Comments on: When you are so 2009 & your web copy is so 1987

By: Lea Curtes-Swenson

Lea Curtes-Swenson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:26:32 +0000

Julie, was just catching up on your blog and took a detour through your new static site. L-O-V-E it! I’m so inspired, as I’m currently creating my first-ever business blog-that-acts-like-a-website. We’ll be talking soon… can’t wait.

By: Kate Foy

Kate Foy — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:34:22 +0000

Julie. Thanks for the Twitter follow. Love what you’ve done with Thesis here. What a fine looking, clever piece of web design it is.

By: Mike Seidle

Mike Seidle — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:03:52 +0000

Julie – I love your suggestions. It’s so important to get personal, and most websites are flat out cold, impersonal and generally out of date. Reading your website would be a great New Year’s Resolution.

By: Dr Wright

Dr Wright — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:30:34 +0000

This is great advice and the perfect time of the year to do it!

Dr Wright
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By: Coach Katerina

Coach Katerina — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:54:43 +0000

Very good post Julie filled with facts that all entrepreneurs need to pay attention to. Static websites are not effective if like you said look outdated and don’t speak to your audience. You need to engage in order to be effective, thus, blogging and Tweets are the best ways to get your website read.

By: George Lenard

George Lenard — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:23:34 +0000

Hi Julie: I will be doing this with ye olde firm site. Having created a Wordpress blog to mimic it (st-louis-employment-lawyer.com), I’m tempted to port it all over, revising as I go, though I may use the “pages” feature for some of what you describe using blog posts for in #3.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:39:05 +0000

Hmmm, smile, makes me need to go re-read through things! great post!

It’s like looking through my scrapbooks from the beginning to now! Looks like grade K to now college!

By: Michelle Minch

Michelle Minch — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:58:43 +0000

Julie: Another dead on post full of juicy bits. Thank you. My goal is to update/refresh my web site, maybe even before the new year begins. I like my site as it is currently, in a general sense, but not specifically. I have a lot of people tell me they are hiring me because they liked my site best, but I know it can be better. Your post will help me make it better. Once again, thank you.

By: Dan Power

Dan Power — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:56:07 +0000

Great post, and I am guilty of all the things you mention!

I’m about to start a pretty big refresh of my main site. I first created it about a year ago, but it does need updating. I’m also going to modify the look-and-feel a bit, and will try to make it more interactive and personable, as you suggest.

As always – right on the money!

By: Debra Snider

Debra Snider — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:46:05 +0000

Great points! Far too many small business websites are static and dull, then you meet their owners (in real life, on Twitter, wherever) and the owners are vibrant and fascinating. I tinker with my website almost daily, mostly because I love to write and am always seeing opportunities to add something, but also because, as an author, I really do want the site to represent the real – and evolving – me.

Thanks, Julie, for another pithy, friendly and useful post!