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 | Mar 31, 2016 | CMS, Website improvement
Imagine, one of your good customers calls and says “I tried going to your website but I get a warning that it’s not safe – I think you’ve been hacked.” You rush to your computer and try to bring your site up – you get the same message. You ignore the...
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 Ron P | Dec 7, 2015 | SEO, Website improvement
In my last two articles on Optimizing for Local Search (https://www.citycent.com/category/seo/ ), I discussed finding and using your keywords to increase your visibility to the search engines for local searches. In my next two posts, I will give you some ideas for...
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...
by Joel M | Sep 29, 2015 | Online marketing, QuickBits, SEO, Website improvement
Keywords. Time and again we’ve been told that you need to know your keywords. What are they? They’re the words that are key to your business. They are what unlock the treasure chest of new customers. They are the words that describe your business. They are “of...