Faces of Roundpeg: Michelle & Harrison I Love You, You’re Fired!
As a parent, I want my children to be happy and successful. As they were growing up, I wanted them to experience the real world with part time jobs where they would earn spending money, learn new skills and build their resumes. As an employer I want my employees to be successful, productive and love their jobs. The sparks fly when these two worlds collide. Both my daughter Michelle (aka @minipeg) and my son Harrison have worked at Roundpeg in high school and college, and even once after Michelle graduated for varying lengths of time. For Harrison it was always just a part time...
read moreThat’s A Wrap, Week Ending Nov. 25th
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Now that you’re stuffed full of turkey and caught up on all the Black Friday deals, catch up with Roundpeg’s blog posts from the week: Saturday – Faces of Roundpeg: My Frenemy Hazel Lorraine writes about her good friend, Hazel Walker, and how their friendship has impacted her both personally and professionally. Sunday – Social Media and Small Business Read about the Zoomerang’s research into Social Media. It confirms some of our Social Media study’s findings and provides additional insight. Monday – Twitter...
read moreNew Plugins for WordPress Websites
Almost four years ago, we started using WordPress to design websites. We love the easy to use software, the variety of themes we can use as a foundation for our designs, but most of all we love the Plugins. There are literally thousands of plugins which add features and flexibility to a web design project. Just when you think you found something your WordPress theme can’t do… someone creates a plugin which enables the impossible! From simple shopping carts and slide shows, to complex SEO and site optimization tools, we have found solutions by adding plugins to just about...
read moreCreative Compromises to WordPress Limitations
In web design, user-friendly, content-rich sites are a must. Building websites on a WordPress platform allows Roundpeg to provide our clients – mostly small businesses with limited time and resources to manage their sites — with an easy-to-update web presence. Although it allows our clients to do a lot of great things, WordPress does have its limitations. For current client, Shade Tree Farm, LLC, we encountered one such limitation. WordPress is a content management system, which allows users access to pre-built themes for designing their websites (At Roundpeg, we prefer Elegant...
read moreLinkedIn – Where Does It Fit in Your Social Media Mix
As a confirmed networking junkie, I was always looking for my next fix. When I found LinkedIn, several years ago, with it’s emphasis on career history, educational background and association membership it seemed like a great fit. It is a supercharged version of my address book, but by itself it isn’t interactive enough to feed my need to connect. I always believed the real power of LinkedIn is in the ability to see who knows who, but it wasn’t much of a conversation tool. I could introduce people or exchange an email, but it wasn’t convenient to keep logging...
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