
What is a Subdomain and How Does it Affect Your Site’s SEO?
When navigating the internet you may notice the URL changing as you click from site to site. Sometimes you have a simple URL like www.mysite.com. Or, you might see words added before the site like thi ...

The Art of the Debrief: Thriving on Self-Improvement and Brutally Honest Feedback
Would fewer startups fail if businesspeople received frequent and brutally honest criticism like pilots do? What would happen if entrepreneurs started admitting their mistakes in real-time?... You can ...

Hootsuite Announce Staggering Price Increase Of Up To 1000%
Hootsuite has shocked their longest-serving customers with the kind of price increase that makes Martin Shrekli look benevolent. We look at what is driving the staggering 10x price increase for long-s ...

30+ Best Web Hosting Services 2020 Review, Comparison, and Guide
Choosing the best web hosting services for your needs is very important. Nowadays there are many hosting providers. This post will help you to choose the right one. Web hosting is a foundation of y ...

Leap Day Specials!
This year we get an extra day...and if you're a proactive entrepreneur, you know how great that is. I know you'll want to use that day to work on building or scaling your business. I've put together s ...

Google Warns Chrome Will Block Some Content After New Updates
Just days after Google’s plans to introduce controversial DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to Chrome hit the headlines, comes news of another HTTPS change that is set to hit the hundreds of millions using the wor ...

How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct
Google has now given us an option to set search and location data to automatically disappear after a certain time. We should all use it.

The World Wide Web Turns 30. Where Does It Go From Here?
TODAY, 30 YEARS on from my original proposal for an information management system, half the world is online. It’s a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come, but also an opportunity to reflect on how fa ...

How to Get a Free SSL Certificate for Your WordPress Website (Beginner’s Guide)
Did you know that Google shows all non-SSL websites as “Not Secure”. This means that if you are not using a SSL certificate on your website, then you’ll lose customers trust.

White Hat SEO Case Study: 1,000+ Daily Visitors (In < 6 Months)
Looking for white hat SEO examples? You’ve come to the right place! Today, you’re going to learn how I used white hat SEO techniques to grow my blog from 0 to over 1,000 daily visitors... ...

7 Ways to Boost Your Small-Business Marketing
These marketing strategies can help small businesses gain new customers and increase repeat business. Image credit: Shutterstock Kimberly de Silva Marketing is important to every ...

How to Get a Free SSL Certificate (and Why Google is Forcing You To)
(SSL's have become more than a good idea...they're just about "musts" with SERP implications. Here's a good article from 2017 that still holds up. - Edward) By Colin Newcomer - Jan. 9, 2017 - Elegant ...

How To SEO Meta Tags For Google & Other Search Engines in 2018
LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 9TH, 2018 | By Shaun Anderson What Are Meta Tags? Meta Tags are used by Google and other search engines in some not-so-obvious ways. QUOTE: “Meta tags are a great way for ...

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2017
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award!
THANK YOU! to the readers and good folk at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia's FOURTH (2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017) Reader's Choice Award for Best Web Design. It's a great honor to be r ...

WORDPRESS ALERT:
Fast Secure Contact Form Plugin Removed By WordPress Due To Serious Security Issue
Greetings, all... One of the most popular WordPress forms plugin, the Fast Secure Contact Form plugin (which has been the standard for all Brass Ring Multimedia websites for years) has been removed f ...

Small Biz Owners Almost Always Fail With Their Marketing Because of These 3 Things
Today I want to talk to you about some ways small business owners almost always fail when it comes to their marketing because they don’t do three specific things. By Brad Swezey First, they don’t ha ...

10 Things Your Small Business Can Learn About Marketing from Apple (INFOGRAPHIC)
Building a universally loved brand without engaging in price wars against competitors is not easy. But one brand that has achieved this seemingly impossible feat is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Behind Apple’ ...

Brass Ring Newsletter: September 2017
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE: How Healthy Is Your Website? 27 Amazing Online Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses With Low Budgets, by Neil Patel How to Create a Social Media Marketing Content Plan ...

27 Amazing Online Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses With Low Budgets, by Neil Patel
I love small businesses. As a small business, there are many opportunities for growth with a smart marketing strategy. But you’ve probably noticed a problem. Most of the marketing tactics out there ...

How Healthy Is Your Website?
Neglecting your website health means lost customers and lost income. Just like ignoring your body's health is very risky and can result in you feeling lousy, ignoring your website health is something ...

7 Steps to Beautiful DIY Apparel Product Photography
By Thomas Kragelund, CEO & founder of Pixelz High quality product photography is essential for apparel ecommerce. For many customers, your product images will determine whether or not they buy yo ...

Brass Ring Will Audit Your Website or Give You A 30-minute Consultation…FREE!
Take advantage of a limited-time opportunity to find out what's really going on with your website.

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Your Health
We hear all the time about how technology is bad for us. Since the introduction of computers, we spend more time sitting at a desk than moving around at work. We have created this seden ...

About WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities and How to Address Them
You work hard to make your site awesome. And with all that work you put in, the last thing you want to do is lose your site to some malicious hacker. When it comes to hackers and WordPress, plugin vul ...

Non-HTTPS Sites Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome
by Mark Maunder On approximately January 31st of 2017, version 56 of the Chrome web browser will be released. There is a significant change in the way it displays websites that are not using HTTPS, al ...

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2016
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award for Web Design
A great big THANK YOU! to the readers and nice folks at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia's THIRD (2014, 2015 & 2016) Reader's Choice Award for Best Web Design. I grew up in La Joll ...

Is Your Generic Voicemail Losing You Business?
Reaching a generic voice-mail greetings is one of my great frustrations (pet peeve?)...and I don't leave messages, typically, if I can't determine if I've gotten the right number. Why do so many peopl ...

Like Them or Not: 7 Web Design Trends Here to Stay
By Larry Alton As always, the world of Web design is moving quickly, and as always, it’s in your best interest to stay ahead of the curve. An increase in mobile technology usage, the emergence of V ...

The Important Tax Break Most Renters Miss
By Kelly Phillips Erb | March 7, 2016 Apartments used for business can also qualify for IRS deductions, but make sure you know the rules and exceptions. You can read the article HERE in its entire ...