April 2024 / 176 posts found
How Responsive Web Design Works
It’s no secret that more and more people are accessing the internet using their mobile devices in addition to or in place of desktop computers. In fact, there are almost 7 billion mobile users worldwide. (For reference, the world population is currently 7.8 billion. That’s a lot of mobile activity.) But what they’re doing on those mobile devices is even more compelling for marketers like us. 40% of consumers use their mobile device to conduct research prior to making an in-person purchase. More than half routinely make purchases using their smartphones, and 55% of shoppers make mobile purchases after finding […]
13 Quick Tips to Improve Your Web Design Skills
Designing your company website can be a challenging proposition. You’ve got to juggle the expectations of many stakeholders, and you can often hit obstacles that prevent new ideas from emerging. I was the design manager for a large company website for nearly six years, and during that time, I found myself losing perspective of what our target audiences really needed. Call it “tunnel vision.” When you work on the same website, it often helps to take a step back and think through new approaches. That’s the purpose of this blog post. What follows are some tips, tricks, shortcuts and general […]
Is Your Website’s Viewport Configured for Mobile Users? Here’s How to Do It
You’re out with friends, laughing, having a grand old time — when someone asks the group a total brainteaser: “Why don’t ‘B’ batteries exist?” You’re stumped. Your friends are stumped. You whip out your smartphone and type the question into the Google machine. And boom: Up pops a battery company’s blog post on the nationally uniform specifications for the size of battery cells. It’s exactly what you were looking for, you nerd. But here’s the thing: The content on the website is loading as if you’re looking at the site on the desktop. In other words, the font and pictures are really tiny, and you’re finding you have to zoom in […]
What’s WYSIWYG? How Today’s Online Editor Came to Be
WYSIWYG. No, this isn’t another one of those newfangled acronyms the kids are using these days — it’s actually been around for quite some time. “What You See Is What You Get,” or WYSIWYG for short, refers to an HTML editor in which the content on a blog or web page appears as it would when it’s live. In contrast to traditional editors, a WYSIWYG editor focuses on the end result, allowing you to get a clearer sense of what you’re creating as you’re creating it. In Adobe Dreamweaver to Google Web Designer to the HubSpot Marketing Platform, WYSIWYG editors […]
What is Website Architecture? 8 Easy Ways to Improve Your Site Structuring
Getting lost sucks. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a city or a corn maze, the ambiguity of not knowing where you are and what could happen next can make you break out in a cold sweat. Website visitors feel the same way when they land on a jumbled website. Nearly one in two people leave a website after visiting just one page. We don’t have a lot of time to make a good impression on a user, and with a poor site architecture, you’re guaranteed to increase bounce rates. It’s critical to structure your site in an intuitive and […]
Cybersecurity: The Ultimate Guide to Defending Against Cyber Attacks
Think about how much of the world relies on the internet. The government, military, academia, health care industry, and private industry not only collect, process, and store unprecedented amounts of data in cyberspace — they also rely on critical infrastructure systems in cyberspace to perform operations and deliver services. An attack on this infrastructure could not only threaten customer data or a business’s bottom line — it could also threaten a nation’s security, economy, and public safety and health. Considering its importance, we’ve compiled this ultimate guide on cybersecurity. Below, we’ll talk about what cybersecurity is exactly, how to protect […]
The 19 Best Content Marketing Tools in 2024
While no content marketing tool can replace a solid strategy and talented humans, having the right tech stack can certainly help you get the job done better, easier, and more efficiently. There are hundreds of content marketing tools available – some free or cheap – and some very expensive. They also serve tons of different purposes, from content ideation to production to promotion, optimization, and more. The content marketing technology landscape is growing every year. This is exciting, since it means that if you have a problem, you can probably find a software solution to help you solve it. But […]
How to Do Keyword Research for SEO: A Beginner’s Guide
While Google keeps us on our toes with all the algorithm updates they keep rollin’ out, one thing has stayed pretty consistent for inbound marketers looking to optimize their websites for search: keyword research. In this post, we’ll define what keyword research is, why it’s important, how to conduct your research for your SEO strategy, and choose the right keywords for your website. Table of Contents What is keyword research? Why is keyword research important? Elements of Keyword Research How to Research Keywords for Your SEO Strategy How to Find and Choose Keywords for Your Website Why is keyword research […]
Aligning SEO Strategy with Client Business Goals — Whiteboard Friday
In SEO agencies, we get too caught up in the SEO and forget that there’s a client. Understand what they want in order to align your SEO strategy with their goals. Learn more in this episode of Whiteboard Friday.