The Big Buddy Blog
07
Dec
2011
Just Launched - TheWholeJourney.com - Nutritionist Website
My latest website launch is TheWholeJourney.com. I spent a lot of hours working with Christa and her team to develop a comprehensive website for her clinical nutrition and holistic health practice. The site has TONS of information for the consumer regarding holistic health practices and healthy eating advice....read more
06
Dec
2011
Magento - Add Facebook Share and Twitter Tweet Buttons
Adding a Facebook "Share" button and a Twitter "Tweet" button to your Magento pages and products is quite simple. There are two methods to do this. The first method is pretty simple and good for adding the buttons directly to a page or product detail page you want to share. The second method is slightly more complicated (but still pretty easy) and allows you to have multiple share buttons on a page. The second method is great for adding separate share buttons for each product on a category page that lists several products either in list or grid view mode....read more
01
Jun
2011
Just Launched - BearRezzRacing.com - Modx Website for Race Car Driver
We just recently launched a new MODx website for race car driver Bear Rzesnowiecky. It features a custom design built on the MODx CMS. One of my favorite features of the site is the calendar. It pulls directly from their Google Calendar and automatically syncs itself with their Google calendar....read more
20
May
2011
Magento: Give Your Visitors a More Efficient Checkout
We all know that Magento’s ecommerce platform is a great way to sell products online. However, one of the drawbacks to the base install is the checkout process. Although it features a step-by-step checkout, which user testing shows as being a positive approach, it is still lacking some features that may help convert lookers into buyers....read more
15
May
2011
Introducing Webguy.info
A few days ago I launched a new blog. It can be found at WebGuy.info. I wanted to separate the blog from the main Big Buddy Marketing website to give it some more functionality and formalize the content a little bit. The main focus of the blog will be directed to website owners and webmasters who want to improve their website in terms of marketing....read more
10
May
2011
Just Launched - SwissWinder.com - Magento eCommerce Website
We just recently launched a new Magento website - swisswinder.com. Swisswinder.com sells a wide variety of automatic watch winders, cigar humidors, jewelry boxes and high end watch accessories. We built the ecommerce site on the Magento platform and integrated several Magento plugins as well....read more
12
Apr
2011
Get a Free Website For Your Small Business
Get a free website for your small business. Your free website comes with free hosting, free setup, easy tools for managing, 3 main pages, unlimited blogs, unlimited calendars, unlimited forms and 10MB of storage space....read more
27
Nov
2010
Eliminate SPAM in Modx eForm Without CAPTCHA
We all hate spam. Whether it's bot-generated spam or human-generated spam, it seems like there is no way around it. Since I build all my sites using Modx and I also use eForm for basic contact forms, I had become accustomed to just deleting spam as it arrived in my inbox and moving on with my day. Until one particular Saturday....read more
23
Sep
2010
A Facebook Fan Page for Your Business
You may have heard that Facebook is now more popular than Google and more and more businesses are making an effort to connect with potential customers via Facebook.
Now is definitely the time to get your business on Facebook and we can certainly help you with that. Big Buddy Marketing is now building custom Facebook pages for business in Las Vegas and around the country starting at $595....read more
04
Sep
2010
How to Add a Facebook Like Button to Your Website
Social networking is all the craze these days and if you can generate a decent amount of buzz on Facebook and/or Twiiter about your brand, chances are it could pay off big time. To help with this, Facebook has made it easy for anyone to add a "Like" button to their website. Here's the simple steps......read more