We just updated the plugin we have in the WordPress repository – Video Dashboard. As many of you already know, this plugin allows you to embed a streaming video into the dashboard of your WordPress website. For a couple years now I’ve been wanting to add Vimeo support to it, and I am happy to report that we have completed … Read More
Why Your WordPress Site is So Slow
Whatever you’ve read in the past about why your WordPress website is slow, throw it away. If you have books, burn them. Because they are all beating around the bush. Take a look at the following chart. What we’ve done here is highlighted the main areas which affect website load times. Website Load Times – Importance of Various Factors Take … Read More
How to Prepare Killer Content for Your Website
For most small businesses, a website is the single most important part of their marketing strategy. All roads lead to Rome, and all links lead to… The internet. Which is where your website will be. And while some may incorrectly claim otherwise, the content of a website is by far the most important part. Besides being the only thing search engines care … Read More
10 Ways to Save Time Editing with Page Builders like Cornerstone
You can save a lot of time making a high quality website by using a drag-and-drop page builder. Once you’ve chosen the right one for you, the next step is learning how to work with that builder’s features and your own habits to cut down on repetitive behaviors. The page builder I use is Cornerstone. For almost as long as … Read More
How to Improve Your Website’s Usability
It’s easy to take for granted that people visiting your website don’t have the background with your company and website that you do. While you may think it is easy to place an order for something or navigate the services section of your website, first time users could be having a pretty hard time getting to the information they want. … Read More
Is WordPress Website Down?
Whether it’s the WordPress.com site or your own WordPress self-hosted website, sometimes it might go offline and if it does, you’d like to know about it! If you’re sure it’s down, then you’ll want to get WordPress working as soon as possible. But how can you tell for sure if it’s down? Oftentimes there are issues that are just on … Read More
Finding the Right Website Design Company in Minnesota
By Brian Johnson You’ve filed your articles of incorporation, your marketing plan is written, and your new business is ready to roll. There’s only one thing missing: the website. If you’re like most of our clients, your website is the very last thing you take care of for your new business. It’s important of course – critical even – and … Read More
The 2 Biggest SEO Lies
By Brian Johnson SEO is the only way to grow your business. …Or is it? Sentiments like this are increasingly accepted as fact since SEO rose to popularity in the early 2000s. Web Developers and marketing “gurus” at this point are telling small businesses that if they ever hope to get new clients, they need to invest thousands in an … Read More