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How to Stay On Top of New Local Marketing Avenues

By |2021-05-14T07:25:31-05:00May 14th, 2021|Tips & Tricks|

Throughout these last few years, there has been a shift of focus from large corporations to small businesses. People want to shop local. The issue is most small businesses have a difficult time marketing themselves in a way that can attract more customers. This can be resolved by understanding your local market.Try New ThingsIf what [...]

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Introducing the Gavin A. Fleten Memorial Servant’s Heart Award

By |2018-07-18T09:28:25-05:00July 18th, 2018|Company News|

We are proud to announce the Gavin A. Fleten Memorial Servant's Heart Award to honor our co-founder, friend and THE model of what it means to have a servant's heart.  From his years of delivering Meals on Wheels to serving as the de facto hunter/gatherer for anyone in need of his unique ability to bring [...]

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Free Stock Photos Are Great for Blogging and Social Media

By |2017-10-10T10:18:48-05:00October 10th, 2017|Tips & Tricks|

For our website designs, we strive to include either actual client images or high quality, professional stock photos (usually from Shutterstock). But sometimes, the need for photos does not warrant actually paying for them.  Whether you're blogging or posting to social media, one of the most common little annoyances our clients deal with is [...]

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Does Your Website Need an SSL Certificate?

By |2016-10-23T23:38:19-05:00October 23rd, 2016|Search Engine Optimization, Website Design|

SSL, or Secure Socket Layer, is a protocol for securing data transmitted via the Internet.  SSL can protect both you and your users when sensitive information is entered via a browser ( including your login info!).  Over the years, we have worked with literally 100s of businesses and in 2016 we have seen a huge [...]

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WordPress is Easy to Edit…Except Those Widgets. Help, I Don’t Know HTML!?!

By |2016-10-23T17:21:48-05:00September 5th, 2016|Wordpress Tips|

As a website designer for small businesses, part of our sales pitch is that we use Wordpress.  And Wordpress, with a bit of basic training, is conducive to DIY website updates.  With one exception - those danged Widgets.  No part of Wordpress REQUIRES so much as a basic knowledge of HTML - except those danged [...]

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The Anatomy of a City-Specific Landing Page

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 13th, 2012|Local SEO|

Client:  We're based in Lewisville and our site ranks great for our Lewisville keywords.  Flower Mound is only two miles away.  Why don't we rank there as well? Over simplified answer:  Because despite the sophistication of Google, the search engine is, at its fundamental level, a literal machine.  In fact, we'd argue that Google is [...]

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Optimizing WordPress for Small Business: City-Specific Landing Pages

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 10th, 2012|Local SEO, Wordpress Tips|

For small business clients trying to expand beyond the city limits for their business, we'll often implement a landing page strategy whereby we create essentially city-specific "home" pages designed to target a specific keyword-city combo.  This video explains the process in detail. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqijw3YlEaI

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Overview of How a WordPress Site is Put Together

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 5th, 2012|Wordpress Training Videos|

This training video is a basic overview of how most business websites that use Wordpress are put together. The video includes explanations of the various elements of a Wordpress site including headers, menus, widgets, sidebars, blog posts and pages.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DtkaqO5QW4

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Basic Overview for Using the All-In-One Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 4th, 2012|Wordpress Training Videos|

The All-in-One Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress from TheSeedNetwork.com is a beautiful calendar plugin for Wordpress that is incredibly easy to use. This video walks you through the basics of how to manage the events for your Wordpress site. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyVaDklYl0s      

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