I would like to mention the importance of conferences for someone in the web/tech world here in this post. I was fortunate enough to attend South-by-Southwest (SXSW) last year and had an unbelievable experience. I was able to listen to the big-wigs of the industry speak at various panels and key-notes. I was even lucky enough to speak personally with Tim Ferriss (4 Hour Work Week, author), Frank Warren (Post Secret, creator) and Tony Hsieh (Zappos.com, CEO). The most important and beneficial parts of the conference were the time between the lectures and panels. I was able to meet, network, and speak with so many different kinds of people surrounding, not only the web world, but film and music people as well. I was able to relate to them with similar interests in anything from running a company to how the new Nokia cell phone could stream live video to the web. I was also fortunate enough to bump into a college classmate of mine, Rob Sandie, that turned out to be…

CWS has clients spread throughout the northeast. A certain one of these clients is about 100 miles away. We provide them with office hours twice a week which ends up being about 6 hours of driving weekly…without traffic. Regardless of how much music is on your iPod you can only sing Britney Spears hits for so long.

Here is where podcasting has completely changed my life and my business. I have found a podcast for almost every facet of my life and business. So if you find yourself stuck in a boring commute, download some of these podcasts. From current web design news to reviews of the latest indy movies and upcoming videogame releases…you can find what you want from one of these.

Boag World

THE BEST WEB DESIGN PODCAST! I wish I found this before I started my company. Hosts, Paul Boag & Marcus Lillington, have a vast knowledge of the web industry and business. Running a web design firm, writing contracts, getting more work as a freelancer, conferences, being a pop-star in the 80s, etc. That list could go on forever. Thanks to their recommendation I attended the SXSW conference…

When working with some of our more recent clients they expressed that they liked their logo to function as a link back to their home page. We had done this in the past but not always in the most SEO-friendly manner. After doing some googling I found a great tutorial to accomplish just this.

Create SEO friendly Text Images Headers from Tutorial Dog

Hi everyone. I am proud to announce the launching of our company blog. This blog will be following the events of my company, Connected Web Solutions, as well as my endeavors transitioning from a professional soccer player to a web designer/app developer.

Check back in the next few days to see what’s been happening…new clients, NPSL national championship game, and what we expect to accomplish with this blog.