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// Thoughts on Web Design & Social Media by Matt Stellwagen
Aside from design, one of the most important aspects of a website is driving traffic to it. For some small businesses the entire revenue generation relies on traffic coming to your site. Equally important is the quality of the traffic coming to your site. Although pay-per-click c...
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Google is much more than powerful search engine, in some ways it’s a small business owner’s best friend and your friend Google is telling you, “I know you have a limited software budget so here ya go buddy, you can have these productivity apps for free!”. When i...
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I often work with client’s to optimize their site for search engines in a general since by incorporating meta-tags and other useful web design tricks. Equally as important is the concept of local search engine optimization which I find is increasingly important for the smal...
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The availability of high-res stock photography has grown substantially over the last couple of years. Stock photo websites have become a haven for web designers and artists in need of images for their projects. I was surprised to hear from some clients that they have incurred sub...
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When a new client comes on board and we begin discussing their site needs and layout styles I always suggest less text content, keep it visual and keep it personable. Minimalist design is meant to capture the mind of the viewer down to the basics. Brings the most important conten...
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