Blogging for business can be intimidating. Regardless of whether you’re a solopreneur building your small business or in charge of content for a large non-profit, it can be a struggle to come up with things to write about. Yet blogging for business remains...
30 days of blogging Archive
Should My Business Run Ads?
A website is about so much more than a pretty online business card. Websites are made for work. Its goal is to build your organization’s reputation, collect leads, and generate conversions. In order to accomplish those things, your website needs traffic....
Web Designer vs UX Designer vs UI Designer: Are They the Same?
Is a web designer the same thing as a UX designer? When I lived full-time in Austin, TX, “web designer” was the typical job title. The first thing I noticed when I moved to Berlin is that “UX designer” is the more commonly used term. This led me into an existential...
How Do I Make My Website Better? Day 19: 30 Days of Blogging
I am often approached by people who are dissatisfied with their website. Sometimes, they’re experiencing big problems like being hacked, and sometimes it’s smaller things like slow load times or outdated design. Everyone wants to know “how do I make my...
5 Things Puzzle Videos Taught Me about Business – Day 18: 30 Days of Blogging
We all go through phases. Sometimes, it’s a particular sport or food or reading or playing the guitar. For the past year, I’ve been in a YouTube phase. This isn’t my first YouTube phase, but it’s been about ten years since my last one, and the thing that...
Should My Business Have a Podcast/Meetup/YouTube Channel? Day 17: 30 Days of Blogging
Once a client is happy with their website, they almost immediately start thinking about other potential platforms. They want to know if they should host a meetup on Meetup.com. Or they have always thought about starting a podcast. Plus, they’ve heard that...
Is WordPress Still Good? Day 16: 30 Days of Blogging
As a web designer, I am often asked about various platforms and content management systems. Clients want to know if one platform is better for e-commerce or another better for design. And they really want to know about WordPress. It has been around for a...
How to Create SMART Goals for Your Website – Day 15: 30 Days of Blogging
Goals are the backbone of your website, and they should be the backbone of your web design. User experience is the practice of comparing a user’s interaction with your website versus the intention you desire for that user. Not enough web designers utilize...
Does My Meta Description Really Matter? Day 14: 30 Days of Blogging
As part of my continuing education last year, I decided to brush up on my SEO knowledge. Even though my primary skills are in web design and WordPress development, it’s vitally important for me to have a deep knowledge of SEO. A website is only as...
4 Musts for Any Great Landing Page – Day 13: 30 Days of Blogging
Landing page design is crucial for the success of your product or service. While we all want to believe that a good product or service will sell no matter what, the design of your landing page can be the difference between no conversions and tons of...