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Spammers, Bots, and Your WordPress Website

by Alan Safai
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

If you go online, chances are you’ve seen spam somewhere. But what if you are a business owner and your website is being flooded with spam? One of our long-time clients sent us a question recently: “Do you have any advice in preventing bots from sending spam comments to our website? I get a lot […]

5 Ways Your Business Website Can Be Better Today

by Lizzy Cederberg
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

A business website should above all be informative and easy for visitors to understand. It needs to have a homepage, an about page, a contact page, and some pages that explain specific services or products. Many business websites end there, but adding a few other features and pages can take your site from good to […]

Using Press Releases in Online Marketing

by Lizzy Cederberg
Monday, January 20th, 2014

Businesses looking to increase sales need to draw in more potential customers. How can press releases help? Today one of the most effective ways to do so is through online marketing. Word of mouth recommendations and print ads can only take you so far, as more and more people prefer to do research online before […]

Social Media Tips for Business (Part 2)

by Alan Safai
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013

Read Alan’s part 1 article here. Here are some more things to think about when managing your business on social media. 3. Be in touch. I recently checked the Samsung Twitter feed and found that they respond to their followers’ tweets. Samsung? That enormous tech company with all the billboards we see everywhere? Those guys? […]

How to Avoid the Site Traffic Drop During the Holidays

by Lizzy Cederberg
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

You may have heard that decreases in website traffic during the holiday season are inevitable unless you are talking about an e-commerce site. People are on vacation or spending time with family and friends, which means not browsing the Web, right? Studies are now showing that this is not necessarily the case, and there are ways […]

How to Create SEO Content with Meaning

by Brian Disbot
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Keywords change in strength and effectiveness every month. Whether it’s a rise or fall, it can seem like a hassle to work keywords and generate SEO into text worth reading on a site. Simply scattering keywords like buckshot onto a page can generate some attention, but it’s not the kind people can appreciate or even […]

Symptoms of A Bad Blog & How To Fix It

by Brian Disbot
Friday, April 5th, 2013

We can all recognize “good” blogs when we see them, but we might not instantly know why we consider some blogs to be better than others. In general, there are two things that make a blog “good,” or worth reading: interesting or educational topics and easy-to-understand writing. When hunting for a good read, users typically [&helli

What Merchants Want in E-Commerce

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Over the years, I have had a lot of conversations about e-commerce. Most of these conversations start out with a merchant (a business trying to sell something) expressing a desire to sell online, but having no grasp of where to start. They just know they want to sell products. So then we start talking about […]

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