scott on October 8th, 2009

It seems like a trend once again. As more of my clients wish to use social networking and Web 2.0 features in their blogs, they also want a more robust and trackable RSS feed.
I recently added Feedburner email subscription sidebar widgets to ElizaOne, Inc. and Call That Girl’s websites.
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, [...]

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scott on July 18th, 2009

Some of the questions I am asked all the time are “Can you really make it financially as a freelancer?” or “Can you make a lot of money that way?”, “Isn’t that risky?”, and a more recent one from a ‘former’ freelancer – “How can you compete with companies and online job bid sites [...]

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scott on July 11th, 2009

Photo by John Lorenz
Recently, I assisted Leigh Ann Phillips, a musician and Sound Healing Therapist, to make many additions to her web site – www.leighannphillips.com.
I absolutely love working with other alternative and holistic practitioners, as well as musicians.  It allows me to collect and gather all of my passions together – music, healing, and web [...]

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scott on June 26th, 2009

It has been a huge pleasure for me to complete a new Wordpress site for my good friend, Lisa Hendrickson, of Call That Girl!
For the longest time, Lisa had a simple one page site that I designed for her, and she was very happy. Then, her business grew! She started blogging. [...]

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scott on April 18th, 2009

Sometimes a web site just needs updates and edits. Or, perhaps you lose your previous webmaster, for whatever reason.
Over the last month I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Áine Armour, and I’ve enjoyed very much – providing updates and edits to her website, CelticFireAndFaerie.com.
As a “holistic” geek, Áine’s site, and especially her [...]

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One of the things I love about designing web sites for other people is engaging in the creative process with them. Sheryl M. Snitkin’s site, Urban Admin, seemed to come together so nicely – because she and I were both open to engage that “creativity” together.
I love to email back and forth [...]

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scott on February 13th, 2009

Recently, two other friends and I have started a venture we call “Hats for Honduras” – http://www.hatsforhonduras.org/ I want to give special props to Tiger Technologies for donating the hosting for our website. They are the best hosting company, hands down, that I’ve ever worked with, and I’m so thrilled that they were [...]

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scott on December 18th, 2008

Greetings!
Very soon a new site will be unveiling!
HolisticGeek.com is the web site for Scott Schumacher – an independent web designer and internet 2.0 consultant.  Check back soon for information on:

Creating a unique web presence
Internet/EMail/Social Network Marketing
Blog creation and optimization tools
Wordpress information and consulting

See you soon!
-Scott Schumacher

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