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Used Car Dealership Project

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

About 6 months ago, me and my parter Mike Annable launched undertook a new project. It is without argument that the auto industry is in dire circumstances. Many argue that causes have to do with leaders not doing enough to provide for a green future. Although that may be true, Continue Reading »

Speaking at SMX West 09

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

I am excited for the opportunity to be speaking at SMX West this year, in Santa Clarita, California. I will be speaking the first day (Feb 10th, 2009) and first session on “Technical Issues for SEO Developers”. I have heard great things from past conferences, and I am looking forward to meeting other industry professionals and making new contacts. If you are thinking about going, make sure to sign up before Feb 9th to save some money. And if you do come, make sure to say hi.

Used Cars Project

Friday, November 14th, 2008

For about 6 months now, I have been working hard to create an SEO-friendly website that will give more exposure to car dealerships’ inventory. I can’t give all of my secrets here, as the automotive industry is a very fierce and competitive market. I am not doing any tricky or Continue Reading »

BLVD Status update and 500 signups later

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Alright, for those of you not jumping on the train it’s time. As I mentioned 2 weeks ago, BLVD Status has been launched for public BETA. We have received a great response, and at this point have over 500 accounts already! People are finding out why BLVD is so special. And to help convince you as well, take a look at some of the buzz we have been receiving: Continue Reading »

Wordpress tips and the functions file

Monday, April 14th, 2008

I think it’s time I focus a bit on WordPress, a terrific blogging platform. It’s what I use for all of my clients’ sites because of it’s compatibility, flexibility, and nice admin. I have a lot of experience creating custom themes for WordPress. This is actually pretty easy. When I Continue Reading »

5ones Redesign

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Just wanted to put a word out for a new redesign I did for an action action sports news and information site , 5ones, recently redesigned and launched. I must say again, Wordpress is so easy to use. I created a theme and used the mighty functions.php file to create Continue Reading »

Using Spry to Show Clean Error Messages

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Today’s post is pretty simple. For those of you who would like to jump ahead, here is your link. Website error messages are always something that seem a bit clunky on most websites. They either show up as crappy looking alert boxes, or mess up the pages design somehow. I Continue Reading »

UPS Rates and Services API and Spry

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Two days in a row. This is the best I have done in a while. I’m not sure what you will be most excited about today, whether it’s going to be for showing you how to use the UPS Rates and Services API, or whether it’s using Spry to do Continue Reading »

Spry week intro and login example

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I have committed many times to be more active in being a more active “blogger”. Some of my posts have been very successful, like “Fighting Spam With CSS” and “Tweak that Gamma“. Also, with being featured on Elance.com recently about wordpress blogs, I have decided to recommit. My new Continue Reading »

Patrick Bennett featured on Elance for Wordpress Tips

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Elance recently asked me to write an article about creating a successful Wordpress blog. Read my Wordpress Tips article.

Braintree Payment Solutions comes through

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

I recently made the switch to Braintree from Paypal to process my credit card payments, and I couldn’t be happier. I was very impressed with the ease of integration. In about 1 hour, I set up a simple PHP script that allows my clients to pay invoices online. Continue Reading »

Lets put the value back in web design

Monday, November 26th, 2007

The demand for websites has never been higher. It seems like the internet boom of the late ninety’s is back, but more stable. People are lining up to have websites built by the masses, and thus design firms are increasingly finding ways to produce websites cheaper and faster. The true Continue Reading »

Accepting Applications

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

It’s an exciting time for us right now. With this last year being so good to us, it’s time to keep moving things forward. Right now we have our hands full and in looking to match the demand for our services, it’s time for us to grow. So, formally, we Continue Reading »