Category Archives: Effective Web Design

10 Tips for Making Your Blog More Engaging

Your blog can be an excellent tool for marketing your business online, but your blog will only be an effective tool if it is engaging your site visitors.  That means your blog will be worthless if it is not being … Continue reading

Add a Catalog or Flyer to your WordPress Site

Do you have a large PDF document that you need to add to your WordPress site?  Perhaps, a catalog, brochure, flyer, instructions, or a manual you need to share with your site visitors? You could just link to the PDF … Continue reading

Understanding Some Important Google Analytic Results

Most website owners have some sort of analytics tracking installed on their website but I find they do not look at the results regularly and quite often they don’t really understand what they mean. In this article I am going … Continue reading

Preparing Your Website for the Holidays

Earlier this week I tried to take advantage of an awesome Cyber Monday deal offered by a major retailer but their website was extremely slow loading and I never managed to get the deal.  I am talking so slow, it … Continue reading

Preparing Your Website for the Holiday Season

Earlier this week I tried to take advantage of an awesome Cyber Monday deal offered by a major retailer but their website was extremely slow loading and I never managed to get the deal.  I am talking so slow, it … Continue reading

Elements of an Effective Web Design

In my last blog post I pointed out that web professionals know the elements of good web design and will use this knowledge and experience to build you an a truly effective website. I promised to outline the elements that … Continue reading

DIY Web Site Nightmares – Why You Need a Professional.

Consider this… … You are starting a new business and decide that instead of renting an office you are going to build one yourself.   It can’t be too hard, new houses and buildings pop up seemingly overnight.   You think, “If … Continue reading

Is it Time for a Website Redesign?

If you are reading this you are probably aware that it is time to make changes to your website.  So how do you determine if you should just make updates to your site or if you are in need of … Continue reading

How To Choose Images For Your Website

A picture is worth a thousand words or so the saying goes, so how much thought should you put into the pictures you use on your website, blog or e-mail newsletter?   Pictures can be great assets to your website, but … Continue reading

Ignore these Web Design Conventions At Your Own Peril

Usability specialist, Jack Krug sums up web usability in the title of his book, “Don’t Make Me Think”.   That is the bottom line; do not make it hard for your site visitors to find what they are looking for. The … Continue reading