Chromand - Desiging, Developing, and Marketing for the Interwebs

Personal Posts, Update on my progress and the progress of the websites I’m working on

Everyone who blogs talk about how much they want to get links to help them climb up the SERPs.  One way of doing this is by giving out links generously to other bloggers you like. Sometimes you get a link back.  If you don’t, it’s still good karma.

When starting a new website, choosing a hosting company is one of, if not the, most important decisions you will make. When starting out, I asked friends, looked at several options, And decided that HostMonster was the best. when checking out www Hostmonster com , I came across several reasons why this was the [...]

As you can see, this blog recently underwent a facelift. It’s not as drastic as the last time I updated this blog, but I was toying with it, wanted to give it a cleaner look, and ended up with this. I figured it would be an interesting look at the design process to examine the [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching lately, and I’ve realized that I need to make some changes in the way I’ve been spending my time and energy as of late. When working on websites and such, I’ve realized that I’ve been wearing way to many hats. At varying points, I was trying to [...]

I just found this series of videos, called “In Plain English”. Very funny and informative. I thought you all would enjoy a few of them.

The way a lot of people talk, I would think SEO should be called GSO, for Google Search Optimization.  Most people consider it the be-all, end-all of search engines. Which I can understand, as they the biggest internet company around right now.  But looking at my analytics (and you can see it for yourself on [...]

It kind of saddens to write this, because I was really looking foward to the Top Affiliate Challenge. The TAC became a shining example of good idea, poor execution.

The Top Affiliate Challenge will feature 12 marketers in 3 teams of 4, lead by Ken McAurthur, John Chow, and ShoeMoney.  It should be an interesting show, and I’m looking foward to it.  I’m sure there will be a lot to learn from watching it. Personally, I’m a big ShoeMoney fan, and my money is [...]

Twitter and Squidoo have had a lot of buzz around them lately, and I’ve been playing around with both, so I thought I would offer my two cents on these new social platforms.