Mobile web trends: have you checked your analytics lately?
Back in March, we posted two articles regarding mobile-optimized websites and how to determine whether your business needs one. The Google Analytics blog posted on the subject yesterday, reminding us that the topic is still very relevent as more and more visitors are using iPhones, Blackberries and other devices to browse the web. Many of our customers have seen an increase in mobile visitors so far in 2010—even if they didn’t have any mobile... [Read More...]
Designing a website for different monitor sizes
When Vision Design creates a website, we design the page layout to look and function well on as many different computers as possible. Your web visitors are looking at your site from a variety of monitors–big, small, new, old, and widescreen. Our goal is to build a site that is optimized for the most common sizes your visitors are using, but still looks and works great at other sizes. We look for these criteria when optimizing a web design: Overall... [Read More...]
Increase e-newsletter signups with your email signature
We recently posted about using your email signature to save time and promote your business offerings. This post will provide instructions on locating the Site Visitor Sign-up link from your Constant Contact account, and applying it to your email signature. Adding a Constant Contact sign-up link to your email signature 1. When you’re logged into your Constant Contact account, click on the Contacts tab at the top of the screen then click on... [Read More...]
How to add a signature to your email in Outlook
Adding your contact information as a signature to your emails is very useful in a business environment, but also for personal emails as well. An email signature is a block of text created by you that’s automatically added to the bottom of emails you send. You can designate whether it’s included on every single email, or if it’s excluded from emails where you’re replying to a previous message. There are a lot of benefits... [Read More...]
7 tips for building a high quality opt-in email list
Email marketing a great opportunity to keep your company, services and products in front of your customers, and build a relationship that will eventually lead to sales. (For a more in-depth explanation of how email marketing can benefit your business, click here.) At the heart of a successful email marketing campaign, you will always find a high quality email list. Building a quality email list requires commitment and won’t happen overnight,... [Read More...]
7 tricks for remembering passwords (and what to do if you can’t)
If you read our post about creating a secure password, you know that a strong password needs to contain numbers, letters, symbols and capitals. Combined with the account numbers and user IDs you use every day, the list of important login information we must remember can be very overwhelming! We found these helpful tricks to help you remember your passwords (courtesy of WalletPop Blog) Seven helpful tricks to help you remember passwords: Create... [Read More...]
What is an SSL Certificate?
Secure Socket Layers, known as SSL, are a security protocol for websites. This type of security allows for digital communications between two points to be encrypted so it’s more difficult for an unwanted third party to intercept. An SSL Certificate is the method of proof a website uses to tell visitors that sensitive information is being protected when transmitted online using this site. If your website uses SSL, your visitors will see a little... [Read More...]
What is a QR code? How & why to use it
This is a guest post by Dan Trainor III, President of W&C Printing Company. If you haven’t yet heard any buzz about QR codes, you probably will soon. A QR code, which stands for “Quick Response”, is a small square bar code that can be scanned with a cell phone’s camera. Simply point your camera at the barcode and wait for the barcode to point you where it’s linked to – a website, block of text, or image. Read more about... [Read More...]
Why good content is critical for website success
As we study search engines, user behavior and ways to increase web traffic, we read over and over that “content is the key.” In a nutshell, the more fresh text, pictures and videos you have on your site, the better it will perform. This post will outline some of the benefits of quality content, then we’ll give you some ideas for generating some great content on your own site. What are the rewards for creating good content? Web... [Read More...]
Are your users finding what they need on your website?
Enter site search. It’s a great feature for medium to large websites with a lot of content. It’s the solution for users that don’t want to hunt for answers on your website—by allowing them to skip the act of learning your site navigation to find out whether or not you have the item or information that interests them. Using Google Custom Search to provide a better user experience Does your website have a search function? Are... [Read More...]
