SEO Not Working? I was on a call with a client the other day. He talked about SEO (search engine optimization / a.k.a. getting higher search engine rankings) like he had it covered because he was paying some company somewhere $50 a month. He then proceeded to ask me why he wasn't ranking that well. […]
What Should Your Website Maintenance Budget Be? One thing to consider when owning a website is the cost of ownership. There are website hosting costs, costs for upgrades to website software and website maintenance costs. Your business website needs to be kept up to date, after all. Web maintenance will have to get done by […]
Your Website Should Make Your Phone Ring Need a New Website or Tweaks to Your Current Website? As a small business owner, the number one thing on your mind is sales and new business. You need your phone ringing... like, now! You need your advertising investment to pay off for you. We get that. This […]
New Business Websites Starting a New Business? Do You Know All that Needs to Happen With Your New Business Website? If you have a new business, then you obviously need a website for it - but it doesn't end there. Do you know all that you need to get set up the right way? Often, […]
Website Budgeting When you have a website for your company, it's important to set a budget for it so that you know how much it will cost you every year. Besides budgeting for website hosting, you should also set a budget for updates to the website as well as upgrades to the software that your […]
Product Websites Should Use Video to Get More Sales If you have a website that sells products, then including a video of the product can really increase sales/conversions. It's really easy today to create a demo video or how-to video of your product. You don't need fancy equipment and editing is simple - you can […]
Just in today... this is from a client using another web host: "The whole website has been deleted when I attempted to switch primary name and alias with the "help" of XO. Host company XO is trying to restore the files. I may be seriously screwed here. Stay tuned." (Update 12/11/12: The client is telling […]
Be Careful With Your Custom Web Project There's something that we've run across in our years in this business and it's something anyone looking to do a website design project should be aware of. If you're not careful to ask your website developer about this issue, you could be in for a real surprise later […]
Madison Joomla! Do you have a Joomla website and live near the Madison, WI area? Need an experienced Joomla developer to talk to? Consider using Webstix to help you with your website. Joomla Experience Webstix has been in business since 2001 and we've been using Joomla since it came out. Actually, we were using Joomla […]
Do You Need Website Management Services and Costs? Managing a website can be some work. It's not so much that it's difficult to do but where do you find the time? You're trying to run your business. We can help. We have tried to make website management simple by providing our clients with an easy […]