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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.

2011 in a blog

Well it has been quite some time since i have kept up with this blog. Not necessarily the best way to manage or maintain a web blog so i will admit. Much has happened since my last post in September. Web design/Development is a really difficult career. Hence the title career. I have been through much trial and error in the past several months. Some more intense than others. But through it all i have become a better developer.

WordPress is a really great tool to not only assemble but for users and clients to maintain and manage themselves. I have progressively seen the web world flock away from static websites to Content Management Systems. This is where design and development smoothly come together. Graphic design, to html, to php and Jquery, WordPress is very effective. In the past several months I have gained great knowledge in WordPress themes, functionality, modified themes to now custom templates. Altogether i have nothing but hopes of getting better, more knowledgeable in my career not to forget keeping up with rapidly changing technologies, software, and concepts.

Nothing comes over night but I really look forward to learning more such as Joomla, Drupal and other platforms. Php is a language i have begun to understand and modify as necessary but i have high hopes of being able to write it myself. Overall I have mad progress since Graduation and each day is a new lesson. 2012 awaits new lessons to be learned. Happy Holidays everyone

Tampa

Birthday weekend in Tampa went well. A little too short but the city is only an hour away. Enough said. Everything has been going really well. Cant complain. Life is going in the direction i envisioned. I am very happy. In addition. My mothers Nursing care web site based in western South Carolina is complete. As well as the logo, and business card design. Minor touch ups to the site but overall, done. This site was started the last semester of college, hard coded, with a simple basic design structure. Here it The days keep getting better…

Postcard from Paradise

I take a minute away from the course of my vacation and I glance back at all i went through in the past. Good or bad realizing all combined, help me reach the point i am in today. Life is great! Not just because of where i physically am on a map but where i stand in life. So because of this i look towards the future as i begin a new draw out to complete a perfect masterpiece in years to come!

Vacation from self

The big day was last weekend. Spent it with family mostly my Dad and little brother since they are never in the Sunshine state come from Jersey. Perfect weekend altogether including the commencement itself although i nearly fell asleep. In the end the weekend turned out perfect and I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life. The sky is the limit and any homework i do from here on is either graded with a level of emotion, money, and/or reputation.br /br /So now a week after the big weekend lies the BIG WEEK. This is my time for me to gather my mind and be intact with the future successful person i intend to be. Starting the day i return on the 23rd is when it all starts and i have all the ability and motivation in this time to work work work whether its my part time job to save or its A. Perez Designs to move up and grow for my own business. I have and always will have a plan. It can change or not, but i always have a plan. So I am in my future home. Miami. For a few days. Relaxing, sunbathing, taking in the nightlife, cruising, networking, etc. Then its Key West. Where the real vacation begins. I have never been there but I know i will come back a solid well put together individual ready to take the future head on. So whether its a glass of water or a glass of wine, here is a toast to what the future lies ahead of me and the goals I PLAN to achieve…..

:( but :)

SO i have much to be excited about. Free from school, graduation, A. Perez Designs, a week in the keys for graduation, summer, future goals. But school drained me so much that i lost valuable sleep. More so the last week which led me to catch a cold. My body is so out of it i cant focus. This weekend i will spend my graduation with family away from work and my normal life of any kind. Hopefully out of this not only will i get better but regain focus to get stuff done next week, before i go to Key West. Once I come back from Key West THATS when i put my game face on and take on the future :)…till next time!

GoDaddy to FatCow

…Altogether GoDaddy was a bit annoying for me. Complications, database crashing, and the overload of prices always thrown at me everywhere. My first client, a href=”http://www.centrixgroupinc.com”Centrix Group Inc./a, Uses fat cow and i love it. Plus i actually get more out of it. The only issue i had in this change was my blog, thankfully i have a blogger blog backup in case this happend. So from now on i will make blog updates through my Blogger account. So far so good! Graduation in 5 more days :)br /br /Much work to do for the next two weeks. Lets GO!!!

Phew..

….am i relieved. After just about 20 years of schooling, its finally over. I am done. I did it. This feeling of greatness is something ive been anxiously waiting for for a long time. Its unexplainable. A Bachelors degree at a four year university is not just an ordinary achievement, its a milestone and i dont think any one can be more proud of me than i am of myself. No matter the obstacle i still made it. A. Perez Designs is looking great for a start with perfect timing as i transition from classroom to work field. Its exciting and im ready for real life challenges. Try me world…br /br /Week trip to the Florida Keys from the 15th to the 22nd, so that means i have much to complete until then. br /br /Graduation Date: May 6th, 2011 @ 2PM. UCF Arena