Author: Laura Brown

Online Marketing Made Simple

Five Tips for a small business to survive the next economic downturn

Five Tips to Survive the Next Economic Downturn

It’s not if, it’s when… No, I’m not trying to be Debbie Downer here, I’m just being realistic. For those of us with small businesses, an economic downturn or recession can hit us hard, some to the point of being business-ending. Listen to West Coast Cyber Chick Podcast Episode I managed to (barely) survive the…
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Five Easy Ways to Promote Your Business – And they’re FREE!

Are you looking for ways to promote your business? Are you just starting out or on a budget? Need a little encouragement to get the ball rolling? Well here are five easy tips to promote your business that are absolutely free!   But first things first… Be A Rock Star! Do you ever wonder, “why would…
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from the West Coast Cyber Chick

How To Improve Your Website for Voice Search

Voice search is going to do nothing but increase in the coming years.  How often have you found yourself saying “Hey Siri” or “Alexa find me…”?  That’s voice search.  If you have any doubt about the importance of ranking for voice searches, check out my post “Voice Search and Why It Matters to your SEO…
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If Not Now, Then When?

What is it that you’ve been putting off ? We all have that list of things that we’ll get around to one of these days, right?  What’s on your “someday” list?  My list is fairly long, but I just crossed out a big one. I’ve wanted to take my parents to see the Los Angeles…
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Update Google Chrome Now

Update Your Google Chrome Browser – NOW!

Google is urging Chrome users to update the web browser right away to patch a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited by attackers.  In a Tuesday tweet, Google Chrome Security and Desktop Engineering Lead Justin Schuh said users should install the latest version of the browser—72.0.3626.121—right away.  “Seriously, update your Chrome installs… like right…
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website-hosting

Website Hosting and Why Your Provider Matters

Fast and reliable website hosting is a crucial part of any successful website. Your website hosting provider is critical to the success and the health of your website and your business.   When you’re thinking about building a new website, your hosting provider is probably one of the last things on your mind. But, neglecting to…
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Smart Speaker Voice Search SEO 2019

Voice Search and Why It Matters to Your SEO Strategy

Voice search, or voice-enabled, allows the user to use a voice command to search the internet or portable device.  Whether it’s on your smart phone or smart speaker, voice search is growing in popularity because it’s a fast and easy way to find an answer to a question.  “Siri what time is it?” or “Alexa…
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One-Hand-One-Glove

New Website Launch – OneHandOneGlove.com

So this one’s my baby… Welcome to OneHandOneGlove.com! Hi there and welcome to OneHandOneGlove.com, affectionately known as the Five Finger Discount site! One Hand One Glove is a classified ad website geared to connecting one-handed upper-body amputees that have unneeded gloves stacking up around the house with other (opposite arm) amputees. My goal, simply put,…
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Wordpress 5.0

WordPress 5.0 – How and When to Update

Published by Wordfence by Mark Maunder on December 5, 2018 WordPress 5.0 is being released tomorrow, December 6th. This release contains a major change to the WordPress editor. The new editor, code-named Gutenberg, is a substantial leap forward in functionality. It uses a new block-based system for editing which allows you to embed a wide…
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Big Bear Valley CERT

New Website Launches!

Hi there and Happy Holidays!  Another year is rolling by once again… oh my. I’ve been busy with several exciting projects over the past few months.  I wanted to share two of my recent website launches with you:  HeidiLitton.com and BBVCERT.org. Heidi Litton, as some of you may know, is a dear friend of mine. …
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