Posts by Paul Hickey
Small Business Blogging and SEO Session is like Fitness
LISTEN READ Small Businesses want to know how to generate web traffic. SEO and blogging are still extremely effective ways to get found, and convert visitors into customers. More than 65% of Web Traffic still comes in from Google Organic Search (Blogging and SEO). In this episode of my podcast, you hear real audio from…
Read MoreEverything Is Good Luck
READ Me to my kids: “Guys, did you know it’s good luck when you see the sun and the moon at the same time?” My kids to me: DAAAAAAD, you say EVERYTHING is good luck.” They’re onto something. A positive attitude. Telling yourself something is good luck is the first step towards having a great…
Read MoreWeb Design and Development Tip: GDPR Full Compliance Implementation
READ I’ve purposefully written about GDPR Web Compliance several times recently, but there’s one more I feel I need to update you all on. FULL GDPR Web Compliance. You see, an earlier GDPR post of mine, read that you should first audit your website for where you’re collecting user information, then update your privacy policy,…
Read MoreBehind The Scenes at VoiceCon with Gary Vaynerchuk
WATCH READ So I’ve blogged quite a bit recently about the fact that I made a business decision to attend VoiceCon in NYC hosted by VaynerMedia and VaynerExperience. The Voice frontier is extremely reminiscent of Web 1997 or Social Media 2006. It’s early, but there’s no better time to get started podcasting, building Alexa Skills…
Read MoreCreating The Chip of Confidence
READ I’m huge on this concept. When you have a chip on your shoulder, you perform better. You have a reason to prove to yourself, and to someone else, that you can do it. You just become even more motivated and driven than normal. Agree or disagree, follow me for a second, because I think…
Read MoreWhat is an Alexa Skill?
READ What is an Alexa Skill? Raise your hand if you have an Amazon Echo device. You know, the one that everyone calls Alexa. Okay, put it down, no one is actually looking at you right now. 🙂 Raise your hand if you’ve been frustrated with Alexa not knowing how to get her to do…
Read MoreThe Voice Data: Audience Attention Is Building Around Alexa
READ What’s next? Voice. The proof is in the data, and it feels a lot like Web 2000 and Social Media 2006. It’s early, but the Data shows that audience attention is flocking to Voice. 1. What does “Voice” mean? (you may hear it referred to as digital audio, Voice Skills, or Voice Actions). It …
Read MoreA Fun Conversation About My First Web Business
WATCH READ I can remember just constantly thinking about Fantasy Football. It was an obsession from 2005-2015. Part of the excitement was playing, but most of the excitement was building a successful side hustle business around it. My love and passion for the strategy and competition, led me to just constantly have thoughts, hypothesis and…
Read MoreeCommerce Web Development: Shopify or WordPress WooCommerce?
READ I recently had the opportunity to sit around the dinner table with seven other super smart business owners and talk shop. Among them, a real estate agent, a fitness and supplement brand, a leotard / apparel company, an internet service provider, and a couple other agencies. The topic quickly turned to how to best…
Read MoreWhat Does General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Mean For Websites?
WATCH LISTEN READ So, GDPR, huh? 🙂 I’m thinking that you either fall into one of two camps on this. Either you’re familiar with this, or you’re not. Regardless of what camp you fall into, and regardless of if you’re a small business owner, marketer, web developer or whatever, this will be one of those…
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