I often need to get sensitive information from clients: domain registrar login, FTP credentials, hosting account login, etc. Sending this kind of info by email is not a good idea, it’s too insecure (although it’s hard to keep clients from doing it anyway sometimes). What should you do instead? A phone call to share long…
One of my sites was blacklisted by Norton Safe Web last week. A client’s site was blacklisted two days after launch. Both have no malware and are not blacklisted anywhere else – a sure sign that Norton is doing something very different than all the other blacklisting services. Here’s how Norton describes their ‘service.’ While…
The top website and online marketing links of the week. Thinking about starting a podcast? Or already doing one, but need to upgrade your gear? Here’s a review of the top 10 podcast microphones and some reasons to justify getting one! Do you keep your WordPress website up to date? A recent study showed that…
The top website and online marketing links of the week. Don’t know if you noticed, but if you logged in to your WordPress site in the last day or two and are using Yoast SEO, you would have seen a great big irritating animated banner advertising Yoast’s black Friday sale. There were so many complaints…
The top website and online marketing links of the week. When is it safe to remove old redirects within your site? The answer may surprise you – it could be ‘never.’ Learn how to judge if it’s okay to remove that old redirect or not. Do you have a nonprofit website? If you do, this…
The top website and online marketing links of the week. You know your website is slow. It’s always been like that. But do you really understand what that slow site could be costing you in terms of customers and conversions? A recent report shows that 70% of buyers are influence by a site’s page loading…
The top website and online marketing links of the week. Everything you ever wanted to know about comments in WordPress – what they are and how to manage them. If you’ve decided not to allow commenting in your blog or are currently on the fence about it, check out this post on allowing blog comments…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Looking to grow your email list? Start at the beginning by sprucing up your signup form – and pay special attention to #11, the privacy statement, with GDPR coming up in just a few weeks. Building the perfect contact form, from a more UX-based perspective. If…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Here’s a great case study showing how UX design and visual hierarchy can improve conversion rates of a web page. Simple changes can bring you noticeable results! If your site is not converting as well as it could be, a brand new year is a great…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Not just for websites… learn how attentive UX design can help you create trust for your brand across the board (but note how important good website design is!). How many business websites do you have? If you’re like one of my clients, you might have 6…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Take this as you will… I don’t agree that there is *never* a good case for using a video background, but some of the arguments against are compelling, especially the loading time issue, and how dumb your site will look if you’re using a video hosted…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Happy Black Friday! To celebrate (is that the correct term?) here’s a collection of top tips for holiday email marketing from HubSpot and more email tips from Mailchimp. And one more from Constant Contact – how to stand out in an overstuffed inbox. Oops, here’s another one……