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Kevin Leary designs and develops everything that OpenView does online. He has helped companies around the globe establish a brand online. He’s an open-source fanatic, and a well respected WordPress developer.

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How to Find a Good Web Designer

May 8, 2013 by

Finding a Good Web Designer That Doesn't Suck

Cut through the smoke and mirrors to find a truly great web designer for your next web design project

So you’ve been tasked with leading the re-design of a website, but you have no idea how to find a good web designer. Finding someone that is truly good can be an exhausting task, but it’s a vital step in determining the success of a web design project.

Avoiding Website Launch Disasters

December 7, 2012 by

San Francisco Earthquake 1906

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Launching a successful website redesign can be simple or complex. The process is rarely the same each time you do it, but there are a few consistent things you should be checking before you launch a new website to avoid disaster.

Easy Ways to Take a Browser Screen Capture

November 28, 2012 by

Twitter website screenshot

Taking screenshots of a website is common task if your web designer, developer, blog author or web writer. Let’s explore some of the ways you can easily take screenshots of website using your OS, browser and blogging software.

20 Reputable Companies Using WordPress

November 19, 2012 by

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Over the past few years WordPress has quickly become the most popular publishing system on the web, powering 17% of the internet. Reputable brands have taken notice, and the number of large companies using WordPress to power their empires online is continuously on the rise. This list explores the noteworthy brands that leverage WordPress to…

Blog SEO Tips for Optimizing Old Posts

October 25, 2012 by

Don't isolate your old blog posts from search engines

Don't isolate your old blog posts from search engines

I’d like to share a few Blog SEO tips regarding how to optimize old (well written), underperforming blog post’s by performing a live experiment. I’ll be using an existing post from the OpenView Labs website, optimizing it, and tracking it’s performance here. Hopefully this will help you understand that new content isn’t necessarily where you…

Product Pricing Strategy on the Web

October 16, 2012 by

Wufoo Product Pricing Strategy Example

If you’re selling a product online, your website should be a major source of sales. Many companies with well designed websites have a clear product pricing strategy that is openly shared on a pricing page. It may seam reckless to openly publish pricing structure like this, but you may find that it’s quite beneficial.

Internet Explorer Mac OS X Setup

September 27, 2012 by

Internet Explorer Logo

Testing is a very important part of the web design and development process. If you’re a Mac based web developer then you know how difficult Internet Explorer Mac OS X testing can be. Luckily, there’s a free, easy way to do it thanks to Oracle VirtualBox. Follow these steps to incorporate Internet Explorer Mac OS…

Great Curated Content Examples on the Web

September 19, 2012 by

The Feature

The indexed web currently contains at least 7.39 billion pages. That’s an insane amount of information to sift through, which is why good web curators are such an indispensable resource, and why B2B companies have so much to gain by making content curation a key part of their content marketing strategy.

Best Practices for Optimizing PDF File SEO

August 29, 2012 by

Adobe Reader 10.1.2

These past few weeks I’ve noticed a large amount of PDF documents ranking very high in search engines. Generally speaking, there are a lot of crappy websites out there that regurgitate information to people. In general, PDF documents that you find on Google provide a better source of quality information on a given subject. I…

How to Find PDF Files Online

August 29, 2012 by

Find PDF Files on Google

If you’re wondering how to find PDF files online consider using the Google filetype search operator. Depending on what I’m looking for, I often find that PDF’s can be a better source for information than traditional websites. Many of them are created by academia, or other reputable organizations, and the quality and quantity of information…