How do I create a customized PayPal payment button? (Ask a Web Coach Wednesday)

When I demonstrate how easy it is to add a PayPal button to your website, I’m commonly asked this question:

I want a button that matches the colors of my website. But PayPal only lets me have one color (yellow) and two text choices (“Buy Now” or “Pay Now”). Can’t I customize this somehow?

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My Internet love affair with Johnny B. Truant continues!

Last week I posted about how mushy-gushy I feel about Johnny B. Truant, Internet snarkmeister and tech genius. And the post got the most comments ever (so far!) for a blog post, which was completely awesome and surprising.

And then after I’d given him all this link love, he came out with an affiliate [...]

9 reasons why Blogger.com is best for beginners

Lots of folks have asked why the first Web Creation Workshop focused on Blogger.com instead of WordPress.

That’s a Really Good Question, given that I’m using WordPress for my very own online home. I posted earlier about why YWC switched from Blogger.com to WordPress, but I thought it was time to round up some [...]

Small-Business Tree seasons of growth and change

Here’s a quote straight from the mailbag that is so so so perfect I had to ruminate about it in public here on the blog.

I don’t know if your other clients do this – but I find myself wanting to jump in right away and build my website so I have it.  But [...]