of America toyed with the idea of charging a $5 per month fee for the privilege of using an ATM card before backing down. What you may not recall is...
by charliezegers | Dec 14, 2011 | SEO
Too awesome not to share… from the good folks at Search Engine Land: I’m taking time off from wrapping all those iPhone 4s and Kindle Fires to lodge some requests with the search community from Kris Kringle. I’ve been good to you over the years and it is time...
by charliezegers | Nov 8, 2011 | Social Media
Last summer, I went on a quest. The goal? Accumulate 2,000 followers on Twitter, as quickly as possible. The motivation? A somewhat arbitrary goal, set by one of my employers. Long story short, if I could “prove” my account was valuable to people by...
