by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 25, 2013 | Websites
One of the first unsolicited pieces of advice I ever got was from Meg Wolff, a big deal author and food expert who lives in Maine. I had sent her something in my early internet days (I wanted to be like her, still do.) and she wrote back something to the effect of:...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 22, 2013 | Websites
When I started my blog in 2007, I took any free listing I could get. This did a couple of things: 1) Connect me with people who were looking for blogs to read about certain topics. 2) Put my link on a new domain. Did I really think posting my blog link on...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 18, 2013 | Websites
After Wordcamp Boston, it was clear. We have to get our (and our clients’) websites loading in 3 seconds or less. It is natural to think about our website for a few reasons: 1) If we messed anything up, we could easily restore a backup (and have no one really...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 8, 2013 | Tech
It’s not often I get to see my friend Matt in real life. We work together virtually on almost a daily basis and I consider him one of my best friends… he just happens to live over six hours away. So when he told me about Wordcamp and that it was 1) in...
by Nicole Ouellette | Oct 25, 2013 | Websites
It’s always interesting working for people you grew up with. Mr. Leblanc (as I used to call him) was our industrial arts teacher in school. I worked as a lifeguard with their daughter. They have known me a long time and live in the beautiful town of Fort Kent,...