I'm sure you have heard it before — if not from me, then from some other web professional. "You need to be blogging." Yes, I say it all the time to clients. Some heed the advice, and it does pay off for them over time, but others just feel like it's a waste of time....
Do you have backups of your website? Do you have a provider that keeps regular backups? Incidentally, this is not something I would leave to just your host's discretion to do. I have heard countless stories from people who assumed their website host had backups of...
Last Wednesday, WordPress released version 4.7.1 of their software. Most WordPress websites were auto-updated since this is a security fix that targeted eight security bugs, including a fix for the PHP mailer issue that they announced last month. The PHP mailer issue...
If I built your WordPress website for you, chances are you have WordFence security software installed on it. WordFence has never let me down and does an amazing job securing your website from potential threats such as malware and hacking. At the time of this post, it...
One of the things most bloggers and website owners hope not to have on their website is something that is called a "high bounce rate." While many SEO experts will argue that a high bounce rate does not necessarily mean you will have a low conversion rate, not all...
As a website designer and developer, I often deal with clients who have never had a website before and don't understand the different aspects that go into getting it live on the internet. You can't just have a website designed for you and magically expect it to show...
I had an interesting conversation with a potential new client the other day and it turned to stock photography – one of my favorite subjects, of course. Photography can make or break a website. The more professional it is, the better your website will look. But, are...
Inbound marketing relies on great content that is posted on a regular basis to your website. And the best way to do this is through constant and consistent blogging. Blogging can help to establish you as a leader in your industry and gives your website visitors, who...
I recently received a question from a client about why so many of my service offerings revolve around WordPress. I had to stop and think about it for a minute, because, while that is a true statement, it never occurred to me that WordPress had become so prolific in my...
January 2016 has brought some needed WordPress updates. If you are still running an older version of WordPress, please update it to the current 4.4.1 core update, to make sure all your security vulnerabilities are patched. Of course, as always, make sure you have done...
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