by CityCenter | Sep 25, 2017 | Blogging, Internet Basics
Congratulations! You’ve found the exact picture to use on your website. It is the perfect representation of what your post, or page is about. Now comes the big question, is it legal to use it? There is, of course, the popular adage “It is often easier to...
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 Ron P | May 17, 2017 | Website improvement
Good question. WordPress consistently updates its basic code to protect against hackers, so why do you need more than that. First, WordPress updates come about because someone has found a weakness in WordPress and used it to attack a website, or more likely a lot of...
by Ron P | Dec 26, 2016 | Website improvement
New Year is upon us. Whether you call them “Resolutions”, “Postulates”, or “To Do’s”. It’s time to think about how to make 2017 better. While diet and exercise instantly come to mind, followed closely by getting closer...
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 Ron P | May 13, 2016 | Website improvement
We have long said, “A website is a marketing tool which needs to be marketed.” You can’t just put a website up and hope people will find it. You can’t count on Google and other search engines to send everybody who searches for your keywords. You have to drive traffic...
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 | 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...
