Google Chrome for windows font rendering solution
One of the biggest pains about Chrome for windows is how it renders fonts. Internet Explorer has no issues (surprisingly) nor does firefox, or Chrome for Mac. The problem is only on Chrome for windows. What’s the problem? jagged fonts that look awful and are not consistent with the other browsers. In the past there [...]
Ask for the referral
One of the best sources of new business is referrals. They are the easiest type of lead to convert because someone has already done part of the sales job for you by vouching for your services. If your business doesn’t have a strong focus on referrals, then you are missing out on a very important [...]
The Importance of good content
One of the most overlooked and neglected parts of many small and medium sized business’ websites is content. Content is what is going to sell your visitors on your product and/or service. Normally I recommend to clients that they use the services of a professional copywriter. A good copywriter will be able to produce text [...]
Without Flash
As we’ve mentioned in a previous post, mobile traffic is increasing. From what we’ve seen, well over 30% of traffic (and increasing) hitting the sites we manage comes from a mobile device. Since Adobe has killed off mobile flash, most of these mobile devices aren’t running flash. So what does this mean for you? If [...]
What do you do when you get too many leads?
Having too many leads is a very enviable position to be in. It is a sign that your company has made it, and you don’t have to worry too much about your revenue flow. It can also be a burden having to respond to all the leads, especially if there are a large number of [...]
The dangers of automatically using the latest versions
First let’s clarify, when we say using the latest, we don’t mean developing using the latest version, we mean linking to a CDN’s latest version (for example of jQuery.) Now the big question is why? the latest version addresses bugs, improves performance, etc. etc. etc. Some of the functionality you made might be depending a [...]
Website Priorities
So it’s time to update your business’s website and you, like most businesses, have a fairly tight budget. The big question is how do you allocate that budget, Content is King, all hail the king There is a lot that goes into building great websites, but one of the most important things is content. Great [...]
Mobile traffic is increasing, is your site ready?
The number of mobile users are fast increasing and mobile traffic on websites are right up there as well. Sadly many sites that are out there are not optimized for mobile traffic, and some can’t handle it all. Over the past 4 months, We have seen mobile traffic across all the sites we manage more [...]
Abandonment Issues
So you have a great call to action leading up to a form, but your conversion rate still isn’t as good as it could be? Take a look at your abandonment rate. What is the abandonment rate? the abandonment rate is the percentage of people who start in your conversion process, however don’t complete the [...]
