Four reasons why you need responsive web design
In 2014, the number of mobile searches for information surpassed the number desktop searches. This trend in mobile usage means that your website must adapt or you risk losing potential customers. One solution is to design and maintain several versions of your...
Use LinkedIn to build your brand
LinkedIn currently has over 600 million registered professionals with two new professionals joining every second! Imagine the reach you can achieve using this service. Use LinkedIn as another tool in your networking arsenal. LinkedIn increases your lead generation,...
Three benefits of social media for business
Incorporating social media into your marketing plan opens new channels for your brand. The power realized when members of your social groups forward your message is enormous. For example, let's say that you have 50 friends on Facebook; each of those friends has 50...
Four reasons you need a business website
Does your business have a website? If your answer is no, do you think you can do without one? The following four reasons for having a professionally designed website may convince you otherwise. A website will help your business save time, save money, gain...
Three online presence website tweaks
There was a time when a business would create an entry in the Yellow Pages or submit their ads to local newspapers. That would be enough for their advertising campaign. Larger companies would take out ad space in glossy magazines. With the advent of the internet,...
When is custom WordPress code required?
WordPress is a very robust system for designing websites. The core software provides most of the functionality for basic websites. Themes allow you to change the look and feel of your website. Plugins give WordPress added functionality. With so many options available,...
WebP speeds up websites
When dealing with slow loading websites, extra-large image file sizes is always at the top of the list for items that add to the total page size. A large page size means a slower load time. And a slow load time means website visitors will leave your website,...
wooCommerce Adds Online Shopping
WordPress is known to be a great Content Management System and many use it for hosting blogs. Even more use WordPress as the foundation for their website. Did you know that with wooCommerce, you can add online shopping to your website? Launched in 2011 by theme...
Content Delivery Network speeds up a website
You have your website set up and running but it is not as fast as you would like it to be. You have followed different speed improvement tweaks, but the website is still not fast enough. What if you could simultaneously host your website content on hundreds of...
Web Hosting Nightmares
I deal with a lot of different web hosting companies in my daily work on client websites. Some clients come with their own web hosting. Some clients have chosen wisely while others no so much. In discussions with clients, the same hosting issues keep coming up. When...