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WordPress How To: Write a Blog Post

Posted by Brian Mecham October 20th, 2009

You are logged in to your WordPress-based website Dashboard, ready to write your first Blog post and suddenly you realize that you don’t know what to do. No worries. Follow these simple steps to publish a new Blog post…

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What’s all this talk about Branding?

Posted by Brian Mecham October 9th, 2009

Branding, simplified. Branding for startups, small businesses and Entrepreneurs… Some “branding experts” are saying that you should spend thousands of dollars on branding. Don’t believe them. First, I must explain, that there may be a valid reason for some companies to spend thousands, even millions, of dollars on branding, however, these are typically large corporations [...]

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Why I love WordPress

Posted by Brian Mecham October 9th, 2009

and why you would love WordPress too Google loves WordPress. I love Google and I love WordPress (it’s very search engine friendly). It makes Search Engine Optimization easy! If you can operate Microsoft Word, you can probably use WordPress. It lowers the bar for what it takes to maintain websites — Although WordPress is a [...]

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Upstart Blogger, minimalist design inspiration

Posted by Brian Mecham September 30th, 2009

I love to browse the web for what I see as great designs. I especially love minimalist website design. Minimalism allows your content to stand out and not be overpowered by the design of the site. It’s simple and awesome. One example of a minimalist blog I like is Upstart Blogger. Check it out: http://www.upstartblogger.com/link-to-me-and-grab-a-free-macbook-air

Some basics on Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing, Social Networking and Social Media Optimization…

Posted by Brian Mecham December 30th, 2008

A Blog is a great way to market yourself, share your knowledge and put yourself out as an expert in your field. Most bloggers gain their traffic from 3 sources, inbound links (other websites linking to yours), search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc.) and social media (Facebook, MySpace, Squidoo, Digg, etc.). Take your content to [...]

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Compel Them to Action

Posted by Brian Mecham November 13th, 2008

You’ve got a website right?  And you have value and services to offer the world.  Are you leveraging your website effectively to compel your visitors to action? There are mutliple things to consider when going about this.  Here are some questions you may want to ask yourself: Who is my target audience? What am I [...]

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Want more Traffic? Are you Digging?

Posted by Brian Mecham August 29th, 2008

Have you heard of Digg.com? It’s another great way to promote your Blog, Website or News Article. When you Digg a Blog post, not only does the Google Search Engine pick it up faster, it increases the chances that others will visit your website and read it. The basic concept behind Digg is that it’s [...]

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Five Effective Business Networking Tools

Posted by Brian Mecham August 13th, 2008

Five Effective Business Networking Tools There are many ways to market a business product or service. Business Networking has proved to be very effective and is an essential skill for most business people, especially entrepreneurs. People are assets; many customers will make a choice over one business or the other because of the person representing [...]

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This is the Space: CEO Space Utah!

Posted by Brian Mecham July 18th, 2008

CEO Space LLC, is a global, life-time membership program that specializes in income acceleration, entrepreneurial training, and super networking to grow businesses exponentially. They are a community service organization whose mission is: to empower the human spirit to superior performance and intent through mastering Free Enterprise Skills not taught in conventional educational programs. Weblife LLC [...]

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Why should I market my website?

Posted by Brian Mecham July 13th, 2008

A website can be used for much more than just a place to obtain information. A website can be a tool in accomplishing your goals, whether that is to earn more money, acquire more leads, entertain and/or inform more people, etc. It’s easy to create a great looking website, but what’s the use if there’s [...]

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"We first hired Brian to touch up some of our HTML creatives and landing pages. After we got his 'rough draft' back we realized that we were going to start using him for all of our graphic and web design needs. His rough draft was head-and-shoulders above than the final products of others we had worked with. His punctuality makes organizing and managing a project less stressful, and overall I would highly recommend him for HTML/web work and graphic design."

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Who am I?

brian mecham utah web designer and seoWeblife websites are primarily designed and created by me, Brian Mecham, a 28-year old geek, husband and father of 3 boys. My love for computers and art while a teenager developed into my passion for creating websites. I've lived most of my life in Utah and serve clients nationwide and beyond. I specialize in front-end design & layout, WordPress-based websites & blogs, and Search Engine Optimization. Yes, I'm good at a whole lot of others things from building computers to audio/video production, but I spend most of my time messing around with XHTML and CSS code. Aside from family and work, I also have a passion for Liberty.