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Series 2 of 3 – Simple tips to improve the design of your site: Font + Buttons + Calls-to-action
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This week we continue our three-part series on how to easily change elements on your website to improve it without having to re-code it entirely. There are three simple tips which can greatly improve the conversion rate of your website: Fonts + Buttons + Calls-to-action. =1= Font Style and Family: Choosing the right font for your website depends on two factors: (1) Do you have a specific font used in your brand? (2) What feeling or mood are you...

Series 1 of 3 – Simple tips to improve the design of your site: Colors + Space + Organization
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There are simple tips you can use to improve the appearance of your website without having to completely redo it. In the next three weeks, we will cover 3 specific tips during each weekly webinar. Today we will take a look at the overall feel of a website: Colors + Space + Organization. =1= Color Scheme: Colors can absolutely create a mood, send a clear message and engage your audience. In 2016, we have seen more and more pastel and lighter colors...

Website Seasonality
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By Website Seasonality we mean two things: (1) Adapting your website to the seasons to better connect digitally with your visitors. (2) Understanding Internet searches which often vary with seasons or time periods. =1= Adapting your website to seasons: Website seasonality is not something web designers or online marketers often speak about even though it can be crucial to the success of your website. It is obvious th...

Web Design for Not-for-profit Organizations
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Non profit organizations need to take their website as seriously as companies do. When they do not, they are left behind and start loosing their share of the very important "donation dollar" necessary to support their cause. The web, if used properly, can rally supporters,  bring much needed awareness to a cause, fund projects, help find those in needs and bring a not-for-profit group to a new level of success. Web development can be complicated and can also be  very time consuming. In additio...

Series 1 of 3 – Website Design for Local Businesses
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If you are primarily interested in being found locally online or want your website to truly connect with your local audience, there are several elements to consider for your website.   =1= A website design that "speaks" to your local customers and prospects (which we will be covering in this post). =2= A mobile design for your website that targets that same local audience (next week's webinar/post). ...

Using texture or color for website backgrounds
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In past 2 years we have seen lots of white backgrounds on websites, a trend so popular than most new websites have a white background. Though we love this look (giving a fresh and modern feel to any sites and giving focus to images), there are great benefits to adding texture and even color to backgrounds. =1= Different background options:

  • White
  • Color
  • Texture
  • Repeating pattern or graphic
  • Full imag...

New Year Resolutions for your website
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Happy New Year! May 2016 bring you fantastic success in your business, happiness and health in your life and most importantly balance. As we start the first week of 2016, site owners or managers should set new year resolutions for their website so that it becomes a powerful marketing tool for their company and supports all of their business goals this year. To keep the resolutions organized we have divided them into 3 distinct areas listed below. =1= Take your website seriously:

How to choose the right fonts for your website
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It was not that many years ago when a website owner was given the choice of five font types for his website. The same was true for printing until digital offset printing came to life. Nowadays the choice for font types is close to limitless but this does not mean you should use any fonts on your site without thinking first if this is the right font for you. First and foremost, there are different ways to use special fonts on your site. You can encrypt a "non-standard" font onto your site (by ...

Customizing your email and social media
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Many site owners do a good job in having a great website and printed marketing material but fall short in taking care of something so simple to fix yet so important to their business: Email Signature and Branding in their Social Media accounts. =1= Branding an email signature: There are known best practices in setting up a strong email signature such as:

  • Have a signature in your email and use it each and every time!
  • Do not actually use your ac...

2016 Website Design Trends
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As we approach 2016, our team reflects on the newest trends that recently sparked in website design and analyzes which ones will continue to grow and become a trend to follow next year. Today we have selected the 4 top web design trends. =1= Less text, more images and more videos: We all know that Internet users prefer to watch instead of read. YouTube is continuing to grow in popularity and remains strong...

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