Small Business Website Essentials: What Every Site Needs
A website does not need to do everything. It needs twelve specific things done well, from the homepage message to policies and a way to stay connected.
Guides on web design, Pinterest, SEO and the systems that connect them, for small product and service businesses. Pick a topic, or start with the newest posts.
A website does not need to do everything. It needs twelve specific things done well, from the homepage message to policies and a way to stay connected.
Real business growth often looks like a fixed link, a saved template or a clear customer reply. Eight small wins worth noticing and tracking.
A polished site can still make buying harder than it should be. These eight small mistakes are the ones worth checking first, with a plain fix for each.
A welcome sequence is a short set of emails that deliver what you promised. See four examples you can adapt, with the purpose of each email and when to send the first.
The signup is only the start. Follow a new subscriber through eight steps, from the confirmation message to a welcome sequence and your regular newsletter.
Perfection can keep good work hidden. Why finished work creates the feedback a small business needs, and how to decide what ready really means.
One comment on a Facebook post led to a local directory feature, a mini website audit and a day of small changes to my business.
Fifteen small Shopify SEO steps you can take one at a time, from product descriptions and collection pages to image alt text and internal links.
A platform update can change your reach overnight, but your email list stays yours. See what a list is, what to send and how to start without overcomplicating it.
A product page has to explain what it is, who it is for and why to trust it without you in the room. Here is how to write listings that answer those questions.
A site can look finished and still lose customers. Ten signs that it is time for a redesign, and how to tell a refresh from a full rebuild.
If your site looks fine but nobody is contacting you, it may be costing you customers. A two-minute check of the six places visitors usually get stuck.