Starting a new business? If so, you’ll no doubt encounter one of the biggest challenges every business owner faces: getting the word out. While there are many options for marketing a new business, few businesses wouldn’t benefit from having a website. But what does a small business website need? Here I’ll cover what you should What does my small business website need?[Read More]
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8 Reasons Why Your WordPress Website is Slow
Few things are more frustrating than a slow website. It not only deters people from visiting your website but also hurts your site’s search engine rankings. Studies show that a good loading speed for any WordPress website is 3 seconds. But unfortunately, a majority of websites takes much longer to load. You must be wondering: 8 Reasons Why Your WordPress Website is Slow[Read More]
How to organise a blog
Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve had your website for ages, your blog can be a useful tool for business growth. Here, I’ll show you a logical way to organise a blog focused on achieving your business goals. This method works just as well for a brand new blog as it does for one How to organise a blog[Read More]
7 website mistakes that make potential customers think you’ve gone out of business
One of the last impressions you want to give a potential customer on your website is that you may have gone out of business. So how can you avoid it on your website? During January I was researching for a solution to a technical requirement and also catching up on some personal admin, and twice 7 website mistakes that make potential customers think you’ve gone out of business[Read More]
Making your website images equal sizes: the difference between hard and soft crop
Most people will have multiple images on their website. How you choose to display images will vary depending on what their purpose is and how they look with your website design. A hard crop is useful if you’re looking to make your website images equal sizes, whereas a soft crop is useful if you don’t Making your website images equal sizes: the difference between hard and soft crop[Read More]
Making the most of WordPress website images: alt text SEO and accessibility
We’ve previously discussed how to optimise image size, layout and accessibility on your WordPress website. This time we’re going to look in more detail at a specific area of image optimisation: the image alt text. We’ll explore what alt text is, why it’s important for people using your website, its effect on search engines, how Making the most of WordPress website images: alt text SEO and accessibility[Read More]
10 ways to detox your website in 2017
It’s not just your body that needs detoxing in January, what about your website? It’s amazing how many abandoned plugins and unused themes are clogging up the back-end of your site. Is your content on point and inviting? When was the last time you changed your passwords?! Take a few minutes to work through our 10 ways to detox your website in 2017[Read More]
Overcoming the fear of launching your new website
A fear of launching your new website (aka: launch fear) is all too common, and something that can be incredibly detrimental to your stress levels – and your business as a whole. Here we’ll discuss why launch fear can cause havoc with your business, and what you can do to beat it so your website can go Overcoming the fear of launching your new website[Read More]
Optimise your images, titles and descriptions for social media
When you share a page from your website on social media, you’ll likely want to include a featured image. With a correctly built website, this is easy enough to do. Simply paste a link to Facebook or Twitter and a post or card is generated with the correct title, description and image. But what happens Optimise your images, titles and descriptions for social media[Read More]
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