by Eric Seal January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 Is your website ready for 2016? Maybe a better question is “Will your website increase your revenue?” If your answer to that is “no,” then you’ve got your work cut out for you. Because with the new year here, you’ve got to make your website the best … Continue reading 2016 Web Design Trends: How to Make Your Website Perfect for the New Year
by Ali J. Taylor January 3, 2016 Follow @BelMarketingDSJanuary 3, 2016 Design is hard. Design is also easy. It all depends on what happens in between the beginning and the end of the project that determines which. If you’re a client and you’ve never worked on a project with a designer before, I’m sure the … Continue reading Know Your Why – 3 Tips For A Successful Web Design Project
by John Komarek January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 Did you know that 10 to 15% of visitors leaving your site can be saved with an exit popup? Exit intent popup is the message that appears on a screen as soon as a visitor is about to leave a page. It is a conversion strategy that … Continue reading 5 Ways to Make Exit Popup Work Effectively On Your Site
by Ron Johnson December 18, 2015 Follow @cyberoptikDecember 18, 2015 Winter holidays are your last chance this year to enjoy a sales boost. While your promotional discounts and offers are the core of your holiday sales, the overall look of your website creates the emotional desire to buy. Let’s be realistic: everyone offers special holiday … Continue reading How to Leverage Web Design Elements to Rock Your Holiday Sales
by Rick Whittington December 14, 2015 Follow @rickwhittingtonDecember 14, 2015 Is your company website an accurate reflection of your company’s brand identity? If it isn’t, it really should be. 81 percent of customers conduct research online before making a major purchase, which typically begins on a search engine or even social media. Your brand’s identity … Continue reading 5 Reasons Your Website Redesign Should Reflect Your Brand Identity
by Savannah Whitman December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 You’ve probably realized by now that at SHIFT, we like to work smarter, not harder. That’s why we try to automate our work when possible. For certain tasks, automation is obviously appropriate – the work is repetitive and clearly defined. However, for other tasks, finding a faster … Continue reading 4 Ways to “Automate” Good Design with Canva
by Vivienne Egan December 7, 2015 Follow @ThinkSearchDecember 7, 2015 In the early days of the Internet smart companies would recognise the importance of having their own website. They also recognised the importance of having a homepage that made a strong impact. But the rise of social media has seen a shift in the focus … Continue reading What Does The Continued Fragmentation of the Web Mean for Your Website?
by Tim Ash December 3, 2015 Follow @tim_ashDecember 3, 2015 I feel like we’ve been growing apart, lately. We used to stand for the same things: We used to fight clutter together. We would hate-laugh together as sites with rotating banners littered the web, with owners thinking letting all the groups have a piece of … Continue reading An Open Letter to “Minimalist” Sites
by Gyles Seward November 17, 2015 Follow @ElementaryDigiNovember 17, 2015 If you want to get into web design and are looking into doing it professionally, you need to keep up to date with all the latest tools to really stay ahead of everyone else. There are tools to help you manage your time, your team, … Continue reading Project Management Tools for Web Designers
by Chris Abraham November 10, 2015 Follow @chrisabrahamNovember 10, 2015 Pearson Education reached out to me to read and make make notes on Mike Moran’s and James Mathewson’s upcoming book, Outside-In Marketing. I go through it, paragraph by paragraph, and write notes on what comes to mind. After three chapters, I am both excited and … Continue reading Your Website is Wearing Mom Jeans and Shoulder Pads
