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What's Involved in Creating a Unique Custom Website?

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Getting a unique custom-built website that stand outs from your competition, involves lots of time and dedication. You might be overwhelmed with all the different approaches, and options available to you. Below we will cover all the various things required to getting started with a custom-built website. Website Design User Experience (UX) User experience considers a person's emotions, when interfacing with a website. It is what a person's feels, while they interact with your website. Your website should provide a positive user experience that fulfills the user's needs. Over the years, Google has updated its search engine. Each update, Google has been geared towards websites that provide user focused and user-friendly content. To rank higher on Google, your website should provide high quality engaging content. User Interface (UI) If you have ever found yourself on a website, where every page looks/ different, you are unable to understand what they are offering, or how to nav...

Our SEO Checklist

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  Kickstart your search engine optimization Below, Learn more about what is required to getting started. Set Up Google Analytics. Set Up Google Search Console. Set up Bing Webmaster (if you set google, you can import your website). Create a sitemap. Submit to Google Search Console. Site should have About, Contact, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service Pages and 404 Page. (Landing Pages/Business Profile Sites) Server should be close to your targeted area. Site should load fast. (Optimal speed less than 400ms). Site should be Mobile Friendly. Site should have favicon, Site should work on all browsers (I.E, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc.). URLs should be short and descriptive i.e www.yoursite.com/services/calgary-landscape Make it easy to share your content (I.e. Facebook, twitter share buttons etc. …). Create and link all your business social media to and from your website. Install Yoast SEO (WordPress Only) Check and Fix all broken links. Optimize Your HTML. I.e., all image tags shou...

5 Reasons Why You Need A Website

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  The #1 Worst SEO Mistake: Is Not having a Website. Below, we give you 5 reasons , why having a website is a vital and decisive factor, for your business success. 1. People can learn more about your business “97% of people learn more about a local company online than anywhere else. By not having a website, you will find it nearly impossible to capture traffic. Your website can act as your business advocate as it can be made available 24/7, giving your business greater exposure, that could lead to increased sales and revenue. 2. You need to be discoverable in Search Engine Results “Search engines drive 93% of all website traffic, and nearly half of these searches, are for local business" By having an SEO optimized website, you will ensure that local consumers are able to find and contact you, as well as learn more about your services, which leads to increased sales. 3. Your competitors most likely already have one. It's impossible to give an exact timeframe for how long it wil...

What Is Ecommerce Website & How to Get Started (2020 guide)?

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  As the internet have become widespread, ecommerce sites have completely changed the way people shop, and sell products and/or services. The ecommerce industry is constantly expanding. It is estimated that there are more than 20 million ecommerce websites in 2020. Additionally, experts project that by 2025, the global e-commerce market will be worth more than $24 trillion Define Ecommerce: E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of buying or selling goods or services over the internet. Before starting an ecommerce business, first, you will need to familiarize yourself with the four different types of ecommerce business models. This will help you to identify which ecommerce platform your business model's needs. Different Types of Ecommerce Business Models There are four main types of ecommerce business models that can describe all transactions between consumers and business. 1. Business to Consumer (B2C) Business to consumer refers to the process of selling products or se...