There are many online donation tools available for nonprofits - how can one choose what’s best for their organization? We narrowed down a few great tools for nonprofits and donors alike. Not only are they affordable for nonprofit fundraising - they are also convenient for donors to use for their...
The self-educating buyer In 2008, Roman Ray wrote, The Best Salesperson: Your Website, in Entrepreneur Magazine explaining how an business's best sales person is actually their website. The Internet has changed the way we shop Websites play a central role in the customer acquisition process. A...
For websites in production, it is a good idea to block search engines from accessing your content and caching your website for search. Wordpress makes it easy to block Google and other search engines. To block Google and search engines in Wordpress Click on the "Settings" item in your left hand...
There are many tools in the digital marketing arsenal for corporations and enterprises, but perhaps none as important as the corporate website. Websites play a role in lead generation, brand visibility, PR, customer nurturing, sales and sales nurturing, partner communications, internal...
Website performance is a critical part of user-experience, but many web designers forget many website performance best practices. Following these best practices for website performance can help to dramatically improve a site's user-experience, scalability and SEO. Website performance best practices...
Not only is WordPress the leader when it comes to website management for small to medium businesses, but they have also created ways to make it easier for the user to build their search engine optimization. Creating multisites allows users to create a network of sites under one domain that can...
Drafting a request for proposal for a website design project can be a tedious and dreary process. Companies seeking a vendor frequently write exhaustive checklists containing dry information and/or questions. While some of these arid details are often necessary, the RFP should not resemble...
When you install a plugin, you are essentially putting someone else's code within your website. Not all plugins are well-coded. Some are fantastic, while others are less so. Some plugins could pose risks to a website--from causing security issues and vulnerabilities or slow down a website. Also,...
Caching is a vital factor in improving a website’s overall performance. In WordPress this is especially true since the CMS creates HTML pages dynamically. PHP code working with MySQL database queries create the live site pages that a visitor experiences. Wordpress caching can reduce load time by...
Conversion rate is one of the most important metrics to measure on a business website. There are a number of factors that an organization can optimize to improve website conversion rate. Improve website conversion rates by optimizing these factors: Provide clear calls-to-action. Be clear in what...