by tammylfinch | Jun 8, 2023 | Articles, News
Small business web design has changed a great deal in the 20+ years since I started. Perhaps one of the most important shifts, though, is one that is easy to miss. Wondering what this big change was? I’ll tell you: Once upon a time you could put a good website online...
by tammylfinch | May 15, 2023 | Articles, News
Most business owners just aren’t great at online marketing. However, they tend to think that their choices are to pay tons of money to an expensive agency or give up on finding customers over the internet. Neither seems like an appealing option, does it? Years of...
by tammylfinch | Apr 25, 2023 | Articles, News
I know some entrepreneurs who think that services like Squarespace and Wix are some of the best tools ever invented. I also know more than a few web designers who think they are complete ripoffs. Which group is correct? You could make a good argument that it’s...
by tammylfinch | Mar 20, 2023 | Articles, News
Read a few articles about search engine optimization (a.k.a. SEO) lately and you’ll get the distinct impression that it’s tougher and more complicated than ever. The algorithms change, AI is shaping search results, and humans are more discriminating than they used to...
by tammylfinch | Feb 15, 2023 | Articles, News
Do you ever feel like online marketing success – the kind that’s measured in actual dollars and customers – feels slightly out of reach? A lot of business owners do, and there is a fairly simple reason why. That’s because getting customers over the internet seems...
by tammylfinch | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles, News
If you’ve been watching the news lately, then you probably already know that Twitter seems to be going up in flames with Elon Musk at the helm. It’s too soon to say whether the service will actually go out of business, but it’s fair to observe that things are probably...
by tammylfinch | Jan 8, 2022 | Articles, News
Online marketing plans and New Year’s resolutions have a lot in common. Both tend to begin each January, with the best goals and loftiest intentions. And similarly, both tend to have been forgotten by the time February rolls around. If you’re a business owner you...
by tammylfinch | Mar 30, 2021 | Articles, New Services, News
Although I’ve become something of an Illinois expert in the field of online reputation management, I find that lots of business owners, self-employed people, and professionals don’t really understand the term. Is it something you should care about, especially if you...
by tammylfinch | Jun 15, 2017 | Articles, New Services, News
Local search engine optimization – which is the art and science of using Google to find buyers in your neighborhood – is more popular, and more powerful, than ever before. But business owners who haven’t taken advantage of this trend in the past sometimes ask: What...
by tammylfinch | May 30, 2017 | Articles, New Services, News
If you’ve been on the major social media site today (and who hasn’t?), there’s a pretty good chance that you seen at least half a dozen cat pictures and memes. You probably saw dozens of ads too, but it’s the cats you remember, right? As a proud owner of two cats,...
by tammylfinch | May 15, 2017 | Articles, New Services, News
More often than not, the hardest part about developing a blog post is coming up with the original topic or inspiration. Writer’s block is a real thing, especially when writing is just one of many things you have to do in a day and you’re feeling pressure to come up...
by tammylfinch | Apr 30, 2017 | Articles, Interviews, News
There are a lot of ways to compare different business web designers. You could look at their respective samples and see which ones you like. Or, you could compare fees and see who charges less. You might even sit down to have a consultation with each one to see which...
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