10 Reasons Your WordPress Site Will Get Hacked (and How to Stop It)
Why do hackers target WordPress sites? The answer is relatively simple: WordPress is the single biggest platform for website creation…
So, You’ve Won An Exciting Redesign…What Now?
The transitioning of power is fraught with difficulties. Different teams have different values, different experience, different expertise, different priorities, and…
9 Ways To Boost Your Domain Authority
Domain Authority (DA) is a ranking metric that predicts how well a site will rank online. It goes by a…
You Won’t Win SEO With Hacks, Here Are 3 Winning SEO Strategies
The world of search engine optimization was born with all sorts of different hacks and shortcuts that many people use…
5 Biggest Challenges Web Design Agencies Face
With billions of internet users worldwide spending several hours online each day, the online presence of brands is now a…
Who Do Web Designers Really Work For?
It would be way too easy to answer this question with: “Whoever pays your bills.” And, honestly, I don’t think…
Looping Measures of Effectiveness Back to the Creative Team
When analysts for professional sports teams noticed that marketing promotions that included the team’s logo vastly outperformed similar creative assets…
Not All Traffic is Created Equally: Measuring The Importance of Traffic Sources & Setting UTMs
There’s no shortage of ways in which you can generate traffic towards a website, and the list seems to be…
Email Personalization: Your Secret To Better Engagement
One of the struggles that marketers face is how to send the right message at exactly the right time to…
5 Essential Social Media Tools to Boost Your Profile
Expelliarmus! shouts Harry Potter and the dark wizard loses his wand. Heroes of the fantasy world are incomplete without their…
Can Design Systems Work for Freelancers?
There’s a lot riding on your shoulders as a freelance designer. You have to play the part of salesperson, project…
Can Best Practice Replace Design Research?
Heart-warming or not, co-creation with a client—the utopian ideal of shared vision—has its drawbacks. There are only so many times…
Metatags 101: A Simple Guide for Designers
And when it comes to using HTML meta tags for SEO, none of us should be messing around. That said,…
6 Tips for Writing Content Regularly
Okay, you need three to five new ideas for articles, all on the same general topic. Go… Now here’s where…
How to Boost Customer Engagement with Video Marketing
Simply defined, customer engagement is when a customer interacts with a brand through social media, mobile devices, or even direct…
Keyword Research 101: Everything You Need To Know
Keywords are essentially the bridge between a website and a search engine. They are what helps a search engine identify…
Is There a Viable Alternative to Javascript?
The short answer to the title question is “no.” The long answer is more complex, and begins with, “kindof…” There…
4 Best SEO Tools for Web Designers
You already have a ton of tools in your web design toolbox which is why I’m reluctant to write this…