What exactly is a 'Wordpress Plugin' you ask? A plug-in is a computer program that allows you to add additional features/functions to your Wordpress blog increasing its functionality. Listed below are six of my favorite plug-ins with a brief discription of their use:

1. Sociable is a plugin which adds social media buttons to your posts, therefore allowing web users the opportunity to bookmark and share interesting sites they find online. Think of it as allowing you to be a social butterfly - pollinating someone's website with new traffic!
   
2. Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form is a contact form that is easy to upload and customize to fit your websites overall design.
   
3. Google XML Sitemaps is a plug-in that will create

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Virtual Horizons

You’ve finally done it! You are venturing out on your own…you are excited at the prospect of finally being a business owner and living the dream. Like many of us, when you venture into the virtual world you recognize the need for a web presence however it doesn't take long before reality sets in and what started out as an exciting adventure is starting to look like a mountain to overcome. You’ve started to do your research into getting your web presence set up but have come to the realization that it isn’t going to be cheap! If you were anything like me, you don’t have that big of a budget so now what are your options?

Well the most obvious choice is that you can hire a web designer who will/can design your site to your specifications...

Virtual Horizons

The countdown is on...there are now only seven more shopping days (maybe only six depending on your timezone) until Christmas. If you had unlimited resources this year and could purchase five 'business' toys - what would they be? I was thinking of this as I finished up my Christmas shopping today and thought I would share with you my official Santa wish list. In no specific order here they are:

1. Neat Receipts - I keep getting drawn to the office section at our local Costco and I have even picked up the box to read exactly how it will 'Simplify my life'...you know how it goes, trying to convince myself to buy it. Still not totally convinced yet but I would love to have a way to organize all my loose papers that I always mean to file but never

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Virtual Horizons