Freshnets Wordpress Customization Help http://www.freshnets.com Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Free Guide to Multiple Streams Blog Theme http://www.freshnets.com/2010/free-guide-to-multiple-streams-blog-theme/ http://www.freshnets.com/2010/free-guide-to-multiple-streams-blog-theme/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:57:44 +0000 admin http://www.freshnets.com/?p=228 If you purchased the Multiple Streams Theme for Wordpress, you’ll appreciate this easy to understand guide that walks you through all the steps to getting the theme set up for affiliate marketing.

Coming in at around 20 pages, this guide is super complete and full of step by step guidance.

Grab you copy here for FREE!

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A lot of clients can understand this!

I have enjoyed working on this project with Michaela:

Her feedback is great too!

“I would like to thank you for designing my blog and giving me a professional looking site.  Before I hired you I tried to create my own blog, but truth be told, I just did not have the experience and insight that you brought to the table.  I had a ton of ideas, but had no clue what to do with them.  You helped me weed through all of those ideas and created a professional looking blog that reflects where I’m going with my business.  You offered great advice for what works and what doesn’t and I learned a lot from working with you.  I now feel more confident about directing people to my site and am excited to start building an online presence.  Thank you again for your help.” – Michaela Sibanda, SelfBosser.com

]]> http://www.freshnets.com/2010/feedback-from-a-recent-client/feed/ 0 The Promise of 2010 http://www.freshnets.com/2010/the-promise-of-2010/ http://www.freshnets.com/2010/the-promise-of-2010/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:42:55 +0000 admin http://www.freshnets.com/?p=151 Freshnets is celebrating another great year in business and we are looking forward to everything 2010 has to bring.

This blog has been quiet but business has been anything but!  We’ve helped build and improve websites for so many great home business and small business owners that we haven’t had time to keep our client gallery up to date, but we did add a few new sites this week and will try to to better in the future.  (We need to set a good example, right?)

If you’re thinking about updating your website soon, why not give us a call to claim a free twenty minute consult?  Ask us questions and find out how we can help you achieve more of your business goals this year.

The number to call is 517-376-3247.  If we’re not here, go ahead and leave us a voicemail – we promise to call back.

]]> http://www.freshnets.com/2010/the-promise-of-2010/feed/ 0 Merging a Site with a Blog http://www.freshnets.com/2009/merging-a-site-with-a-blog/ http://www.freshnets.com/2009/merging-a-site-with-a-blog/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:01:25 +0000 admin http://freshnets.com/blog/?p=110 Beth Jones had a site she had a difficult time working with and a Blogger blog with a look that she liked quite a bit.  She came to Freshnets on the advice of a respected mentor with a goal of merging these two sites together into one Wordpress site.

We got Beth set up on MomWebs hosting,  installed Wordpress, pulled her content from the old hosting and imported her Blogger content. The only burp along the way that we experienced involved all of her blogger hosted images.  They ended up slightly enlarged on her new Wordpress site – which mean we had to do some manual fixing on that.

We adapted her Blogger design to her new Wordpress theme, keeping the look she liked and giving her a layout that features her most recent podcast and blog posts on the home page along with a personal greeting that she can easily change anytime she likes.

Check out her new site.

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I think the trends are great news – especially considering how expensive it is to place an ad in the Yellow Pages ;)

]]> http://www.freshnets.com/2008/study-points-to-importance-of-local-business-websites/feed/ 0 A Fresh New Look for a Life Coach http://www.freshnets.com/2008/a-fresh-new-look-for-a-life-coach/ http://www.freshnets.com/2008/a-fresh-new-look-for-a-life-coach/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:25:16 +0000 admin http://freshnets.com/blog/?p=39 We have just completed a project for Life Coach Aurelia Williams. She had a website built using SHMTL which is awkward to update and not easy for Aurelia to take care of. Since we moved her podcast program from HTML to Wordpress the past spring, she has been anxious to see what we could do with this site.

We kept her existing logo which is quite sharp looking and not at all dated in our opinion. We built the new website look around the logo and brought in warmer colors overall. Using the Revolution Magazine Theme, we created a site with clean lines and a professional look.

We moved all of her existing content into Wordpress and set up permanent redirects so that the old pages point to the new pages.

In addition to her Coaching Practice, Aurelia has written an eBook entitled Journey to Joy. Since this ebook appears on her sidebar, we decided to give that a fresh look as well.

This was a very enjoyable project to work on. Aurelia is a beautiful person with a great desire to help others. Now she has an updated web presence that will help her reach more of the people who need her encouragement and support.

Lastly, we provided Aurelia with some new graphics to use to promote her website and ebook.

FreshNets would love to help you update your existing website. Contact us for a free 20 minutes consultation: 517-376-3247

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When Jenn started blogging about her auctions she saw an increase in traffic to her eBay Store – both from the blog and from Google.

Following our advice, Jenn has written blog posts that include descriptive text and pictures of the auction and store items she wants to highlight.  She created links on her side bar from the blog to the individual categories of her eBay store so that visitors could easily browse ‘what else’ she had to offer.

Jenn is enthusiastic about her results so far and has even done some interesting tests where she paused her product blogging for two weeks to see what changed. Sure enough, traffic slowed back down. The lesson is clear – keep on blogging!

]]> http://www.freshnets.com/2008/boost-ebay-traffic-with-a-blog/feed/ 1 Wordpress as a Content Management System http://www.freshnets.com/2008/wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/ http://www.freshnets.com/2008/wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:30:40 +0000 admin http://freshnets.com/blog/?p=26 Yes, Wordpress is used most often to create a blog – but it is not at all limited to bloggers. Wordpress is an amazing Content Management System and with so many awesome premium themes available these days it’s easier than ever to create a great look and manage large amounts of content.

I have worked extensively with the Revolution Themes lately and I love it.  It’s flexible and the code is dreamy to work with. This site is built with Revolution Pro Business.

A new premium theme I’m hungry to work with is the WP Remix.  It promises to be the ‘only’ wordpress theme you’ll ever need for all of your projects.

Do you have a content site you want to move from HTML to Wordpress?  Freshnets would love to help you with the process!

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