Project Showcase – MOJO Marketplace Blog https://blog.mojomarketplace.com DIY Website Guides and Tips Tue, 12 Dec 2017 19:11:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-blog_profile_480-1-32x32.png Project Showcase – MOJO Marketplace Blog https://blog.mojomarketplace.com 32 32 Project Showcase: Flick Picks with Phil and Tom https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/flick-picks/ https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/flick-picks/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2016 02:55:13 +0000 https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/?p=905 In this series we’ll be sitting down with small business owners who used MOJO Marketplace tools and services to establish their online presence.

This month we chat with Phil and Tom from Flick Picks, a film industry podcast. Both Phil and Tom aspire to film and television careers and dial up insightful and entertaining commentary on the latest Hollywood news.

They build their site in January of 2016 and have been focussed on building their podcast following ever since.

Tell us about your business
“Hi! We are Phil and Tom. We host and produce a weekly movie podcast that discusses the latest news, trailers, rumors & reviews. It’s called Flick Picks with Phil and Tom.

Our company is pretty small. It consists of just Phil and Tom. We do everything in house. From recording, editing, mixing and publishing a weekly film podcast to updating our website and social media with fresh and relevant content.”

Why did you need a website?
“The entertainment industry is fast paced and ever changing. To keep our fans and ourselves up to date with the latest news and reviews we needed a home base. Our website is the perfect medium to achieve this and has been a tremendous help with getting ourselves exposure.”
Which MOJO products did you use to create your site?
“We used the WordPress All in One service to jump start our website build. It came with a demo set up service to help with initial configuration. We also purchased the WordPress SEO and Sitemap service to start building search engine rankings.  ”

Want your own? See here: WordPress All in One
Why did you choose WordPress?
“We chose WordPress because we wanted something that would look great, but also be user friendly to set up. Neither of us has any experience in coding or web design, but we still wanted something that we could maintain, and still look professional. WordPress has been an incredible help in giving us the tools we need to make our content and website stand out among the rest. ”

Tell us about your experience with MOJO
Difficulties:
“In the beginning there was a learning curve with WordPress. It took some getting used to. But after coaching and watching a few tutorial videos, we were able to really take advantage of it.”

Easy Parts:
“Now it’s pretty much all a breeze. Uploading, scheduling and everything else that you can think of is just simple now, which is just what we need, as a majority of our time has to go into the recording and editing of the podcast itself, which our core business.”

How’s your site doing?
“It’s going great! Traffic is increasing and it feels like everyday we are learning new things and implementing them to the site. Still trying to come up with a funny 404 page...”

Any advice for Small Business Owners seeking to build their own WordPress Site?
“Don’t be scared, grasshopper. It may seem like a huge mountain to climb, but trust us it’s extremely doable. There are people that can help if you ever need it, but WP is embraced for its user-friendliness. And that was and still is the biggest selling point in our minds.“

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]]> https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/flick-picks/feed/ 0 Project Showcase: This Organic Girl https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/this-organic-girl/ https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/this-organic-girl/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:40:22 +0000 https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/?p=853 In this series we’ll be sitting down with small business owners who used MOJO Marketplace tools and services to establish their online presence.

This month we’re sitting down with Lisa from This Organic Girl, a New England based green living and healthy lifestyle blogger.

She built her site in December of 2015.

Tell us about your business
“I started blogging this past January 2016. It kind of came about by accident. I started sharing healthy living tips on Instagram last summer and I met this blogger online who encouraged me to start my own blog – so I did! My blog is called This Organic Girl and I talk all things green beauty, clean eating and nontoxic lifestyle.”

Why did you need a website?
“I love doing product reviews, sharing green living tips and posting recipes or ideas for whole foods kids lunches. I have an entire inspiration gallery dedicated to just school lunches – I love how it came out. I also have a page of “What I Am Using Now” which lists all of the current organic and/or nontoxic products I am loving from makeup to deodorant to cleaning products. 

I do all my own artwork, pictures, networking and I am currently the only one writing for This Organic Girl. “
Which MOJO products did you use to create your site?
“I am using the Semplice template by Sculpture Qode. I love Sculpture Quode so much I actually bought another theme from them as well for a website I am starting with my friend. They have great customer service and have answered AND RESOLVED all of my website building issues. 

I also used MOJO’s All in One service to set up WordPress and install Simplice”

Want your own? See here: WordPress All in One
Why did you choose WordPress?
“I had no idea what host to choose but after Googling reviews I decided to go with WordPress and Bluehost. When I was shopping for themes on my dashboard I saw an option for more themes under MOJO Marketplace which is where I found Simplice. I absolutely love this theme. It is beautiful and simple. ”

Tell us about your experience with MOJO
Difficulties:
“It was definitely hard to set up a website especially with NO prior knowledge. MOJO set me off on the right track and offerd a great jump start for someone like me with no experience. I paid several hundred dollars for the extra help but again it saved me hours and days on the other side. Also I recommend any Themes by Sculpture Quode – they really picked up where MOJO left off and I have them to thank for how my website looks today!”

Easy Parts:
“I had no idea how to build a website and MOJO offers an option to buy the themes in their marketplace fully built. They also offer a 1.5 hour one-on-one “how to” session to help get you started.  I chose to buy both of these and I know it saved me a ton of time.”

How’s your site doing?
“My website is doing well. It is 7 months old now and I have already had a few paid commissions plus I get a ton of positive feedback and I have a very deep reference list for companies I have written for or reviewed. I have just over 2,000 unique viewers per month which continues to rise daily. Next up I need a serious tutorial in SEO…and Lightroom.”

Any advice for Small Business Owners seeking to build their own WordPress Site?
“Setting up your own website is no joke. I seriously would consider outsourcing next time. BUT if you do decide to go the DIY route, you learn along the way and are better able to manage content and design when you have seen all the ins and outs of how things work.“

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]]> https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/this-organic-girl/feed/ 1 Project Showcase: Versatile Mechanical https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/project-showcase-versatile-mechanical/ https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/project-showcase-versatile-mechanical/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:32:32 +0000 https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/?p=433 In this series we’ll be sitting down with small business owners who used MOJO Marketplace tools and services to establish their online presence.

This month we’re sitting down with Danielle from Versatile Mechanical, a woman-owned mechanical contracting business in Port Chester, New York.

She built her site in June of 2015.

Tell us about your business
“We furnish and install equipment and materials for ground-up and gut renovations for commercial buildings in NYC. We have 15 employees and we’ve been in business 12 years.”
Why did you want a website?
“So we can showcase the projects we’re actively working on by having a portfolio page where existing and potential new clients can view our work, both past and present.”
Which MOJO products did you use to create your site?
“MinimalX theme, the “Amazing Page Builder” interface is easy to understand and versatile to shape how we want to display a certain aspect of our company.

We also used MOJO’s All in One service to jump start the project.”

Want your own? See here: WordPress All in One
Why did you choose WordPress?
“Ease of the interface, MOJO’s knowledgeable support staff”
Tell us about your experience with MOJO
Difficulties:
“Biggest was getting acquainted with the user interface but once I did a lot of trials and errors, I was able to see what would best fit what we wanted to do.”

Easy Parts:
“Once I got the hang of it, I was able to fine tune things that the owner wanted to change easily and that was a big plus.”

How’s your site doing?
“I don’t know, we had no way to track it. I spoke to Kenyon and he informed me about Google Analytics, and I will be tracking the site now via that Plug-in. The portfolio section has been useful for prospective clients, and it adds legitimacy to our company when working on large dollar amount contracts.”

Pro tip
Need help tracking your website’s performance? Google Analytics is a free service that can tell you all about your website visitors, where they came from, and even things like which keywords they used to find you. MOJO can help you with setup and configuration

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Any advice for Small Business Owners seeking to build their own WordPress Site?
“Be patient, it pays off.”

Danielle from Versatile Mechanical used MOJO’s WordPress All in One service to get her business online. Click here to get your site set up in as little as 3 business days.

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]]> https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/project-showcase-versatile-mechanical/feed/ 1 Project Showcase: My Town Fitness https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/my-town-fitness/ https://blog.mojomarketplace.com/my-town-fitness/#respond Fri, 20 May 2016 22:58:57 +0000 http://mojomarketplace.com/blog/?p=249 In this series we’ll be sitting down with small business owners who used MOJO Marketplace tools and services to establish their online presence.

This month we chatted with John from My Town Fitness who built his site in May of 2015.

Tell us about your business
“We are a fitness center that offers primarily CrossFit. We teach people how to live healthier and happier lives through fitness and nutrition. We currently have 2 full time and 4 part time employees. We’ve been in business 1.5 years.”
Why did you want a website?
“We need a website for a number reasons.  Marketing,
communication, basically to tell the world what we do, who we are and where we are.”
Which MOJO products did you use to create your site?
“We used the WordPress All in One service. This service includes a premium WordPress theme, so we chose the Lato theme.”

Want your own? See here: WordPress All in One
Why did you choose WordPress?
“We chose WordPress because we were using Weebly, and it was missing some functionality we wanted to add.  There were some plugins that worked with WordPress, and not other platforms. None of us are very tech savvy, but it’s a work in progress.”
Tell us about your experience with MOJO
“It started out great, but once I was cut loose it was a little more challenging. The guy that helped me in learning WordPress was great, but we only had 60 minutes or so.”

Difficulties:
“After that initial coaching, it was hard to get more, and when I did, I was working with someone new that I had to get up to
speed on where I was, so there was a lot of time/energy lost there.”

Easy Parts:
“It’s like everything. The first 90% is easy, it’s just that last 10% of tweaking that needs help.”

Pro tip
While our  60 minute WordPress trainings are comprehensive, many Small Business Owners require even more assistance. Especially when considering your unique situation, needs, etc. May we suggest our WordPress Live service for on-demand WordPress expertise.

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How’s your site doing?
“Good! Just need to keep on it so my skills don’t get stale.”
Any advice for Small Business Owners seeking to build their own WordPress Site?
“Get help. If you’re new to it you will need it.Try to learn as much as you can before you get help though.  Like I said,
the first 90% isn’t too bad, it’s that last 10%, the fine tuning that you need the most help on.”

John from My Town Fitness used our WordPress All in One service to create his business’ online presence. Click here to get your site set up in as little as 3 business days.

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