Resources, Tools, Advice & Thoughts

Search Engine Optimization

SEO is real strength of ours. We have a proven track record with SEO basics as part of our Wordpress Website Development projects. We follow many benchmark best practices. We deploy plugins to strengthen site content, communicate better with bots, yield better search engine results and get 1st page ranking quickly. We offer a number of ways to do “after market” SEO programs. Core focus is to yield some natural great ‘organic search’ strength!

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Social Media Consulting

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT + MODERATION.  Brand Management & Online Marketing  Online PR & Publicity  Social Media Campaign Development  Networking & Moderation  Community Engagement Marketing  Consulting Want to see my PINTEREST Board approach to showing you things we care about? pinterest.com/broekmancomm/social-media/   Author Social Media Plan. From Situation Assessment…

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WordPress 6.2.2 – what’s in this update

WordPress 6.2.2 What’s NewCreditsFreedomsPrivacy Maintenance and Security Releases Version 6.2.2 addressed a security issue and fixed 1 bug. For more information, see the release notes. Version 6.2.1 addressed some security issues and fixed 30 bugs. For more information, see the release notes. Welcome to WordPress 6.2.2 WordPress 6.2 includes more than 292 enhancements and 394 bug fixes. This page…

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Podcast Producer

We spent the past 16 months developing an amazing podcast called The Restaurant Dealmaker Show for the largest Restaurant Brokerage in California, Restaurant Realty Company. We’ve been working with the company’s founder and senior leadership to expand our thought leadership/PR program as well as compliment the founder’s best selling book of the same title. Hosted…

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BlueJeans by Verizon

Outrageously Engaging Video Experiences Your business runs on video. Let’s get you up to speed. Virtual Meetings Premium video conferencing for max productivity from anywhere. Give your 
in-office, remote or hybrid teams the tools to connect and collaborate seamlessly. Events & Webinars Immersive virtual events platform with TV-quality, live streaming for stunning productions. Engage any…

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Digital Marketing Assets & Transfer of Social media handles

Commercial Agents and Business Brokers, As you are completing your Asset Purchase Agreements with clients and preparing sellers to hand over key content and accounts to buyers, make sure that they prepare a list of logins/passwords for those accounts they can easily hand over and walk your clients through logging in to confirm ownership. Alternatively,…

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Building e-commerce websites with SquareSpace

We’ve used SquareSpace on and off again for strategic brand activation projects and e-commerce websites. Certain companies benefit from ONE platform for all your needs – small businesses, 1-2 person shows, product driven and art driven showcases and start-ups. While we LOVE WordPress for its search engine optimization and easy Googlization programs, if money is…

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Why launch a WordPress Website?

In the world of ever changing, evolving technology, it’s harder to launch an activate your brand’s website and get found on search engines organically. Search engine optimization and Google advertising and online marketing can get expensive for start-ups. Survival of the fittest means those with either venture-capital backing, private family investors, angel investors or deep…

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Time

Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such…

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How to add a new user to your WordPress Site

How To Add A New User Go to your WordPress admin page and log in to your website. https://www.youdomain.com/wp-admin If you’re not sure of your password, you can click “Lost Password” to reset it. Now that you’re in the WordPress dashboard, click on Users in the left sidebar. Towards the top of the screen, click Add New.…

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Public Relations PR Glossary of Terms

We constantly get asked about the industry terms we throw away casually. So we put together this page morphing a number of glossaries together into a new UBER cool page. Agency in Motion in Chicago by far had the cleanest and most complete looking one. Thank you! The PR industry operates with numerous acronyms and…

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accessiBe

What is accessiBe? accessiBe is the leading AI-powered web accessibility solution that makes websites accessible to people with disabilities, and compliant with the WCAG, ADA, and other accessibility legislation. By using AI and automation, accessiBe signficantly reduces costs and time, making web accessibility achievable for all businesses. MAKING THE WEB INCLUSIVE FOR ALL The #1 Automated …

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Meta Facebook Business Advertising changes

Cha cha cha Changes…. Love that David Bowie song, but don’t love the ripple effect of many many many changes happening in the Facebook / Instagram advertising, Business Manager and Page management universe. As someone who has invested years and have evolved and moved the the punches (REO Speedwagon), we 100% now that change is…

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WordPress Market Share: Usage Stats, Facts, & Research (2022)

How Popular is WordPress? Thanks WPbeginner for putting together this update for all to benefit. If you are a WordPress developer or just getting started with WordPress, you MUST begin your journey with WordPress Beginner! To learn more, see our article about the history of WordPress. WordPress is immensely popular and is used by millions of…

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What are SERPs? Search Engine Results explained by SEMRush.com

Thank you Nikolai Boroda for brilliantly weaving this perfect article. Many of our clients ask the same questions and thankfully we have some valuable explanations. I could not have put this better. Folks, if you don’t already follow SEM Rush’s blog or use SEMrush, well, you are missing something from your Search Engine Optimization plan!…

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Calendly – schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails

Easy scheduling ahead Calendly is your hub for scheduling meetings professionally and efficiently, eliminating the hassle of back-and-forth emails so you can get back to work. Schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails Calendly uncomplicates scheduling by only offering times that work with your availability across all of your calendars. SIGN UP NOW HOW IT WORKS See…

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One Signal – Website Push Notifications for Blog Subscribers & more

OneSignal Platform OneSignal is one of the fastest & most reliable services to send push notifications, in-app messages, SMS, and emails to your users on mobile and web. Know how some sites on Safari and Chrome ask you if you would like updates from their website? THIS IS IT! Want THE Guide on how to…

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Getting SiteGround support

Broekman is here to help as well! For our clients, we provide web hosting, cPanel, FTP, email and Wordpress management/maintenance support. We get it. Things happen. We know that hiccups happen.  Lucky for you, we deliver the best methodologies to reverse engineer a fix because we’ve already been through the trial and error. There really…

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Googlization is the key to your digital marketing success

Googlization Action Plan In the coming week, we will unveil dedicated pages for each of these amazing programs. SEO Package – every Google program starts here. This assume that you’ve got a website and a business to promote. Be it a service, product or non-profit, you’re going to need to rank in Google to survive! …

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Real Estate Marketing – 36 digital marketing, advertising & PR tips

You’re looking for a strategy to drive more people to you and your company and increase profits. We understand how to give you an edge over your competitors and enable you to reach people through a variety of tactics. We can not only help you generate new leads and land new deals, but we can…

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How to make someone an admin of your Facebook Fanpage in 4 easy steps

4 Easy Steps Step 1: Go to your facebook fanpage https://www.facebook.com/broekmancomm Step 2: On right hand margin sidebar menu, choose Settings https://www.facebook.com/broekmancomm/settings/?tab=settings Step 3: On right hand margin sidebar menu, choose Page Roles https://www.facebook.com/broekmancomm/settings/?tab=admin_roles Step 4: Navigate to the “Assign a New Page Role” section   Here you will type in a person who has…

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How to build a Facebook Fanpage in 10 minutes

Things you’ll need to set up your Facebook Page Important pre-page clarification: Information from your personal Facebook profile won’t appear on your Facebook Page unless you share it there. Your profile and Page are considered separate on Facebook.  Business Name and description A profile photo and cover photo. Profile photo – your badge – ideally…

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Google Site Kit – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed

Site Kit is the official WordPress plugin from Google for insights about how people find and use your site. Installing this one plugin and connecting ALL your Google products is a key to WordPress successful tracking Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, PageSpeed Insights and Tag Manager ALL IN ONE PLACE – a one-stop shop solution to…

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WordPress 5.6.2 – what you need to know

Welcome to WordPress 5.6.2. WordPress 5.6.2 brings you countless ways to set your ideas free and bring them to life. With a brand-new default theme as your canvas, it supports an ever-growing collection of blocks as your brushes. Paint with words. Pictures. Sound. Or rich embedded media. Maintenance and Security Releases Version 5.6.2 addressed 5 bugs.…

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Gmail Cheet Sheet

This is so cool. Thank you Google Workspace Learning Center! https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9283036?hl=en&ref_topic=9348490 Gmail cheat sheet Create and send email, organize your inbox, and start and join video meetings right from Gmail. Get Gmail: Web (mail.google.com), Android, or iOS   1. Click Compose to create a new email message. 2. Click a message in your inbox to read it and send a…

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Envato Elements – Graphics, Stock video, Stock Images, WordPress Themes & more

The unlimited creative subscription Millions of creative assets, unlimited downloads, one low cost. Download graphic, web and video templates, audio, photos and more. Envato Elements is the only creative subscription for every digital project. We’ve been using Envato for 10 years now. Marketing Agency approved! This is the last subscription you’re going to need for…

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Clubhouse App

Clubhouse App: How to Get Started We just started and are exploring how to make this applicable to start-ups, non-profits, personalities, thought leaders and corporates. THANK you SocialMediaExaminer and Naomi Nakashima for creating this!!!!! BRILLIANT!!!! Folks, if you need help, definitely let us know. New to Clubhouse App? Wondering how to use Clubhouse? In this…

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WordPress Hosting with Siteground

We partnered with SiteGround on more than 10 WordPress websites and have had an incredible experience. As much as we love loyalty to platforms with wonderful customer services (and fast cars) from the past, we are finding there are highly reliable partners that serve all clients needs. What we digg? Caching and Cloudflare included SSL…

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Non-Profit Marketing

Open a world of possibilities. We will help you architect a program with all the essentials – the best of digital marketing, audience building, creative programming, membership and donor enabling tactics, public relations, communications and more. ANALYTICS Typically, many large non-profits require extensive Research, Analytics & Data Models to show and steer their mission-driven organization…

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How to Setup, Host, & Join a Zoom Meeting on iPhone & iPad

Another big shout out to OSXDaily for the tutorial on how to Setup, Host, & Join a Zoom Meeting on iPhone & iPad Original link here: https://osxdaily.com/2020/04/09/how-setup-host-join-zoom-meeting-iphone-ipad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29 Zoom is a video conferencing solution that allows people to easily setup, host, and join video chats for remote meetings, work, or even just social events. If you…

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How to use Google Hangouts

How to Make Group Video Calls with Google Hangouts on iPhone & iPad BIG thanks to OSXDaily for producing this amazing article to illustrate how to make group video calls with Google Hangouts!!! Thank you for making this easy! original link: https://osxdaily.com/2020/04/10/how-make-group-video-calls-google-hangouts-iphone-ipad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29 Google Hangouts offers a free and easy way to make group video calls,…

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Checking WordPress website for compatibility before upgrading PHP to 7.X

If you are an digital marketing agency and you find yourself with a new client that has an older WordPress website having performance issues (or if you yourself are starting a new job managing an existing WordPress website, but not sure what’s wrong), I HIGHLY recommend that you start with an AUDIT of the website…

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Brand Your Business – Summer Special

BRAND YOUR BUSINESS GRAPHIC DESIGN 2019 SUMMER SPECIAL! We are offering a very exclusive and very limited-time special for logos and graphic design. Our normal graphic design starter package starts at $2,000, but for a limited time we are offering 40% OFF all new design projects this Summer! Act fast! Special ends August 1st!!!! WHAT WE…

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WordPress 5.2.2 Update

Welcome to WordPress 5.2.2 Congratulations on updating to WordPress 5.2.2! This update makes it easier than ever to fix your site if something goes wrong. Version 5.2.2 What’s NewCreditsFreedomsPrivacy Maintenance and Security Releases Version 5.2.2 addressed 13 bugs. For more information, see the release notes. Version 5.2.1 addressed 33 bugs. For more information, see the release notes. Keeping Your Site…

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Social Marketing Partners

Facebook Marketing Partners Partners give you superior insights and data for better marketing decisions. Partners offer innovative technology to help you drive great results. Partners offer custom-tailored solutions to supercharge your marketing on and off Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/business/marketing-partners Instagram Business 1 Billion+ Instagram accounts worldwide are active every single month. 500 Million+ Instagram accounts worldwide are…

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How to download your google plus photos

April 2, 2019 Deadline! Time is running out! We used Google+ for years building up photo albums for portfolios and unknowingly of course helping our SEO in the early days. Hate to lose some wonderful content. Want to download yours? Here’s how: Download your Google+ data https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1045788?hl=en You can export and download your Google+ data,…

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide

If you’re interested in improving your site’s appearance on Google Search, and you’re willing to put in a little time learning about search engine optimization (SEO) and Search Console, here is your getting started guide. You don’t need to understand HTML or coding, but you do need to spend some time thinking about how your site…

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Free Add Event to Calendar Button

We just discovered Eventable! Share unlimited events in any email, website, or social network with your own link and embeddable button. Works with everything from Gmail to Outlook, WordPress to Squarespace, MailChimp to Constant Contact, and more! Yes there paid and enterprise version as well. See Plans & Pricing: https://www.eventable.com/pricing/ Get FREE button

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LinkedIn Marketing Agency

BROEKMAN communications is a 10+ year Linkedin Marketing Agency specializing in setting up your personal profile, Company Pages, Slideshare, Groups, Showcase Pages, Sponsored Updates and LinkedIn Ads. Posting Use posting to share your professional expertise, experiences and anecdotes with your connections and the larger community. Posts are a quick way of staying connected with your…

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Linkedin for Business

Linkedin is a central part of our Lead Generation, Thought Leadership, Building Personas/profiles and Business Development funnel for our clients. While we value many social media platforms, we highly recommend to lay a strong foundation with a platform that makes it possible to effectively showcase your thought leadership. LinkedIn offers prime real estate for doing…

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Schedule an Appointment

Acuity Scheduling is your online assistant, working 24/7 to fill your schedule. Looking to drive your (or your client’s) lead generation website funnel and entice folks with a “Schedule a Call”, “Free Consultation” or “Book an Appointment” approach? We are loving Acuity Scheduling. Sign up here and I believe we can get discount codes for…

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Linkedin Pages – Playbook

Big thanks to Linkedin Marketing Solutions for engaging and equipping agencies like ours with the right tools and resources. Download the Enterprise Playbook Whether you’re in HR and manage a team to advance your talent brand, or in social media and manage a team to promote your corporate brand, this quick read offers actionable guidance…

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WordPress 5.1

What’s new with WordPress 5.1

Welcome to WordPress 5.1 You’ve successfully upgraded to WordPress 5.1! Following WordPress 5.0—a major release which introduced the new block editor—5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and…

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Really Simple SSL WP Plugin

How to setup Google Analytics and Google Search Console/Webmaster Tools

Big thank you to Really Simple SSL for developing an amazing plugin that successfully forces every SSL Certificate we launch and enables https:// to kick in. This post is directly from their website! Follow these to a T! Oh wait, If you didn’t already install Really Simple SSL after Getting your SSL certificate, download here…

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How to disable Gutenberg – How to fix Website after WordPress 5.0 Update

WordPress 5.0 “broke” our sites. But not really… As part of our WordPress maintenance programs, we handle updating WordPress & plugins constantly for our clients. Yes, after WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg was installed, we did find editing pages and posts rather challenging. The platform is amazing if you are launching a brand new website or blog.…

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Foursquare Executive Relocation

Foursquare Relocation

On the approximate 17th Anniversary of its launch, I proudly present my first website produced solely by my own hands. Screenshots below!  www.broekmancomm.com/foursquare From July 2001 to May 2002, I served as Marketing Director of FourSquare Executive Relocation’s Amsterdam, The Netherlands offices. I was recruited to establish and launch their new corporate identity and branding campaign…

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End of Life of PHP 5 – Upgrade to PHP 7 by 12-31-18

Big thank you and shout out for WordFence for monitoring, managing, education and publishing key invaluable articles that help webmasters, website developers and website managers around the world protect their clients and their websites! 🙂 Next steps: 1. As always, before I do anything, ensure back-ups of website & database are in place so that…

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Digital Marketing Agency – Preliminary Scope of Work

We’ve seen a surge in referrals asking for proposals. We therefore created this page to help with intake interviews and preliminary scope of work to determine what tactics are key to our collaboration. Below is a quick preliminary scope of work list to guide our collaboration. Transform brands and professionalize corporate culture. Encourage collaborative environments.…

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Branding Agency near me

At the crossroads of strategy and return on engagement/return on investment, BROEKMAN communications delivers strategic brand and identity campaigns. We’ve worked with 100s of clients over a nearly 20 year period. As tech-savvy, innovative and hard-working GenXers at heart coupled with the drive, motivation, determination and persistence of hit-the-ground-running prove-yourself 20-somethings, we’ve got the perfect…

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How to Add Facebook Pixels to WordPress-based website

Using Facebook with WordPress When we want to really track how Facebook ads are performing on websites we manage and get a deeper understanding of our audience interaction and, of course, determine success of campaigns…. getting a pixel installed on your site will LINK that advertising from Facebook with your website’s visitor traffic information. The…

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Leadership Summits & Corporate Retreats

Proud to be a collaboration partner with Organic Communication – one of the leading Offsites & Retreats (Live & Virtual) for legal, corporate & entertainment clientele. Organic Communication’s expert retreat and meeting facilitators create meaningful opportunities for professionals to think strategically and collaborate effectively. Our sessions build connection, inspire creativity, enable clarity and drive commitment.…

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reviews and reputation management

How to Write a Google, Yelp, Facebook and Linkedin Review

The below examples are for a recent client, but can be applied to ANY client or vendor. Share the love. Give meaningful positive feedback. Especially when hardworking people work well for you! Be fair, be respectful, be courteous and be friendly; treat others as you want to be treated. Don’t use as a “teaching” opportunity…

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Key to Successful Communication and Collaboration

Stumbled on this Linkedin Article written back on October 2, 2014. Still just as relevant as ever. Definitely some morsels of value here. MUCH good energy for successful collaborations!  When I was at Universal Studios Television, I worked closely with our internal “creative” department producers, website developers and marketing agencies to develop breakout websites, flash sites,…

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Vaughan – Welcome to WordPress 4.7

Welcome to WordPress 4.7 Presenting Twenty Seventeen A brand new default theme brings your site to life with immersive featured images and video headers. Twenty Seventeen focuses on business sites and features a customizable front page with multiple sections. Personalize it with widgets, navigation, social menus, a logo, custom colors, and more. Our default theme for…

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9 Hidden Features in the WordPress Media Library Only Power Users Know

Discovered amazing article written by Tom Ewer of wpmudev! Solid resources & tips here. READ BELOW! https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-media-library-hidden-features/ Published on September 12, 2015 HIGHLIGHTS Can use as FREE image compression tool Create central repository of all images for project Quick editing tools for work on the road (vs using Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, etc.) Using FREE downML – Download Media…

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Guide to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Metrics for Return on investment + Return on Engagement. In the past 3-4 years, marketing has evolved exponentially beyond hits, visitors and referral traffic. Today, a successful marketer needs to be aware and gather intelligence from multiple business units to truly get the full picture. Return on Investment (ROI) is permanently engrained in the brains of all…

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Happy name – domains, social media handles & more!

I’m always looking for tools to help my start-up clients and entrepreneurs. I’m certainly not new to doing domain searches and looking up social media handles (i.e. going to Facebook to see if the new desired company name already exists as a Company Facebook fanpage or if someone grabbed the custom URL – facebook.com/companyname).I recently was introduced…

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Creating an ADA-compliant website

Special thanks to Nicole Nash, Web Designer at TechRepublic for a putting together a SOLID good summary and checklist!!! Reposting this amazing content as a resource for clients who are interested and are prioritizing. UPDATE: Please consider using accessibe for all your ADA & WCAG Compliance needs. Read more here. We are a partner. https://www.broekmancomm.com/accessibe/…

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Happy New Year officially!

2016 is off to a fantastic start. We are in the process of building a new platform to showcase our agency. Take a sneak peak here: http://www.broekman.agency We’ve been busy rebranding & repackaging a few. Take a look here: Repackaged Organic Communication, our partner company http://organiccomm.com Check out the amazing book on Successful Happy Lawyering co-written by Lee Broekman,…

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ThinkStockPhotos.com and iStockPhotos.com – Getty Images

We use both ThinkStockPhotos.com AND iSTOCKPHOTO.COM for your Stock Photo needs ThinkStockPhotos.com is $299 for a one-month subscription. StockPhoto is $399 for a one-month subscription. You definitely have access to a “greater variety” on iStockPhoto, but BOTH usually meet average needs. Some of our clients have to move to a per image license basis as…

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How to transfer domain from Register.com to GoDaddy.com

TRANSFER AWAY FROM REGISTER.COM For those that need help with transferring their website domain from Register.com to GoDaddy, here’s the link to a how-to page on GoDaddy.com…. conveniently copied here for your convenience. https://www.godaddy.com/help/transfer-away-from-registercom-8033 Before you can transfer your domain name registered with Register.com to us, you need to prepare your domain name so it…

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Paypal – DPRP is Disabled.

Let’s start from the beginning. DPRP stands for DirectPayment Recurring Payments. It’s a module that enables you to have multiple payments, subscriptions and recurring payments with your shopping cart forms when using PayPal API integrated. For instance, we use PayPal with our favorite 3rd party form company, JotForm (www.jotform.com). Been using them for YEARS, if not…

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Google Apps for Work – yes, we love!

We’ve had solid good experience with Google Apps. We’ve been using Google Apps for BROEKMAN communications since they launched, and it’s really helped our team work faster and more efficiently. We think you’ll also benefit from trying it out for your business. * Fast email. Searchable. Archivable. Uses Gmail interface but is customizable. * Fast on all devices (iphones, ipads,…

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Dropbox adds commenting feature – a better way to get feedback!

We know working with multiple people can be difficult. With conversations scattered across email threads and chat windows, feedback can get lost and it can take forever to get everyone on the same page. That process just got much simpler. Now you can post comments to files on the Dropbox website — so conversations stay…

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WordPress Maintenance and Security

WORDPRESS MAINTENANCE & UPGRADES For over 15 years, we’ve been developing, managing, updating and moderating WordPress-based websites. One thing we’ve learned along the way, similar to ANY website and ANY content management system, keeping the foundation integrity solid requires minimal, but constant digital TLC = aka love, care and maintenance (like any relationship!). In today’s…

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WordPress maintenance

WORDPRESS MAINTENANCE & UPGRADES For over 10 years, we’ve been developing, managing, updating and moderating WordPress-based websites. One thing we’ve learned along the way, similar to ANY website and ANY content management system, keeping the foundation integrity solid requires minimal, but constant love and care = AKA maintenance.As part of our one-off or monthly retainers,…

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OS X: Keyboard shortcuts

I love my Mac world. Literally copied/pasted from Apple’s site for all the INCREDIBLY USEFUL keyboard shortcuts to do things on your Mac by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard. Using keyboard shortcuts To use a keyboard shortcut, press a modifier key at the same time as a character key. For example, pressing the…

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Why is my site slow?

SEMRUSH produced THE best Page Speed tutorial ever and deserve incredible street cred for assembling a real solution. If you are embarking on self fixes, use the below! ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.semrush.com/blog/page-speed What Is Page Speed? Page speed (also called “load speed”) measures how fast the content of a page loads. From an SEO standpoint,…

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Heatmaps – tracking what visitors click on your website

Tracking visitors with Google Analytics or Statcounter is one thing, but really understanding what catches their eye and what they click on? COME ON, you totally want to know. WELL thanks to APPSUMO, we’ve got a free wordpress plugin to install. Heat maps with 1-click will show you instantly where people are clicking so you…

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WCAG 2.0 Checklist

As of May 2023 BROEKMAN communications fully endorses accessiBe The leading AI-powered web accessibility solution that makes websites accessible to people with disabilities, and compliant with the WCAG, ADA, and other accessibility legislation. By using AI and automation, accessiBe signficantly reduces costs and time, making web accessibility achievable for all businesses. MAKING THE WEB INCLUSIVE…

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New domains available

Hundreds of new domain extensions have now become available to the general public! Go to web.broekmancomm.com to buy your domain!! This gives brands, companies, individuals and organizations ability to own shorter domains! BE SAVVY NOW! MORE COMING SOON Like .LUXURY & others! For instance, we just purchased these: Broekman.agency Broekman.marketing NEW GLTDS now available in 2014:…

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pakua

I am truly grateful for discovering the Pa Kua community. What started as a martial arts class for my two kids evolved into Master Adrian (my ‘Obi Wan Kanobi’/’Yoda’ sensei/Jedi master) inviting me into the community. After 3 years of classes 2 times a week and committing myself daily to martial arts, swords and edge…

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How to let consultants manage your Facebook advertising account

Found an amazing post on Jon Loomer’s page from last summer which did a thorough job on explaining the technical steps in adding an admin. YouTube video step by step: OR check out the post here: http://www.jonloomer.com/2013/07/29/facebook-advertising-account-settings/ Frankly, we’re tired of reinventing the wheel, but happy to point people in the right place when they…

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How to embed slideshare slideshow on wordpress website

SlideShare offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios. Embedding a Slideshow To embed a slideshow from SlideShare, please follow this guide. 1. Visit SlideShare to create your own slideshow – or find one that already exists. When viewing the slideshow, click the Embed button at the top of…

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Adwords for nonprofits through Google Ad Grants

 AD GRANTS Google Ad Grants is the nonprofit edition of AdWords, Google’s online advertising tool. Google Ad Grants empowers nonprofit organizations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords™ advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google.com. Eligibility | Program Details | Testimonials | Apply today Join the program Get further, faster. Apply to the Google for Nonprofits program. Members will gain…

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social media infographics

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT + MODERATION.  Brand Management & Online Marketing  Online PR & Publicity  Social Media Campaign Development  Networking & Moderation  Community Engagement Marketing  Consulting   Author Social Media Plan. From Situation Assessment & Analysis to Development. o Reconnaissance mission to collect everything about {INSERT ENTITY} (Company History, Competitive Analysis,…

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Vine promotions

I recently embraced the use of VINE for marketing promotions, PR and business development. I’m the type of guy that can always find a way to make something practical, but VINE for the 30-something marketer…. definitely out of the box. What is Vine? Vine is a mobile service that lets you create and share short…

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Law Firm Marketing

Specializing in Marketing for Attorneys, Law Firms & Legal Industry Professionals BRANDING & IDENTITY CAMPAIGNS Establishing strong a brand image is an important factor in winning business and is just as important as origination. Having a firm logo, website and online brand that stands the test of time is critical. Couple that with an impeccable…

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Website Development with WordPress

BROEKMAN communications has a 15-year track record of developing websites with branding, marketing, business development, social media, SEO and PR front-and-center! Our core offering now is website development using WordPress. From helping translate your vision & acting as your art director/creative director, BROEKMAN communications builds amazing high-end websites as YOUR dedicated programmer. Did you know that 17% of all sites online now use WORDPRESS?

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Elevating organizational culture with effective communication

BROEKMAN communications is now officially a partner with Organic Communication. Organic Communication coaches are experts in Organizational Development, Leadership Training & Executive Coaching. We work with executives, managers and teams who are ready to achieve more satisfying and successful interactions with colleagues, clients and customers. Our clients want to improve their internal and external communication and collaboration. We…

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WordPress 3.6 – amazing new features!

WordPress 3.6 REVISIONS, Media Player and really nice default TWENTY THIRTEEN theme! Colorful New Theme Introducing Twenty Thirteen The new default theme puts focus on your content with a colorful, single-column design made for media-rich blogging. Inspired by modern art, Twenty Thirteen features quirky details, beautiful typography, and bold, high-contrast colors — all with a…

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How to create QR Codes

QR codes (or Quick Response codes) are those awesome bar code looking boxes you have been seeing everywhere from posters, magazine ads, theatrical billboards and juice boxes (yes, I have kids). Using a cool APP QR Code Reader (like this one in iTunes) on your mobile device (yes including your iPhone 5) or tablet (okay…

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AWeber – Email Newsletters and Campaigns with Marketing Automation

Email Newsletters – Create and send professional email newsletters in a matter of minutes. Sign up now at  http://broekmancomm.aweber.com Email Templates Blog to Email Performance Tracking Facebook & Twitter Integration Publish Emails Online Signup Forms Automatically deliver a sequence of messages to new subscribers. Signup Form Templates Easy to use Form Designer Form Animation And Effects…

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How to use Pinterest

Pinterest helps people collect and organize the things they love. You create boards showcasing things that you like. Each board tells a unique story about what we care about. People can FOLLOW your boards whos pins they like (like yours!). A pin could be a gift, receipt, quote, picture of a desired place to visit…

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twitter branding guidelines

Twitter’s policy is “designed” to help you use their logo and trademarks without having to worry about negotiating with us or talking to our lawyers.   Follow @broekman     Downloads For light backgroundsEPS · PNG For dark backgroundsEPS · PNG *white (it’s there trust me!) Blue on whiteEPS · PNG White on blueEPS · PNG Usage guidelines – Do: Use our official, unmodified Twitter…

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Themeforest – favorite source for WordPress Themes

Professional WordPress Themes & Website Templates for any project Discover thousands of easy to customize themes, templates & CMS products, made by world-class developers. At Themeforest, you can buy website templates aka themes for WordPress in addition to HTML, Shopify, Magento, Jamstack, and many other content management systems like Joomla and Drupal with prices ranging…

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How to use Statcounter

StatCounter Installation with WordPress. StatCounter is a free web traffic analysis service, which provides summary stats on all your traffic and a detailed analysis of your last 500 page views. This limit can be increased by subscribing to their paid service. To activate the StatCounter service for your WordPress site: STEP ONE: Sign Up with StatCounter or add…

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How to use Statcounter

StatCounter’s mission is to help our members easily understand their visitors, so they can make good decisions to become more successful online. Fast, Responsive, Quick loading Service StatCounter was born out of the frustration of Founder and CEO, Aodhán Cullen from using a counter service that was loading slower and slower every single day. This…

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Seeking impact, Jewish funders convene in L.A.

Reposted from JewishJournal.com on March 19, 2013. Article by Jonah Lowenfeld Seeking impact, Jewish funders convene in L.A. BY JONAH LOWENFELD “Philanthropy is what you’ll be remembered for,” Jewish Funders Network (JFN) President Andrés Spokoiny told the 400 attendees at the Beverly Hilton on March 18, the first full day of the group’s annual conference. “Philanthropy is…

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Branding / Marketing Coach?

Want to hire a marketing consultant, but feel you can’t afford it? Ready to rebrand, but first want someone to soundboard your ideas?
HIRE BROEKMAN FOR A 1-2 HOUR COACHING CONSULTATION? Broekman will make everything accessible and attainable.
Having offered 100s of past clients business development, branding, publicity, marketing, PR, advertising, social media and IT advice, BROEKMAN has a wealth of knowledge to share including best practices, industry benchmarks, what’s working, and pure gut instinct tailored for you.

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Non-profits can apply for NO MONTHLY FEE (FREE) PayPal Payments Pro account

Still have transaction fees for processing credit card transactions for donations, fundraisers, membership, events and school registration fees, but saving $360.00 a year is amazing start to integrating online payments for YOUR non-profit! With an amazing partnership with a Third Party form developer called JotForm (www.jotform.com), making shopping carts (or donation forms, event registration forms,…

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Jotform Integration plug-in

WORDPRESS USERS…. Ever find your EMBED CODE disappears the next time you are in VISUAL MODE and you have to keep copying/pasting over & over again in TEXT? Yep, me too. SOLUTION: Install the free WordPress Jotform Plug=in! Works PERFECTLY! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jotform-integration/ INSTALLTION instructions 1. Install the plug-in via dashboard 2. Activate 3. Went to settings…

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Vimeo the basics

Vimeo Basics Vimeo is where your videos belong. We put your videos first and give you the best ways to share, discover, and be inspired.Upload your videos Vimeo makes it easy to upload the videos you take. We adore many different kinds of file formats and give you great tools so you can make sure your videos look…

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How to use JotForm?

JotForm is the first web based WYSIWYG form builder. Its intuitive drag and drop user interface makes formbuilding a breeze. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and receive responses by email. Check out this tutorial to learn more about JotForm: Creating Your First Form Find out more information about using JotForm on our user guide: Visit User Guide Now! JotForm’s…

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PR & publicity

Over 15 years experience with studios, entertainment companies, film festival, consumer products, corporations, non-profits, start-ups, millionaires, entrepreneurs and executives starting their freelance operations. We stand as strong PR agency because of OUR impact. We unleash YOUR creativity. We truly empower people. We walk YOU through the process with transparency and giving you ALL our secrets. Finally, we…

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PR & Publicity

Over 15 years experience with studios, entertainment companies, film festival, consumer products, corporations, non-profits, start-ups, millionaires, entrepreneurs and executives starting their freelance operations. We stand as strong PR agency because of OUR impact. We unleash YOUR creativity. We truly empower people. We walk YOU through the process with transparency and giving you ALL our secrets. Finally, we…

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Jewish Wisdom and Wellness Conference – A Week of Learning

After collaboration and development for more than TWO YEARS,BROEKMAN communications recently launched a new branding initiative and website for Hebrew Union College’s Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health and Cedars-Sinai – the Jewish Wisdom and Wellness: A Week of Learning website: www.JewishWisdomandWellness.com The Week of Learning will take place between April 21-27, 2013 and is a community-wide series of events,…

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Jewish Community Grants

Chances are that your non-profit or community organization have a real fighting chance at applying for and being awarded grant money to help a) UNDERWRITE your new website or “online or digital marketing” campaigns; b) DEPLOY community engagement programs that seek to get youth or underprivileged audiences into the fold; c) DEVELOP new education-based platforms…

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Godaddy – checking your email

Please find below instructions to add your new GoDaddy email account to your Microsoft Outlook as well your cell! For starters, you always have a back up to checking you email using godaddy’s free online interface 1. Log online at http://email.secureserver.net/ 2. Type in your user name as your full email the first time (i.e yourname@domain.com). Thereafter…

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