Is the Reputation of Your Small Business Dragging Your Sales Down?
When most people start their businesses, they focus on how they will market the product, their target demographic and related issues. However, very few people think about branding. Few people understand what branding really entails and how the image their business is showing to the public could be affecting their sales. Here are some aspects […]
How to Write Content for Your Small Business Website
Are you ready to launch your first website for your small business? Maybe you’re a new business or you are simply re-designing your website, either way, designing a website is an exciting element of owning your business. Your website is the core of who you are; especially if your business works around your site. With […]
Best Times to Post on Social Media – 2018
Facebook The best time to post on Facebook is 1–4 p.m. late into the week and on weekends. Saturday and Sunday at 12–1 p.m. Thursday and Friday at 1–4 p.m. Wednesday at 3 p.m. When to post on Facebook in general to increase your shares and clickthroughs: 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 9 a.m. Instagram Instagram audiences are […]
JPG Designs Goes to: WordCamp US
Why JPG Designs wants to go to WordCamp US… Hi, I’m Jeff Pratt owner of JPG Designs, I own a small web design firm located in little Rhody (Rhode Island). We specialize in WordPress and work mostly with local clients. I was first introduced to WordPress about 8 years ago and haven’t stopped using it […]
How to Optimize Your Website For Semantic Search
On-Page SEO in: How to Optimize for RankBrain and Semantic Search Semantic search has sparked a lot of buzz in the SEO space. We’ve heard about entity SEO, conversational content, optimizing for topics (as opposed to keywords), and even completely ditching old-school SEO tactics, like link building and keyword targeting, in favor of creating the […]
RI Data Law Effecting Small Businesses
New RI Data Law Effecting Small Businesses: A Rhode Island law went into place about 9 months ago requiring small businesses to have what we would consider “basic data protections” in place, securing sensitive employee or client information. This effects any business that keeps sensitive information locally – like social security numbers, date of birth, […]
Why Your Website Is Not Attracting Traffic And How To Fix It
Article by: Jeff Pratt In a world and age when everything is digital, it is almost impossible to imagine having a business without a website. There are numerous reasons why a website would be beneficial to your business. First it is way cheaper to have market online than to buy advertisement space in print or […]
How To Effectively Use Videos On Your Website
Videos are a great way of conveying information in the modern online age. Video sharing websites such as YouTube and Google Video have brought online video to the forefront of the internet experience, and anyone can now be a movie star from the comfort of their home. Adding interactive and multimedia content to your website […]
5 Ways to Speed Up Your Website
Have you ever wondered why those Fast and Furious movies are so popular? It is because we live in a society where speed is exciting. If you think that the speed at which your website loads does not matter, you should think again. In this ‘microwave society’ where we want everything done and delivered right […]
Web Design Trends in 2016
Top Web Design Trends in 2016 Not a day passes without a new minor breakthrough design or other unique and creative use web design codes manner. The body of web design is elegant and trans-formative, shedding layer after layer and evolves every second. Needless to say that the web design trends are extremely changeable. They […]