You are a small business owner and have been around for about 10 years. You think to yourself, “I don’t need social media. I didn’t need it before and I don’t need it now.” Wrong. It’s 2017 people, time to get on social media! Social media is one of the best, free avenues to drive traffic to your website, find …
Why You Should Hire a Professional Web Designer
If you were building a new home, would you lay the foundation yourself? Probably not. You would hire a professional who does that as a career. So why build a website for your company on your own? Hire a professional who will do it the right way and make sure that your business is shown in a professional manner. A …
Does Above the Fold Apply to Website Anymore?
Dating back to when I was in college (2001 – 2005) and taking website design classes, I can remember people talk about “above the fold” when talking about designs. People don’t want to scroll, keep your most important features and information of a website at the top and designed so it is seen without having to scroll, this is what …
SEO and Marketing Becoming One
I was reading an SEO blog for professionals in the industry and a common theme is that SEO isn’t just about on-site optimization for a website to reach its full potential. The social media aspect is very important, naturally occurring back links, but also non-electronic marketing. An example of this could be as simple as having your website on a …
Where did the print brochures go?
I’ve touched on this topic in the past but as the months go on, it becomes more and more noticable. You will always need a print piece in business but you really see less of it now. Most of the clients we work with have taken money out of yellow page ads, other magazines, and their print budget and design …
Responsive Website Design
Have you heard about responsive website design? Technology has made it more interesting for website designers and programmers and this is one of those things that needs to be taken into consideration. What this means is, there are a lot of devices that we can browse the web one and they range in screen size drastically. A smartphone, a tablet, …
What’s the Next Trend?
I’ve been wondering recently what the new trends to websites will be. I’ve been out of college for 7 years now working professional on websites and it seems every 2 years things are very different than they were before. When I first got out of school everyone wanted Flash on their websites and even those stupid “Intro” pages. That died …
Monster, CareerBuilder or Indeed?
Job seekers hit the web looking everywhere. Employers need quality workers but have so many places to post job ads. If you’re a big corporation you probably easily have it in your budget to send out ads to CareerBuilder, Monster and and probably get a nice discount because you’re always hiring for something. Small businesses don’t have it so lucky. …