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3 Ways to Optimize Site Speed so Clients Can Actually Hire You

Have you ever tried to walk into a store, only to find that the front door is positively jammed shut? You push on it – and nothing. The store’s supposed to be open, but with a stuck door, you’ve no choice but to head home empty handed. Well, your website’s “front door” is how fast…

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Why Skipping an SSL Certificate Could Sink Your Website

Credit card skimmers at gas stations are a big deal these days. And if you can tell that a pump has been hacked, you’re going to choose a different pump, aren’t you? Or maybe even a different gas station, right? Well, the online world has a great way to warn you when a website you’re…

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This 1 Thing Prevents Your Business from Getting More Traffic

Hide and go seek is a great game – if you’re trying to hide. But since your business’s website wants to be visible? Well, let’s make sure you’re getting more traffic – by not hiding! Getting more traffic by being visible to Google When your website launches, it’s a huge moment. It’s awesome, amazing, and…

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How to Manage those WordPress updates Like a Rock Star

Have you ever stopped to wonder what happened to old software like Windows XP? Sure, it was great back in the day… but it just kind of faded away. Or did it? Actually, old software is still out there. But because they’re no longer getting regular upgrades (because something better is out!), they’re not safe…

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The Best WordPress Security Measures and Practices for Your Business

WordPress is amazing for a lot of reasons – but problematic for one. You see, it’s so well-liked and used globally that it’s gotten a lot of people working on new plugins, new code, and tons of awesome features. The downside, however, is that because it’s used so extensively, hackers are doing their darndest to…

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3 WordPress Backup Steps Vital to Your Business’s Plan B

You’ve poured a lot of time, resources, and maybe a few tears into your business website, right? That’s why it’s important to keep any downtime to a minimum – or even nonexistent. So let’s make sure you’ve got a WordPress backup that’s right for your needs. But before we dive into that, why do you…

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The Easy Answer to the #1 Business Marketing Question

There’s a lot of business marketing questions I get asked regularly. They’re great questions that every business needs to have answered. In fact, they’re so important that it’s vital to know what they are – and the answers to them. So… have you asked (and answered) these important business marketing questions? What social channels should…

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The Not-so-Secret to Skyrocketing your Website’s Conversion Rates

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Why aren’t people buying my product?” If so, I’ve got some good news and some bad news for your suffering conversion rate. The bad news is this: it’s probably your fault – but the good news is that we can fix it. Marketing is a fancy term for…

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3 Reasons Your Business Needs a Site Assessment Today

We know when we need to go to the doctor, but how do we know when our website needs a checkup, or a site assessment? Our business websites should (ideally) be up and running all day, every day, all year, right? It’s there to add value and bring you new clients. Having it go down,…

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4 Steps to Hiring a Business Website Developer

There’s an exciting (yet terrifying) point in every business owner’s life… When you realize it’s time to graduate from a DIY (or “do it with minimal help, preferably inexpensively”) business website and into a professionally built website. Now, before the anxiety of all of those horror stories about websites gets you down, let’s go over…

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