Website Mistakes and Turn Offs | 04 | No Clear Next Step
This post and video is about the website mistake and turnoff of having no clear next step for your website visitors to take. Here's the video and transcript below. This is the fourth of a mini video series I've put together to help you avoid website mistakes that turn...
Website Mistakes and Turn Offs | 05 | Mobile view doesn’t look good
This post and video is about the website mistake and turnoff of having a poor mobile experience. Here’s the video and transcript below. This is the fifth of a mini video series I’ve put together to help you avoid website mistakes that turn off your website visitors from becoming fans or clients.
Website Mistakes | 03 | Making Bland Statements
I’ve put together this mini video series of website turnoffs. These are website mistakes that may on the surface seem minor issues. However they are turning off your potential clients, and it’s stopping them from becoming your clients.
This is the first in the series and the website mistake is: having too much clutter on your home page
Website Mistakes | 02 | Not Clear About Who You Serve
I’ve put together this mini video series of website turnoffs. These are website mistakes that may on the surface seem minor issues. However they are turning off your potential clients, and it’s stopping them from becoming your clients.
This is the first in the series and the website mistake is: having too much clutter on your home page
Website Mistakes and Turn Offs | 01 | Too Much Clutter
I’ve put together this mini video series of website turnoffs. These are website mistakes that may on the surface seem minor issues. However they are turning off your potential clients, and it’s stopping them from becoming your clients.
This is the first in the series and the website mistake is: having too much clutter on your home page
What’s in a website plan and what to include
This article outlines what’s in a website plan & some tips about what to include in a website plan which helps your or the web designer create your website
How to Build a WordPress Website
I recently ran a free online training for the VACT Community on how to build a WordPress website for under £20. I shared the 8 steps you need to build a website and a heap of strategies that I use when building websites for myself and clients. This is a long post so...
Why Do I Need a Website?
The question of 'why do I need a website' came up this week when I was at the Business Design Centre for the ‘Make it British’ Event. This annual event gathers everyone involved in the making of clothes and homewares, from yarn and cloth manufacturers, machines to sew...
Wix v/s WordPress
You might have seen adverts for Wix Website Building and wondered what’s the difference between Wix and WordPress. They both allow you to build a website without knowing any coding. But which is better? It's a bit like deciding which rabbit hole to go down because it...
What I’m doing about GDPR
As GDPR deadline looms closer (May 25th) there’s been ever increasing advice and alarming stories of what needs to be done. I too have been keeping a keen eye on what’s required as being in the industry of digital marketing I feel it’s my job to make sure me and my...
5 Homepage Hero Mistakes That Really Annoy Me
Homepage Hero Mistakes to Avoid Everyone knows that the website homepage is the first page people see when they visit your site. The homepage hero header area is the name sometimes given to the top most part of the homepage that people see when they first visit...
How to promote your new business without a website
Starting with nothing My previous post said you shouldn't commission a website build or bother building one yourself if you're on a tight budget and/or haven't sold a single product or service yet. I often see new business owners get hung up that they can’t start...
How To Get Better Engagement
What Bar Singers Can Teach us about Better Engagement We’ve been in our bolt hole in Portugal these past two weeks enjoying glorious sunny hot weather. We aim to come here 2-3 times a year to completely switch off and take a break and recharge our batteries. One of...
Why You Don’t Need a Website
The myth a new business 'must' have a website This might seem like a surprising thing for a web designer to say that you don't need a website. Surely I should be advocating that every business must have a website to be taken seriously? Well I do. Most of the time. But...
Your Authentic Voice
How to write for the web Your authentic voice is not just about what you say in person. Your authentic voice has to be reflected in all your online activities - website, blogs, articles, tweets, Facebook posts, newsletters, emails.... everywhere online. This article...