Think your online business is too small to be targeted by cyber threats like malware, ransomware, and bad actor attacks? Think again. Cyber threats to online businesses are real – regardless of business size. They strike when you least expect it, and when they can do the most damage. And while having a plan in place…Click to read more >
Choosing a New Web Host
Choosing a New Web Host As an online business owner my website is my lifeline to my customers. Having it function correctly and be available to my customers around the clock is essential. I’ve had several different websites in the more than 15 years I’ve been online. Those sites have been moved several times…Click to read more >
Can Your Customers Find Your Site Using Voice Search?
Have you given any thought to how those using voice search will find and experience your website? I have to admit – I hadn’t given it much thought until – (several times in a single day) someone I was with – whipped out their phone and used their voice to search for something they were…Click to read more >
Accessible Websites Increase Sales
Are you closing the door on some potential website customers? More than 1 in 4 adults (28.7 percent) in the United States live with some type of disability according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control). That means that more than a quarter of our potential customers need some sort of assistance in navigating our…Click to read more >
Your business website – is the center of your online ecosystem
Do you think of your eCommerce website, your blog, email list, newsletter, Facebook, IG, Pinterest and more – as separate and distinct things you have to manage? Each one calling for your attention – and none of them driving as much traffic as you’d like. It can be exhausting trying to keep up with managing…Click to read more >
Plagued By 404 Errors? What They Are, How to Fix and Prevent Them
We’ve all seen them – probably (frustratingly) on our shop websites. We’ve all experienced that sinking feeling when that page pops up – and instead of the content we’re expecting, we get a page that says 404 – Page Not Found. 404 Errors directly impact the user (customer) experience (and not for the better). The…Click to read more >
12 Proven Ways to Optimize Product Category Pages
We’ve talked about optimizing product pages in our online shops. What we haven’t focused on are Product Category Pages. What’s a Product Category Page? If you’ve assigned your products to a category you’ve created – you have Product Category Pages. Product Category Pages are often overlooked when we focus on improving our websites’ search…Click to read more >
Is Your Online Store – Ready for Holiday Sales?
The upcoming holidays are the perfect time to create a festive look in our online stores. When we walk in the doors of a physical shop during the holidays – it’s clear that it’s the holiday season. The sights, sounds (and sales) of the holidays are all around us. Why wouldn’t we want the same…Click to read more >
Are Your Images Driving Traffic To Your Website?
We’ve talked a lot about the quality of our copy as a way to draw more people to our website. It’s important to make sure that we’ve used targeted keywords – in context. Our copy should be human-readable (and not read like it was written by a machine). It should also be helpful to the…Click to read more >
The Complete Website Maintenance Checklist
Website maintenance – 20 Things you need to do this year to maintain your website. Website maintenance is something we all know we need to stay on top of if we want to keep our site healthy and working properly. Where do we start? What needs to be done – and how often do we…Click to read more >