WEBSITE DESIGN

I struggled to come up with a topic for my second blog.  I searched throughout the internet looking for an interesting topic, but could not find one that I could make personal to my audience.  So, I stepped back from Mr. Computer and asked myself,  “If I am just hanging out with my friends talking about business success, what would I talk about?”

If you’ve been working to revise your website content to improve its visibility on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) such as those generated by Google and Bing, then listen up.

Studio Green has applied for a $250,000 grant from Chase as part of a newly launched program, Mission Main StreetSM Grants.

After all — you have to pay for most good things in life. The chair you’re sitting in, the operating system your computer is running on, many of the apps you use, and so on. WordPress is powerful enough to run just about any website you could ever dream of, and yet it is available to you free of charge.

Should your business have a website, even if your business is small and sells products or services you don’t think can be sold online? Yes, if you have a business, you should have a website. Period. No question. Without a doubt.

It’s a tough question. One way your business can find answers is to examine research in social psychology.

When you want to find out where a company is located or how to reach a live person by phone or email, the Contact Us page is an intuitive first stop. But if your online encounters are much like everyone else’s, then you run into a lot of boring and redundant Contact Us pages.

It was probably late 2010 when businesses suddenly realized the potential power of social media, for promoting their services and products, for engaging with prospective customers and clients and for building brand awareness.

Email is still the most effective form of marketing and relationship building. It’s a tremendous tool for building the kind of long-term relationship that allows you to convert sales.

So we all know the importance and benefits of keeping any software up-to-date.  The same reason holds true with your WordPress website.  Not only will you benefit from the latest features (FREE OF CHARGE), but you will also reap improved security vulnerabilities, increased speed and an upgrade in performance.