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Our top 10 picks to find the perfect images for your website (and social media)
Your images are the eye candy of your website. They give your content interest, help explain what’s going on, make things more fun and best of all, give your website stay-worthiness. Too little or the wrong type is boring at best or run for the hills at worst. If the first impression people get is…
Read MoreWhy it’s ESSENTIAL to Back Up Your Website!
You’ve heard it before…and you’ll hear it again. Backing up your website is absolutely essential! Even though most of us understand why it’s so important, a lot of us are procrastinators or just not sure how/what to do when it comes to keeping regular backups. We totally get it. If you’ve ever had your computer…
Read More5 Ways Facebook Groups will Boost Your Business {and get free access to ours!}
Ok, it’s time. Time to get on board with the Facebook Group craze, that is! Oh, don’t get me wrong, we have been in the craze for a while now. In fact, we have been on a Facebook Group (and social media) rampage for the past few months. I talked about how I fell in…
Read MoreJPEG & PNG – What’s the difference and why you need to know
What’s the difference? The quickie definition of each is: PNG: (Pronounced ping) PNG is short for Portable Network Graphics, which are formatted files that have been compressed with no loss of quality to the image. This is called a “lossless” image compression. JPEG or JPG: (Pronounced jay-peg) JPG is short for Joint Photographic Experts Group,…
Read MoreWhat is a WordPress theme and How do You Choose One?
If you’re looking to start a website, hire a web designer and/or learn about web design, then this post is for you. Today we’re going to talk about WordPress and WordPress themes. But first, let’s make sure we all know what WordPress even is. WordPress Back in the day, websites were (and still are sometimes)…
Read MoreConnect your business email with Gmail and work smarter!
Get rid of webmail Ready to make your life easier? If you have a website, you’ve probably set up (or had someone do it for you), your business @yourwebsite.com email addresses(es). If not, do it. It will make you look professional and like an actual, legit business. When your email addresses are set up, they…
Read MoreSteps We’re Taking to Improve Our Business: For Starters, Instagram
If you’ve already been following us on Instagram for a while, you probably know that we have recently stepped up our Instagram game. Big time! If not, we invite you to start following us today! If you’re not on Instagram or don’t know how it works, we can help! A little background: Like so many…
Read MorePerfecting the Perfect Website Color Palette
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~ Wassily Kandinsky When you’re building your new website, choosing the perfect color combination is one of the big-dog processes of the visual design (just like choosing the fonts and images), and getting it right is essential. Good news is, it’s one of the fun aspects…
Read MoreHow to set up a free Mailchimp Account
Why you need an email marketing account: If you think you don’t, think again. With an email marketing account, you’re able to easily collect new subscribers from your website and other places. These nice people (and their email addresses) are pretty priceless. They are your clients, potential clients, cheerleaders and fans. Using a service like…
Read MoreEven Experts Hire Experts
Specialist: a person who concentrates primarily on a particular subject or activity; a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field. Do you ever get asked to do things related to your business, but it’s not really your field of expertise? We do. On a regular basis, we’re asked things like: “I need to…
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