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Are You a Mompreneur? Some Think You Shouldn’t Be.

October 13, 2010 By 12 Comments
Disapproving woman.

I started a post a month ago while at SocialDevCamp Chicago regarding my feeling of being the only Mom in a see of young, single, kidless, time rich men and women in the Web industry. How would I ever compete? How would I ever know as much? Maybe I shouldn't even bother, I thought. Those thoughts didn't last as long as it would have taken me to finish that blog post, so I never did get to hit Publish. But yesterday the flame was rekindled. I stumbled on an article by a married but kidless female entrepreneur clearly stating her opinion (though it sure sounded like fact, didn't it?) that if … [Read more...]

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The Mom is Making the Geek Find a New Home – at ActonWeb

September 13, 2010 By 2 Comments

An incredible amount of research and transformation has been happening with the formalization of my web business. It's been fun, stressful, informative, unclear, but mostly very exciting. As opportunities have come and gone and I continue to follow my gut, the true direction of where I want to go is being decided. What a wonderful thing to have, this freedom. It is definitely not something I remember feeling when I worked in the corporate world. All of this change may affect you as my reader of this blog. Readership and interaction has grown steadily here (THANK YOU!), but I'd like to … [Read more...]

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How to Embed Video in Your Blog Post

August 5, 2010 By
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This tutorial is really applicable to anywhere online you'd like to embed video. It could be in your WordPress blog, in your website, in your Blogger blog, and others. We'll refer specifically to WordPress in this tutorial, but steps 1-5 are the same to grab the HTML code of your video no matter where you are eventually embedding it. The remainder of this post has been moved to ActonWeb.us. Click the link below to be taken to the full post, and thank you for your patience! How to Embed Video in Your Blog Post … [Read more...]

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Six WordPress Plugins for a Bulletproof Blog

July 23, 2010 By 5 Comments
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After installing and configuring more than 20 WordPress sites, most of which I'm also responsible for maintaining, I've narrowed in on a list of six plugins that I continue to use to ensure the security and solidity of each site. The remainder of this post has been moved to ActonWeb.us. Click the link below to be taken to the full post, and thank you for your patience! Six WordPress Plugins for a Bulletproof Blog … [Read more...]

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WordPress Dynamic Content Gallery Plugin – Setting the Image to Be Displayed in the Gallery

July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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When we speak of the Dynamic Content Gallery, we are speaking specifically of this part of the front page of your blog, where the Gallery plugin IS enabled: The remainder of this post has been moved to ActonWeb.us. Click the link below to be taken to the full post, and thank you for your patience! WordPress Dynamic Content Gallery Plugin - Setting the Image to be Displayed in the Gallery … [Read more...]

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First WordPress Tutorial – ROUGH – Your Thoughts?

June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Hi all! As many of you know, I've been attempting to secure the perfect screencast software for my Mac to start doing some video tutorials on Wordpress, social media, apps, and more. I've been leaning towards Screenflow, but haven't completely counted out Camtasia. The remainder of this post has been moved to ActonWeb.us. Click the link below to be taken to the full post, and thank you for your patience! First WordPress Tutorial - ROUGH - Your Thoughts? … [Read more...]

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OH at WordCamp Chicago 2010: “This one time, at WordCamp…”

June 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
My new geeky Wordpress swag from Wordcamp Chicago 2010

I can't remember which speaker opened with this joke (developer track day 1), but seriously, I am still chuckling about it! Thanks to all of the speakers at WordCamp Chicago 2010, and especially to the organizers @bgardner (StudioPress), @lisasabinwilson (E.Webscapes), and @LindseyAtTizzy (Tizzy Consulting) for an AMAZING weekend of learning, collaborating, networking, and just plain ol' having fun. The remainder of this post has been moved to ActonWeb.us. Click the link below to be taken to the full post, and thank you for your patience! OH at WordCamp Chicago 2010: “This one time, … [Read more...]

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The Impact of Sun & Sites on HeatherActon78

June 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
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I have been notably slow on my favorite social media sites Facebook and Twitter lately, but that doesn't mean that there's been nothing going on in both my real world and my web world! To make up for my absence of status updates and tweets, I'll get everyone up to speed here and now. Home/Family Updates On the homefront, we're enjoying the summer so far with the kids. We do something fun every day, whether it's just playing outside, going to the park, meeting Mike for lunch, or going to Target. I've never been one for scheduled playdates or particularly challenging outings with the kids, and … [Read more...]

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ResellerRatings.com for Safe(r) Online Shopping

May 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

If you purchase any items online through independent websites, ebay, Amazon, or others, always be sure to check out the ratings the retailer has received on ResellerRatings.com first (you can also now "like" them on Facebook). ResellerRatings.com has been around since 1997 and has over 400,000 reviews of almost 23,000 online retailers. ResellerRatings.com reviews will cover anything from credit card fraud, bad quality merchandise, nondelivery, bad customer service, and more. A good rating from many reviewers on ResellerRatings.com can offer peace of mind when ordering online, though obviously … [Read more...]

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Mom 2.0 Summit 2009 – I really did go!

April 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
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So I am staying true to my promise that I would talk a bit about my trip in February to Houston, TX for the Mom 2.0 Summit. While I'm not going to type in the six pages of post that I wrote on the plane ride home, I am going to share this short highlight video prepared by my new mommy pal Erica Daniel at HaleMom.com. Oh, and did I mention that I'm in it? Enjoy! … [Read more...]

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