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Websites are hacked by autonomous machines these days… not by humans hacking individual sites. These machines (aka bots) search the internet for vulnerable websites day and night. We get calls every month from people whose websites got hacked and I have some very specific things for you to do if you own a WordPress website. 1. Backup your website daily. […]
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You have a website but the content hasn’t changed in several months… maybe even years. Google stops to care as much about your website when this happens so let’s change it! First of all, ask yourself why someone would come to your website and what end result you’d like from their visit. For most of my clients, they offer a […]
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I’ve found some clients have hesitations about working with a web designer. They worry what will be asked of them or that they aren’t technical enough for the task. My question to them is “How well do you know your company, products, services, staff, and customers.” If you can describe these things in detail a good web designer can take […]
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If you could wave a magic wand and have your website’s visitors do one thing on your website, what would it be? That’s called your Primary Call-to-Action. You may not have a magic wand, but here are some “spells” you can cast on your website to drive users toward this action. What is a Call-to-Action? Your Primary Call-To-Action is the […]
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Competition research is the practice of discovering and documenting companies that providing the same services as you. Should you do competition research yourself? Depends on how much time you have on your hand versus money. Competition research is done by professionals who are much more efficient than you can be and more thorough as well. Also, you want a third […]
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You wouldn’t build a house without a blueprint. Yet the fact is many companies create a website without first properly outlining what they are going to build. They don’t fully answer the questions, why are we building this website. The truth is nobody wants a website… they want something else (more customers, to raise their prices, add a new offering). […]
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People often ask me why anyone would want to hack their website. Well… are three main reasons they want to breach your security. They want your website to send out spam. They want data your website may contain such as mailing list details, credit card information, or user passwords They want to install code that will download malicious software onto […]
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How much does it cost to build a website? This is the most common question I get and it drives me crazy. It is the same thing as asking how much does it cost to build a house? They may as well ask how long is a piece of string? It depends. My best friend could build you a shack out […]
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