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I’m Judi Knight. My specialty is working with you and your business to create an amazing WordPress website as the hub of your online presence.

 

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Ten Tips to Create Email Newsletters That People Want to Receive

Email with WingsOver the past week or so, I have received some great examples of email newsletters from my clients and WordPress Meetup peeps.

My definition of great is they were effective. I actually wanted to read them, I did not want to unsubscribe and I will remember them. I have actually referred to some of them over the past Read More

Become More Relevant with Internal Links

ChainlinkThis week, I heard Dan Morris speak about building a blogging Empire. He had some gems in his presentation.

One thing I know, but I totally forget to do for SEO, is to build in internal links from a post I am writing on a particular subject to some of my other blog posts on the same subject.

What does that mean and why should you do it? Google gives your post search engine ranking on the basis of relevance. It crawls your site to see Read More

Just Say Yes…Work Can Be Play

Summer Sun

Summertime is upon us and I, who have a hard time scheduling trips out of town, just got squared away for three vacations. Wow. It's all part of my summer plan to just say "Yes" to fun. So, I was going to sit down here and tell you about all the … Read More

Secret Sauce: Cook Up a Website That Works

Woman cooking up a storm!

Some people like to bake and others are better cooks. I have to say I avoid baking because it is so precise. Forget the one pinch of salt and everything falls flat and you can't fix it. Good cooks are not afraid to experiment with adding their own … Read More

The Importance of Play

Quote from Arianna Huffington's Speech

Arianna Huffington gave the commencement address at Smith this year, with the heart of her message being the need to redefine our notions of idolizing money and power as the measures of success. This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t care about … Read More

Use IFTTT to Automate Pesky Time Consuming Tasks

Using IFTTTto Automate Tasks

I have written about how to use IFTTT  (If Then Then That) to automate pesky time consuming tasks before, but it is time to roll it out again in case you missed the magnitude of this little program's brilliance and the myriad of ways it can help you … Read More

Add WooCommerce Plugin to Any WordPress.org Theme

WordpressWooCommerce

Now anyone can easily create a free, fully functional and ecommerce site in WordPress by adding WooCommerce plugin to any WordPress.org website. Whether you're trying to sell just four digital downloads or 400 different t-shirts, WooCommerce has … Read More

How To Direct Traffic on The Highway of Your Mind

littel white board

After putting on WordCamp in March, we were very busy here at New Tricks. We had to play a little catch up after the conference, and then a lot of people decided the time was right to have their new websites designed by the end of April. The New … Read More

No One Said It Was Going To Be Easy – Don’t Give Up On Your Goals.

Yoga in the piazza at the High Museum of Art

Last Sunday was the closing day of the Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera exhibit at the High Museum and, as part of the festivities, my friend and yoga teacher Isvari Verre taught a morning yoga class outside on the piazza in front of the … Read More

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