Category Archives: Online Business Advice

How to Choose a Great Domain Name


How to choose a domain name

Today we’ll be talking about one of the least technical pieces of planning your new website, and one of the most important to get right: choosing a domain name. Your goals, in the order I’d put them in, are: Available. Memorable. Succinct and typeable. We’ll be going backwards through this list, to show how we […]

Three Simple Ways to Increase Your Site Speed


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Having a fast-loading website should be a top priority for any business. Not only does it dramatically improve the user experience, as anyone who has frustratingly had to wait while a site crawls in can attest to, it also can affect your website’s position in search rankings. Increasing your site speed is always a great […]

How Not to Talk to Nontechnical People


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Software engineers and other technical people often struggle to be understood by people who don’t share their technical knowledge. Their frustration is widely known; it’s led, for example, to a YouTube video with over 10 million views (and a rather lively comments section) depicting the plight of a software developer trapped in a roomful of corporate idiots: I’m not aware of any similarly-loved […]