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Choosing the right fonts for your website can be a daunting task — there’s literally THOUSANDS to choose from. But you shouldn’t be opening your mind to the entire library of fonts on the web, as a majority of them will not work for you specifically. So how do you narrow it down so that …

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Opportunities are wasted every day a visitor leaves your site without taking any action. Attention spans are extremely low, which means you have to capture your website visitors quickly. In fact, within just a few seconds from the time they land on your webpage. It’s such a short amount of time, that with a lack-luster …

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Whether you’re a web developer, or a business owner, more than likely you’ve heard of SEO. But if you haven’t, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It’s essentially what will help your website get seen by search engines (like Google). If you care anything about getting seen on Google, then you should definitely care about …

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If you’re using GeneratePress, along with GenerateBlocks, and looking to create a cohesive design and layout for your blog posts — you’re in the right place! I’m going to walk through the steps on how you can setup and implement the layout design so it creates a consistent and cohesive look across all your blog …

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A hand presses the illuminated "L" button on an elevator control panel, which also features buttons for floors 1 through 4 and other control symbols.

Today i’m going to show you a quick and easy way using CSS how to turn an ordinary navigation item into a call to action button. You are welcome to watch the video tutorial embedded below, or feel free to read through the instructions. Let’s dive in! Adding a CSS Class This is the example …

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A SanDisk external SSD with a black and red design lies on a gray surface next to an Apple logo.

As business owners, we share one of the biggest fears happening to us — losing your website. Gone. Vanished. Disappeared. Just like that, your online presence and sales tool is taken away with no known reason as to what could have gone wrong. And for this exact scenario, is why you should always have a backup …

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A person in a checkered shirt is working on a laptop at a wooden desk with a notebook, pen, and a green coffee mug nearby.

As I’ve written about in previous posts, you cannot expect to publish a new website and let it go stale. This is truly a recipe for disaster, and can lead to hurting your overall business’ credibility. These are not major things, either — the smallest of details can really affect the way a potential customer can …

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There’s an underestimated avenue to gaining knowledge these days, and that comes in the form of email newsletters. Sure, I get it — cluttering your already crazy-full inbox doesn’t sound fun. But you could instead clean out your inbox from the ads and junk, and instead replace it with value-packed newsletters that provide knowledge, expertise and …

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A person is sitting at a desk with a laptop displaying a website. They are holding a cup of coffee, and there is a glass of water, a red notebook, and a smartphone on the desk.

We’ve all stumbled on to a webpage that for whatever reason didn’t “exist” — meaning, the link you clicked to visit, is no longer an actual page. As a result, you get a 404: Page Not Found error message. As the business owner of the particular website, that’s not great — but it happens to all …

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Open-plan office with people working at desks, laptops, and office supplies on tables. Modern furniture and industrial decor with indoor plants and ample natural light from large windows.

So, you’re in the market for a new website — and weighing out your options on what kind of web designer to hire. First off, I don’t envy your position. There are TONS of web designers out there — some legit, some not, and some way over their heads. Do you hire the freelancer? Do you go …

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