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What Successful Web Design Looks Like

Does your website have have all of the components it needs in order for it to be successful? Does it attract visitors on its own? Does it make those visitors feel comfortable when they arrive on the site? Does it

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Posted in Conversion, SEO, User Experience (UX), Web Design

SEO & The Raft Analogy

The following is an excerpt from my book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing … Getting your website to appear at the top of search results can be compared to how a raft works. Let me explain … Imagine that

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Image Names Matter More Than We Think

Although this is an important step in the optimization process, it’s often overlooked. Optimizing both your image names and your alt image text helps Google identify what your imagery and graphics are about. Optimized images help improve the SEO value

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Posted in How To, SEO

Pandemic Business Growth

Even before the pandemic, old-school cold calls, cold emails, and unsolicited sales inquiries were never part of Cuppa SEO’s business growth philosophy. And they’re still not. If you are engaging (or thinking of engaging) with people you know — or

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When Was the Last Time You Did a Proper Website Audit?

You know the way you cringe when you see, “in 2018 we will pursue…” on a website you’re browsing? An annual content audit of your website will minimize a potential client associating that feeling with your business. Here’s how to

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Posted in How To, Marketing, Web Design

As Little Web Design as Possible

When it comes to web design, not to mention online marketing as a whole, the world would be a better place if this book, As Little Design as Possible, were required reading for every professional. Written by Sophie Lovell, the book

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Posted in Design, Inspiration

Are you being proactive with your business during the pandemic? Or simply waiting for it to be over?

Right before the country started to lock down because of COVID-19, I was on the cusp of officially launching my speaking and consulting business. My book, A Holistic Guide to Online Marketing, was already published and I was all geared

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Posted in How To, Inspiration, Marketing

User Experience and Website Navigation

Today, let’s talk about user experience, also referred to as UX, which is the positive, negative or neutral experience someone has on your website, blog or social media. In the following example, I’d like to talk about website user experience,

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Posted in User Experience (UX), Web Design

Website Design 101: Never Forsake Function for Design

Not all design is good design — especially if it forsakes function for aesthetic. Although we’re talking about website design here, I’d like to take a step back and share a real-world experience that shows how choosing form over function

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Posted in Conversion, User Experience (UX), Web Design

Fresh-brewed Small Business Spotlight: Scott Frangos of Webdirexion

In this installment of our Small Business Spotlight series we’ll be highlighting Scott Frangos, owner of Webdirexion, a digital marketing agency. A fellow author, Scott was one of the original reviewers of my book, and since then we’ve become marketing

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Posted in Inspiration, Marketing, Networking
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