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    Why Using a Free Website Builder for Your Business is a Mistake

    July 2, 2024

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    Small Business, Web Design, Website Planning

    I’ve noticed that a lot of people are searching for “free website builders” to create their website for their business or organization. But that’s a really bad idea if you rely on your website to reach goals.

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    How to Create a Google Business Profile for Your Small Business

    June 25, 2024

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    SEO

    Local SEO is crucial for any small business out there. And the best way to get started on your Local SEO is to create a Google Business Profile. Here’s how you can get started right now.

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    What is Google Business Profile?

    June 18, 2024

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    SEO

    Have you ever looked up your business on Google? Have you ever wondered how your business got the little blurb on the right side of the results? It’s the power of Google Business Profile. Let

    Continue Reading: What is Google Business Profile?
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    Essential WordPress Plugins That Every Website Needs to Have

    June 11, 2024

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    WordPress, WordPress Plugins

    While WordPress core and can do a lot to help you create your amazing website. But they don’t do everything. Here are some of the best options for other plugins to add to your website for security, forms, ecommerce and more.

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    Best Web Design Practices for a Non Web Designer

    May 8, 2024

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    Web Design

    We’re in a day and age of visual website builders, which makes everyone who wants to create a website a web designer. But most people using those builders don’t know the best web design practices. So let’s talk about web design.

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    Story Lines updated to version 2.1

    February 28, 2023

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    Story Lines

    After a two-year break, the Story Lines WordPress plugin has been updated to make the block better for your website. Also, there’s a plan for updating the block this year.

    Continue Reading: Story Lines updated to version 2.1
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    The best WordPress full site editing themes for your website

    February 24, 2023

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    Full Site Editing, WordPress Themes

    WordPress full site editing themes are becoming the cool new thing in WordPress. They allow you to customize every part of your website. So let’s check out some block themes you might want to use.

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    How to create content for your new website

    February 21, 2023

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    Content

    Content is the most important part of any website. Not the design, not the flashy animations, not the cool colors. So let’s go through how you can create content for your new website.

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    Read More About updated to version 2.1

    February 14, 2023

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    Read More About

    After a two-year break, the Read More About WordPress plugin has been updated to make the block better for your website. Also, there’s a plan for updating the block this year.

    Continue Reading: Read More About updated to version 2.1
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    Gutenberg, WordPress and small business websites

    February 14, 2023

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    Block Editor, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg

    It’s been over four years since Gutenberg was rolled into WordPress core. It brought with it the block editor and more recently full site editing capabilities. So let’s dive into see how it can help your small business website.

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