New website on mortgage rates and home loan advice

Posted October 28th, 2011 by mkling and filed in Latest News

CurrentMortgageRateNews.com features news, tips on mortgage rates and home loan products 

CurrentMortgageRateNews.com is a new website that features useful news about mortgage rate trends and helpful articles that consumers can use to find the lowest mortgage rates and best home loan products for their needs.

Homeowners and homebuyers can visit the website to read about the latest developments impacting interest rates, which can help them decide when to lock into low current mortgage rates. The website reports on legislative and regulatory actions influencing mortgage rates and home loan qualification requirements, economic events affecting interest rates, home price trends, and other developments affecting mortgage and housing markets. Continue Reading »

Michael Kling Completes Web Business Certification

Posted February 2nd, 2011 by mkling and filed in Latest News

Michael Kling has completed all the required courses to attain Web Business Certification through eClasses.org, which is affiliated with the International Webmasters Association. Courses that Michael completed to attain the certification include: Search Engine Optimization, Web Content Writing, Promoting Websites, and Understanding WordPress.

In Search Engine Optimization, Michael learned about search engine ranking factors, developing an SEO plan, link-building campaigns, and measuring success.

In Web Content Writing, Michael learned about effective web writing techniques, creativity in web writing  and measuring the results of improved writing through web analytics.

Promoting Websites covered  planning a website, pay per click advertising, content marketing, publicity, social media marketing, directories, and sig files.

Understanding WordPress covered using the WordPress dashboard, working with widgets and plug-ins, using PHP to customize themes, and marketing and monetizing blogs.

Michael has completed other courses through eClasses.org, including hyper-text markup language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CCS), and Website Design.

Michael is a member if the International Webmasters Association and HTML Writers Guild. He is currently a web content writer and editor for Total Mortgage Services in Milford, CT. He is president of Kling Publications, a firm that specializes in public relations, editorial and web content services for mortgage and other financial services companies.