Do you want a simple answer so you don’t have to continue to read the remaining 800 words on this page? Ok then. Yes. Yes you should. Your website is the online face of your organization. Do you want your face to be the “I just rolled out of bed and haven’t had time to wash my face” look or do you want the “I’m polished, professional, and look hot” kind of look? So the question is who is better suited to create a professional, well designed, functioning website? A professional web design company or you? If you still aren’t
Read more →SEO…the acronym you hear muttered by the lips of web developers, social media gurus and techies alike. So what is SEO anyway? It stands for “Search Engine Optimization.” Does that clear things up? I didn’t think so. In simplistic terms, SEO is a form of marketing that increases the amount of traffic that your website receives via search engines. What are search engines you ask? The main search engines are Google, Yahoo, and Bing with Google being the most heavily utilized. Your website doesn’t do you any good if clients can’t find you! Search engines provide the means to help
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Slow Web Page Load Times We are a society that loves immediate gratification. In most cases we can have all the information we need at a click of a button. We’ve all typed in an URL address, hit return, and then it happens (gasp!)..the dreaded spinner. You are waiting, waiting, waiting and it has been almost 20 seconds. Really? Are we supposed to wait that long for a website to load? Almost 50 % of consumers expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less. We have places to go and people to see! Online shopping and the overall
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Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Oh my!! We know how overwhelming social media can seem. We are here to give you the skinny on why social media platforms are important and necessary for doing business in this day in age. Many years ago, most businesses relied on door-to-door marketing and were promoted via good ole’ word of mouth. In the 21st century, a new, cost effective marketing strategy enters the business arena. You guessed it. Social media. In the last decade, we have seen a surge in the both the number and popularity of social media platforms. The definition of Social
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Marketing, love it or hate it, we all have to do it. As a business owner, it is sometimes difficult to determine what method of marketing is best for your business. Like most businesses, cost is an obvious and sometimes the single most important factor. Who doesn’t want the most bang for their buck? Remember when email became popular and how excited you were to here that “ding! You’ve got mail” sound on your computer? (If the answer is no, bear with us, we understand you were born last week.) How quickly that feeling of excitement dissipated as your inbox
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Ok…Think fast! When I say “swoosh” you think _____? When I say the double arches you say _____? When I say “GG” you think _____? In case you aren’t so good at the game, the answers were Nike, McDonalds, and Gettingraphic. Ok yes, the last one was a trick question. Today we are talking about the the power and necessity of a good creative logo design. Are you with me? Viѕuаl рrосеѕѕing iѕ thе most imроrtаnt wау fоr gathering infоrmаtiоn for all humаn bеingѕ. A gооd design оr grарhiсѕ work iѕ rеmеmbеrеd for аgеѕ аnd thаt iѕ what drives thе
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Nails on a chalkboard. Yes that is what the mention of WordPress used to sound like to us.There was a time not so very long ago when we would have scoffed at the idea of a WordPress website. We were all about custom HTML websites. WordPress was just, well, ugly. It was a platform best suited for blogging. Well times have changed! We no longer mock WordPress. In fact, we love it! So why the 180? WordPress has come a long way since then. WordPress is now customizable to appease even the most discriminating designer. With numerous theme and plug
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Remember the old refrigerator magnet-humor, “But how can I be broke? I still have checks left!” Well, similar to the false sense of financial security a plump checkbook can create (for the arithmetically-challenged, anyway) so too can an established yet “under-engaged” website lull a business owner into a false sense of visibility, relevancy and stability. You think of your business as a living and growing entity, right? You pour your time, attention and resources into it as you endeavor to build it. Your website is a direct reflection and far-reaching extension of your business, and it requires a similar investment
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Ovеr the уеаrѕ, mаnу nеw wеbѕitе dеѕign trеndѕ hаd set ѕаil: invаriаblу, whilе ѕоmе ѕаnk, ѕоmе hаvе tаkеn оff vеrу successfully. So what is trending for 2015? 1. Responsive Design There is that familiar phase again. Responsive design is a website design that looks good across a wide range of electronic devices. This means your desktop, tablet, iphone and laptop. A responsive design will take all the content and images of that full site and retract it to fit on a smaller screen. The ultimate goal is to provide the user with a better experience. In lieu of building a
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What the heck is responsive design? We love the blank look we get when we mention responsive web design. It’s similar to one we get when we say SEO. Unless you are a website design company or are in a like industry, no one understands what you are talking about. Let’s take a moment to explain. Simply put, responsive design is a website design that looks good across a wide range of electronic devices. This means your desktop, tablet, iphone and laptop. Mobile internet usage is clearly on the rise with no indication of slowing down anytime soon. This means
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