Distortion in Left Hearing Aid
Most of the time when I am streaming audio through my Phonak hearing aids, there is distortion in the left side. This happens no matter what device I am streaming from (Lenovo laptop, Samsung tablet, Pixel 9 phone). It happens regardless of whether or not the device...
A Useful Chat Service for Your Website
As business owners, we want potential and current clients to talk with us one way or another. Traditionally we'd invite prospective customers to contact us via snail mail, an email address, phone number, and maybe a fill-in contact form. You may have your preferred...
Doctoring Websites for Doctors
Thought I'd be a Doctor When I was young, I thought I'd grow up to be a doctor. But by my third year of college, it was clear I'd better stick with languages (English, Spanish, French). A course in Human Physiology erased all doubt. It was fascinating material, but my...
Website Upgrade Was Fun Collaboration
I find it especially satisfying to work on a website project that blends the best skills of several professionals. We all end up looking smarter and more talented! My longtime website client, Linda Mastaglio, engaged our colleague Newell Crosse to redesign...
Peeling Back the Dull
As a web designer and photographer, my main job is to present ideas and images in the best light possible. It is not to MAKE them beautiful or appealing. Rather, when my client has done all he or she can to create something for the audience or customers, my job is to...
Celebrating First Anniversary With New Website
It has been right at a year since I transitioned JBH Communications from a sideline to a full-time business. Unlike my friend and encourager-extraordinaire Stan Hulen, I did not celebrate the first year anniversary by buying a new Porsche. Maybe next year? What...
Be Sure Your Social Media Posts Point to Your Website
I was eager to learn about the new focus of an excellent organization that I follow on Facebook. Then I saw it — a very cool Facebook post that mentioned the organization's new focus. So I clicked the image on Facebook, assuming that I'd be able to learn more....
Interviewing Melissa Austin-Weeks, Blogger Extraordinaire
Interviewing Melissa Austin-Weeks, Blogger Extraordinaire In early 2016, Melissa Austin-Weeks contacted JBH Communications about moving her Blogger blog over to a new WordPress website. Melissa already had another web development firm engaged to do this, but they were...
What’s Wrong with Social Sharing?
This is the second in a series of posts that I'm writing about supporting a brand with social media. In the first post, I suggested that website owners should feed their own websites first, and then share from their websites to social media. Now, let's step back and...
Let’s Make Your Website More Sociable
Here's something I have noticed in my years of working with website clients: they sometimes pay far more attention to social media (Facebook, Twitter, others) than to their own websites. So What?! I care about this because I want my clients' websites to do as much as...
JBH Communications Transitions to Full Time
Going Full Time Means Extra Time For YOU! As of February, JBH Communications has transitioned from a sideline to a full-time business. The best part of this is that I can now concentrate fully on serving my clients. Some things haven't changed. I'm still...
WordPress Website for Videographer
Some websites are fun to build and extra fun to view. I recently helped North Texas videographer Phil Hall update his self-promo website. Take a look: www.treeoflifepro.com WordPress Website for a Videographer: Floating Veil and Prancing Priest Phil Hall...
Simple Elegance: The One-Page Website
Hate scrolling? Ever been to a one-page website where the designer threw tons of type and images into one painfully long page? It's that experience that has made me shy away from one-page websites. This Time, it Made Sense! Corporate writer Don Geiger and I have been...
Nice Icon for Your Site!
How Does Your Website Icon Look? If a site visitor adds a shortcut to your website on his or her smartphone, what will it look like? I hadn't considered this question until today. When I tried it with www.baptistdistinctives.org (one of my busiest sites), the icon...
EARNING My Money and Having Fun
At JBH Communications, I take great pleasure in helping my clients to grow their businesses and organizations. Some of the process is tedious, and NOT FUN, but sometimes it's LOTS OF FUN! Take a look.... Another WordPress Update? Give me a Break! Now and then, my...
