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If You’re Feeling Stuck, Try Going Uphill Instead of Down (Karri as Small Business Coach)

By Karri • May 6th, 2008 • Category: small business

When clients are calling, the kids are climbing the walls, and the coffee’s gone cold, making a dent in your long term goals can feel like an impossibility. Life becomes a big old mountain of minutiae. All motivational moments aside here, but sometimes you just have to get sick and tired of being sick and [...]

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In Business, Honesty Can Be the Best Medicine

By Karri • May 4th, 2008 • Category: small business

The other day someone emailed me to inquire about helping them build a website for a new business venture. I responded to the inquiry a day late because I didn’t notice it in my inbox right away. The autmated subject header ("Internet marketing inquiry") was missing and in it’s place was the phrase "not human." [...]

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WordPress Lesson 3: Support Forum - Use it or Lose it

By Karri • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: technology

For the love of learning, use the WordPress Support Forum . I know, I know. What if you have a silly question and everyone on the planet suddenly realizes that you’re not the God(dess) of Smart? Trust me, the WP Support Forums are not exactly the hottest hangout in town. People go there to get [...]

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WordPress Lesson 2: Use Plugins Judiciously

By Karri • May 1st, 2008 • Category: technology

A good plugin is pure joy. A buggy one can make you want to spit at your computer. Fact is, not all WordPress plugins are created equal when you consider things like ease of use, version compatibility and impact on page load. And if your WordPress site is acting weird, try deactivating your plugins one [...]

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WordPress Lesson 1: If New is Improved, Wait for the “.1″ Version.

By Karri • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: technology

Web development veterans will generally advise to wait for the “point one” version of a software release before getting all cutting edge about things. I tend to agree. When I began seriously working on this site in April, 2008, I hastily updated to WordPress 2.5.0. Not much later along came 2.5.1 all shiny and [...]

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