by CityCenter | Jul 31, 2017 | Online marketing, QuickBits, Website improvement
You’re certainly familiar with the “security lock” that shows up in your browser’s address bar. If the lock is green it signifies that the information you get from the website and that you send to it (like a credit card number) is encrypted and safe from a hacker’s...
by CityCenter | Jun 28, 2016 | Online marketing, QuickBits, Website improvement
Say it clearly. Say it fast. Make it easy. That’s how you write for the web. If you don’t, they won’t understand. And they’ll leave. You probably know it from your own experience – when you’re looking for something on the web you want the data...
by Joel M | Feb 25, 2016 | Online marketing, QuickBits
Calling your existing customers every so often to stay in touch just isn’t practical. The next best thing? Send emails. Sure, you get lots of emails and delete most of them, so it’s easy to think that they won’t work when you want to promote your business. But in...
by Joel M | Feb 10, 2016 | Online marketing, QuickBits
If I called you on the phone I would, well, just talk to you. I wouldn’t think about how to structure my sentences or my paragraphs. I wouldn’t try to sound official or use broad generalities to impress you with my knowledge. I’d just talk to you. And that’s what you...
by Joel M | Jan 28, 2016 | Online marketing, QuickBits, Website improvement
Orange button or purple button? “Add to Cart” or “Buy Now”? Ask for a phone number or just an email address: All of these are questions that might go through your mind when looking at your website and trying to decide which design is going to drive the most sales....
by Joel M | Nov 17, 2015 | Blogging, CMS, Online marketing, QuickBits
A basic principle of promotion, whether on the internet or off, is to keep communicating to your customers – old and new. If you don’t send out advertising to your old customers you fall off their “radar screen” and they will shop elsewhere. And if you don’t...