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Essential Google Analytics Advice for Beginners

Have you ever heard someone say “I want my site to get over 3000 hits a month”, or, “I’d like to increase traffic to my site”? Have you ever said it yourself? What if I told you that while the amount of hits on a website is the most well known statistic used in analytics, it’s actually one of the least useful… Read on to learn why, as well as learn to look for the results that really help in…

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#analytics tips for beginners #bounce rate #session duration

Writing Content for your Website

When you’re getting a website made (or even before you decide who you want to build your site) you’ll need to dream up what content your website is going to have. You know you need a website, great! The next step is deciding what you want it to say.

In this quick-read post, you’ll see the opening of the document you’ll get sent if you decide to have a website created by Williams Graphics. It…

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#content writing #website content

Very basic Invoice Theming guide with Pancakeapp

I’ve just recently started to theme for Pancakeapp, an amazing piece of software that I use to manage projects. While I’m loving the features it offers, I found that creating themes for it leaves a lot to be desired. In terms of documentation, well, currently there isn’t any, really. I’ve also found problems with compatibility with their PDF compiler (As of version 4.5.4), but I’ll cover that in…

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#guide #pancakeapp #theme

Why hire a Professional Freelancer for your Web Design?

There are more options available to your business now for getting your website created now than you’ve probably ever had. You can go with a large design agency, a build-your-own service, get your nephew to do it because he’s ‘good with computers’, build it yourself, and possibly a hundred-and-one different other options to chose from. Or you can hire a website design freelancer.

Some options are…

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The Benefits of Off-Canvas Navigation

In my article about animating the webI mentioned a little thing called Off-canvas navigation. It’s a relatively new technique in navigating webpages and content, but the concept has been around for years. You probably use a form of off-canvas navigation without even knowing it in your every-day lives. In this quick-read post, I’m not going to talk about HOW to implement off-canvas in your website…

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#navigation #off-canvas

Animating the Web (Animation to keep your visitors interested)

I reference the history of the internet and old trends quite frequently in my posts, and I do it for the simple reason that it’s important to understand where we’ve been so we know where we’re going next. This post is no exception.

Generally speaking, web pages used to be treated a little bit like books or newspapers. And by that I mean it used to be that they displayed content and people just…

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Air 2 Events

About the Air2Events project:

Air 2 Events offers climate control solutions to temporary venues. The site design focus is to bring attention to the visual aspects of their service, putting their content and big named events they’ve covered right in the forefront of the design.

Visit the Air2Events.com website

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3 Important points on Responsive Website Design

I’ve had more than a few meetings this year with clients where I asked them if they’d thought about adding responsive design for their website, and I’ve had more than a few clients tell me that they don’t actually know what responsive website design is! If you don’t know, responsive website design is an additional function of your website where the content and layout can change depending on the…

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#design #responsive #website

5 Reasons why your Facebook business page isn't enough

5 Reasons why your Facebook business page isn’t enough

You might think your Facebook business page is doing everything you want it to do. How is it holding you back?

If you own a small business, chances are that you have a Facebook business page. It probably has anywhere between 1 to 500 ‘likes’ and maybe if you keep it active, you post pictures of your business-related activities periodically to interact with your followers. If this is the case…

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#business #design #facebook #page #small #sme #website

Social Networking is Changing

Just recently, my facebook feed is getting filled with reposts and shares of things like “A 9 Year Old Girl Quietly Takes The Stage. What She Did Next Gave Me Chills I’ll Never Forget…” with misleading video thumbnails and automatically generated “YOU MUST WATCH THIS!” and “OMG” comments. How many times people can fall for these types of posts is ridiculous, but it’s the exhausting onslaught of…

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