Ever have your email go missing? You write a friend, you don’t hear back, you find out they didn’t get it… Or you send out an email to your list and get almost no clicks on a link you know they’d be interested in… It’s possible that your signature has gone bad and got you [...]
We worry that we aren’t “enough” or aren’t “ready” to step up. A few weeks ago when I blogged about not sending out a particular promotional email, one of the comments was from someone who worried she’d be bothering her list, too. I’m subscribed to her list! I was able to say (okay, beg) as [...]
This photo is not me. I’m not a gourmet cook. I got a crash course in cooking three weeks before I got married and 12 years later there’s still a 50/50 chance I’ll burn the grilled cheese sandwiches. But about four years ago one of my sons got very sick and we found out he [...]
Are you sending out a regular ezine or newsletter to your list of subscribers? Got your own custom template yet? If not, it’s easy to create your own! Since my last code related tutorial, How to Add Social Networking Icons to Your Blog, went over well I decided to share another one. First, why use [...]
Hate pop ups, pop overs, lightboxes, and anything related? Okay, I hear you. You weren’t a fan of my post last week about using a pop up ad. That’s okay. There are other options to boost your newsletter subscriptions. 1. Improve what you’ve already got. You’ve got an opt-in box on your blog or website, [...]
I’m pouting. Because the darn pop up works. My two cents on pop ups (don’t worry, you don’t have to agree with me): I used to detest them! Remember when you’d visit a website and get assaulted by 2 or 3 pop ups that then continued to load every time you loaded a new page [...]
This week I’ve felt like the person on the left, buried alive in my office! Thank goodness email is digital and I’m really not trapped under tons of paper. *grin* It’s been coming… to say I should have done it 6 months ago would be an understatement. I’m finally crying uncle and moving my email [...]
So I’ve had a crazy week with two computers going AWOL on me and as you can imagine the email piled up. Then found my IP got blacklisted. Not fun. I’m finally taking the jump I should have 6 months ago to feed all my mail into a help desk. But as I prep I’m [...]
A new project I’ve been working on just went live at www.simplestorming.com! My blog has been shifting from general small business topics to showing quicker, easier ways to simplify doing business online with technology and automation. Because sometimes knowing those little tricks, secret tools, or the right steps can make complicated things fast and easy. [...]
Got WordPress questions? I’ve started sharing answers to frequently asked questions on my YouTube channel. Here are two I recently added showing how to add a “subscribe by email” box to your blog, and how to find your page/post IDs. Is there something you’d like to know how to do? Leave me a comment below [...]
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About Michelle Shaeffer
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Michelle has been online since the late 80s, creating websites since the early 90s, and has coded thousands of web pages in that time. She's worked as a virtual assistant and website designer for small business owners including marketers, authors, coaches, crafters, and other solopreneuers.
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