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 30, 2017 | QuickBits, Website improvement
If you keep hitting at something long enough and hard enough you will eventually knock it down. That was a military tactic in the middle ages when they used battering rams to knock down castles and fortresses. And it’s a hacker tactic used these days to break...
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 | Apr 30, 2016 | Internet Basics, QuickBits, Website improvement
Small business owners often think that their website won’t be hacked. After all, they are not a “big name” company, don’t store credit card numbers or have valuable personal information. So why should they get hacked? Hacking is a lucrative criminal business and your...
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...