Tips & Information Blog.
You’ve asked questions and I’ve answered! Below are common questions from small business owners about websites. If you have a question you’d like me to answer, get in touch below and receive a discount on one of my services if I create it into a blog post!
The Importance of Fixing Broken Links
Have you ever reviewed your website to make sure that it doesn’t have any broken links? An example of a broken link is if a user clicks on a button on your website and they are redirected to an error page instead of where the link was meant to send them. This may not seem like a big deal, but there are two BIG main reasons why you should care.1.User Experience Customer confidence could be badly affected A couple of weeks ago I was going through the process of buying a bottle of wine for my...
Beginner’s Guide: The Nuts and Bolts of a Website
How to get started when you’d like a small business website up and running. It’s time my friend! You’ve been meaning to take the leap for a while but haven’t quite known where to start when it comes to creating a website. Well, I’m here to help nudge you into the unknown by providing a little clarity on where to begin. You know what they say; ‘Every great website journey begins with a single click’ (or something along those lines 😉) So, let’s do it! Open up your web browser and let’s go.1. Get...
Why you need a GOOD website
The Importance of a Website for Small Businesses It’s hard to dispute these days that it is crucial to have a website in order to run a high functioning business. There are few exceptions and no way around it; even the lemonade stand on the front drive has moved online! Let's back up for a minute and discuss - WHY should you have a website? Well, websites are the most powerful marketing tool of this age. Not only are you matching your clients’ expectations because you’re helping them find your...
Website Designer vs Website Developer?!
Because a lot of companies and individual freelancers, often provide both the design and development processes in a website package, there is a misunderstanding that they are the same thing. The words ‘designer’ and ‘developer’ are sometimes even considered interchangeable; however, this can be a dangerous thing to do around the wrong passionate web nerds. Imagine a slow-motion galloping unicorn tossing its long, flowing mane in the wind. Then imagine a giant robot named Frank. Now you will...
Pitfalls & Best Practices when using Stock Images
If you’re after an amazing website that attracts the crowds, there’s no doubt that great images are a vital ingredient in the mix. These days, visual components can be within the highest-ranking content on search engines, such as Google, that you will use for your website. With that in mind, it’s important to get it right, otherwise, they can unfortunately also work against you! Understandably, this may seem quite tough, so I’m here to give you some tips in applying the best images, stock or...
How to Create the Best Website Content
Let's start at the beginning when creating written website content When approaching a new website for your small business it’s possible to overlook the amount of content that's needed to make it the powerful marketing tool you’d like it to be. On realising this, the workload and starting point can sometimes feel daunting. It's an easy mistake for some to jump in and start churning out paragraphs about their business without yet being sure of how the website will be shaped. A result of this can...
Top 5 Tips for a Website Facelift
When you know it's time for an upgrade Maybe you’ve had a website for a while and these days it looks a bit dated or not as sharp as you’d like. Or perhaps you’ve had it done recently, and you know it needs some visual tweaking but you can’t put your finger on where the work needs to be done. If that’s the case, then here are 5 design tricks to improve the look of any website: 1. Add adequate & consistent spacing to your website’s content. Unfortunately, it’s quite common for...
Emily Alice Designs
“The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to make the invisible visible.”
–Hillman Curtis