Tim McNabb – Webmaster

Oops – I’m clearing out the daily Twitter updates on my blog and I realize I deleted a post I wanted to keep.  I imagine there is a plug-in you can install on WordPress that helps you recover a lost post or page, but it was too late.
I do have an XML sitemap, which is in turn registered with Google’s Webmaster Tools,  so I went to Google and did a site search to find it.  Fortunately,  I knew of a [...]

A document crossed my path the other day.  It was a scathing letter sent to the management of a local firm.  Crabby customers are part of life, and many times the anger is justified, but in this letter the business owner expressed not only contempt for management, but some very contemptuous opinions about their own client base.  Those familiar with the characters involved were mightily amused and had a good time pointing out the incandescent foolishness of the sentiments in [...]

If you have ever worked at an agency, you will recognize this…

I was asked by a Twitter colleague Brian Carter (http://twitter.com/briancarter) to comment on the issues raised by Twittering not for fun, but for profit.  TweetROI.com is a service currently in Beta where both marketers and Twitterers can come together.  As I understand it, marketers can fund Twitterers to advocate for their product, cause or service.  Twitterers presumably can get paid for advocating the same. 
Understandably, folks are concerned that if someone is being paid to promote a product or service they are somehow [...]

Most email programs, from Gmail to Outlook, allow you to add a signature block to the bottom of your emails.  If you are using an email exclusively or primarily for business, this ability provides an opportunity for you to market yourself and your firm.
In my case, I add my name, what I do and any additional contact information I’d like folks to use.  For instance:
Tim McNabb
Webmaster
TimMcnabb.com
twitter.com/McWebmaster 
I am still debating if I want to include my cell phone number.  I do [...]

I make it a general practice to write any blog posts using a word processor, like Word or Google Docs.  Use Google Docs in Chrome, and your misspellings (oops, just misspelled “misspelling”) are pointed out right away.  I can only imagine what it must look like to see an “expert” misspell.

That said, I fear that misspellings are the least of problems for a lot of bloggers.  I was training a client in using SiteCore content management system, and as he was [...]