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There are occasions when normal, boring serifs and san serifs just won’t do because something bolder and more decorative is needed to fit the bill. If you find your blog or website in need of a little sprucing up, then take a look at these Google fonts and see is one is right for you. Google…
What does your restaurant website need? I have lots of opinions on restaurant web design. It seems that most restaurants aren’t interested or willing to pay for the cost of having a good website. But the truth is that people do look at restaurant websites, but they do it with a purpose. Restaurant websites are…
WordCamp DFW is this Saturday, September 24th, so if you haven’t already you should get your tickets and get ready to learn. Sumy Designs is primarily a two-person design and development team, and I suspect we aren’t the only WordPress designers out there who operate with less than a handful of employees. We’ve learned a…
Link building is the process of getting your website ranked better by having other sites link to it. That’s the basics. But it’s not quite that simple. The search engines see links to a site as a way to gauge the quality of a site, simply because if other people are linking to it, then…
Share your ideas Great blog posts should ignite the sharing of ideas. If your business has a blog, then you have a great way to market your business because you know more about your business than the rest of the world. Write posts about your business that will make your clients want to come back…
I’ve always been a fast worker. Not just in regard to web design/development, but everything. If I’m cleaning the kitchen, I do it faster – faster than anyone else in my house at least! I respond to emails fast. I type fast. I get comments about this all the time. I guess I just expect…
A couple of years ago Google decided that they were going to use site encryption as a ranking factor. At the time, it was a pretty small factor and many people didn’t pay it much attention. Since I always do what my Google Overlords tell me to do, I went ahead and encrypted our site. This…
But the truth is, most people aren’t willing to put in the work required to attain that status. At least once a week I get an inquiry from someone that has a list of their website needs, then at the bottom, they’ll include this: “And I also need to be first in Google.” It’s a little…
A few months ago I discovered a wonderful phone app called Color Viewfinder. If you have a favorite photo or favorite place and want to create a palette based on the color then this is the app for you. This app will turn your photos into fabulous color palettes, just take a look at the…
Faster Turn Around Time Many big businesses have a large number of people working on each project, which can result in long turnaround times. Since small agencies are working with fewer people and fewer employees, the jobs are turned faster. Client Focused Every client receives full attention because they aren’t juggling hundreds of clients or…
A couple of years ago, we had a thing in our tech world we called “Mobilegeddon.” What this meant was that websites were going to start getting penalized in the Google searches if their sites weren’t mobile friendly. This is a big deal. More and more people are viewing sites on their phones, so not…
Love them or hate them, 80% of users go to Google first when they search. And Google works really hard to give you the best possible search results so you can find what you are looking for. Which is why starting in January 10, 2017, if your site has intrusive pop-ups, you might get penalized.…
I love tools. Anything I can use to do things faster. Automation is my friend. As someone who works from home, I don’t always keep conventional hours. During the school year, I am at my desk fairly reliable but in the summer I’m working at all kinds of times. Day, night, whenever. One of my favorite…
Yelp has been around since 2004, and unless you’ve been living in the dark ages, you know that Yelp is a social networking site and app that publishes customer-based reviews about local businesses. According to Yelp Metrics, as of June 2016, Yelp has 142 million monthly users. Despite the number of users, there are mixed…
I hate the phone. I don’t like calling people. I’m really an email or text person. But, I do realize that not everything is about me and sometimes I need to accommodate the needs of other people and sometimes, other people like or need to talk on the phone. I get it. I may not…
Whenever I first talk to a potential client, the main things I want to know are: who is your customer? And how will they use your site? I always ask these questions first, because it’s important that we develop a website that your customers are going to be able to use. Because if your customers…