Fresh start in NYC and a whole lot of SEO

Its been some time since my last post. I am not big on blogging although its a great tool for many things. Things including SEO and internet marketing. I am still about 2 years fresh in the web development world so this area in my career is still new to me. What i do know is that hosting a web site is one thing and all it is is, simply a site hosted. Just like a small business opening in NYC, you started up a business but now what. All you have is your own personal connections and that’s just about it. With the right marketing tools you can have a client/customer from across the city, to across the country and depending on the business even around the globe.

Mind you this may be old news which I am highly aware of, however not everyone has the same marketing skills and or techniques. You can do a lot with internet marketing. My personal portfolio website has some simple SEO implemented by just educating myself from my last employer who also specialized in SEO. I may not be on top of the list of “Web Development”, “Orlando web development”, But “Perez designs” or “Perez development” shows. Not very effective but i think its pretty neat how it works playing with meta tags, titles and keywords strategically. HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.

This blog alone is also a very useful tool in internet marketing if blogging about appropriate topics. Currently, I am still getting more hands on experience with web development basics and growing. Not limited to Graphic Design, SEO and internet marketing strategies, social media, and other fun digital media tools/technology all to become a nice well rounded individual.

WordPress, Blogger, and A good start to the new year!

So much progress has been made from my personal life to my career life. I am happy to say that from exactly a year a go to now i have grown a lot as a developer AND designer. Static web pages are like the cassette tapes in our technology world. Old school! My HTML and CSS skill is much better but to manage and maintain my old static web site took much longer than a CMS website now.

It took about three days to complete my current WordPress makeover of a website and I am proud of it. In addition to this big change was the blog. Originally my old website linked to a wordpress blog but the structure was pretty bad turning to a blog on Blogger.com. Fortunately, the beauty of plugins allows nearly anything possible such as 301 redirects.

In addition, I also redesigned Upstate Companion Care’s website from static to WordPress as well. I have made major breakthroughs in custom WordPress theme designs. So far i have successfully been modifying existing designs but i strive to become just as good in creating custom WordPress themes from a custom framework.