Your 2012 Resolutions: Start Your Blog!
Last week I wrote a blog about creating New Year’s Resolutions for your business. Although several of the suggestions mentioned improvements on your blog, I… Read More »Your 2012 Resolutions: Start Your Blog!
Last week I wrote a blog about creating New Year’s Resolutions for your business. Although several of the suggestions mentioned improvements on your blog, I… Read More »Your 2012 Resolutions: Start Your Blog!
I’ve seen several websites designed by some Coeur d’Alene Web Designers that include a “Web” option with their search box. All I have to say… Read More »Don’t add a “Web” option to your search box
Do you know how much you’re really paying for web hosting? If you’re not paying the web hosting company directly, you’re probably being overcharged. Our… Read More »How much are you paying for web hosting?
What does clothing and what you wear have to do with MEDIA? Our mission at Wilson Media Consulting is to help small business succeed, and… Read More »Sales and Marketing: What to Wear
Back in December, we provided a few tips for keeping your website updated. A few months later, the topic is still important. Your website should… Read More »Website Tip: Update your “What’s New” section
When someone tries to get to a page on your website that doesn’t exist, do NOT show them some “critical error” page. It looks really… Read More »Website tip: user-friendly pages instead of scary errors
When your web designer builds your website, they should be developing it to load quickly. If any page on your website takes more than 4 seconds to load, then you have problems.
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As the new year gets started, this is a good time to remember to log in to your website and update your copyright at the bottom (if it it doesn’t automatically update).
Having an updated copyright quickly shows your potential and current customers that you’re active and available for business. Don’t be like one of our local competitors who has a copyright that’s 3 years old! To be honest, I’m not even sure if this company is still in business (based on their outdated website).
One of the keys to maintaining a modern and up-to-date website is remembering to remove outdated content. Now, I’m not talking about old blogs. Those are post-dated and intended to be archived.
I’m talking about content on your website that is time-sensitive, like event calendars, announcements, coupons, specials.
For example, I was browsing some of our local competition this evening and came across the first of many in my “Really?” series (a spoof/inspiration from one of my favorite SNL features):