Whether it’s for your business or a school report, it’s important to know how to choose great photos. Always start with a group of options and narrow it down. Of course, there are the easy ways to sort through bad pictures, eliminate those with unintentional fuzziness, distracting clutter, and crooked lines. Pay close attention to the …
Web Design
A Mobile Friendly Website is a Must
Some businesses are poo-pooing the need for a mobile friendly website thinking the trend hasn’t hit mainstream. Well, think again. ComScore, an agency specializing in mobile trends and consumer behavior, reported that the scales have tipped with smartphone penetration surpassing the 50% mark. It should be a wake-up call to businesses still saddled with a non-responsive website. The Mobile Trend …
WordPress Plugins for Functionality
Adding Form & Function with WordPress Plugins WordPress plugins can easily add spice to a website. With over 23,000 available in the WP plugin directory, businesses have tremendous choice in adding function to their website. There are plugins that affect the front-end (what visitors see) and on the back-end (how you manage a website). Many are free …
Website Banner Blindness
Website Design Tips To Cure It Even if you don’t display ads on your site, visitors may still experience a phenomenon called Website Banner Blindness. It’s human nature to tune out some areas and zero in on others. The Web continues to evolve, including how visitors pay attention (and interact) with advertising. In general we’ve become so …
Online Marketing Automation
Tools When You’re Out of the Office Online marketing automation can really help in managing repetitive tasks. Most likely you’ve just returned from a long Labor Day weekend. Did your online marketing labor while you were out of the office? Here are a few tricks to automate your online marketing so you can take the …
Landing Page Tips
Having your website’s landing pages convert is critical. If they don’t, you’re wasting hard dollars on AdWords and missing real opportunities in organic search. In this post, I’ll explain the elements of a landing page and tips to improve performance. Landing Page Definition A landing page is simply the first page a visitor sees on your …
Website Entry Page Considerations
Visibility & Visual Appeal Many clients think that their home page is the most important. From an White Hat SEO standpoint, that’s only partially true. In practicality, every webpage is a potential website entry page. Google serves up the best page (according to their super-secret algorithm) to answer a human searcher’s question. In the post, we’ll share tips …
HTTPS Indexing Default
Google’s systems prefer to show users HTTPS pages in search results. It decreases the risk of a visitor making themselves vulnerable to content injection attacks and other sketchy problems with unsecured websites. OK, so your website is supposed to be rewarded in search if you go the extra step in website security.
AMP WordPress Plugins
Choosing the right AMP WordPress Plugins can save you time. Advice on which one to choose for your website.
7 Key Phases of Website Development
What are the key phases of website development? Knowing these will help to ensure your website represents your company’s value, it’s infrastructure supports your business goals, and it’s designed to attract new clients. Even if you aren’t building a website yourself, it helps to understand the phases of website development when working with a designer or developer.