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It sounds silly nowadays, but are you sure your site works the way it should on a cell phone? When was the last time you checked? If it’s been a few years since your site was built, or if you used a company other than Electric Bricks, you may want to check it and make sure it’s representing you the way it should to mobile users.
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Website Management Quick Tip #3: Take Pictures of Everything You Do
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As a small business owner, you’re constantly helping clients, making products, performing services, or whatever else you do during the normal course of your day. And while these tasks may seem somewhat mundane, it’s a good idea to take as many pictures as you can – of everything – even if you don’t know right away where you may use them.
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Is Your Website Helping or Hurting Your Business?
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Your website is an essential representation of your overall brand. If it’s not performing at an optimal level, it can quickly and negatively impact the long-lasting impression it makes on a potential customer.
Website Management Quick Tip #2: 5 Easy Small Business Blog Topics
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When we start working with a new client, the topic of having a blog or company news section on the new website always comes up. Almost without fail, the first question the client asks is “What am I going to blog about?” It’s a great question and actually surprisingly easy to answer. Every small business owner has lots they can talk about if they just take a minute to think about it. Here are just a few ideas.
Website Management Quick Tip #1: Use a “Blog First” Social Media Strategy
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Small business site owners should always be looking for ways to improve their website’s performance – both in the search engines and in terms of how current and prospective customers use their site. To help in that very worthwhile endeavor, Electric Bricks will be publishing a series of “Quick Tip” articles aimed at offering real-world advice and strategies that are both effective and realistic for any busy small business owner. This is the first in that series.
What’s Next for Your Website?
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Whether your website is a year old or ten years old, it is probably time for a detailed audit. If you want your website to be as productive as possible and contribute to the growth of your company, then you need to think of it as a living entity. If you don’t, it will become stale and look outdated sooner than you think!
How to Deal with Negative Online Reviews
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Since we live in a digital world, one of the worst things that can happen to your company’s reputation is negative search results on Google. Prospective customers begin judging you immediately and having unflattering comments appear can quickly undo everything you’ve worked so hard to achieve. When this happens, action should be taken immediately.
Four Important Things to Do Before You Design a New Website
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Designing a new web site for your small business is a creative and subjective process. No matter what ultimate vision you have for your brand, there are four things you can do before the actual construction starts that will not only save you time and money, but also ensure that the entire process flows smoothly from beginning to end.
FREE Seminar: Understanding SEO & Why It Matters
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Electric Bricks owner, Keith Paul, will be giving a free seminar next Wednesday, September 27th at 9:00am aimed at helping small business owners understand the complexities and benefits of Search Engine Optimization. This 1-hour seminar is part of the Miller Business Center’s Business Bites series. All Business Bites programs are completely free and include 30 minutes of networking and refreshments beforehand.
A New Website for the Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley
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Being a member of a Chamber of Commerce is a good idea for any small business. It provides great networking opportunities as well as getting to contribute ideas on how to improve business in your area. Electric Bricks is currently a member of three Chambers: the Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches, the Greater Middle Country Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley (board member).
We were both please and excited to be asked by the Mastic-Shirley Chamber to redesign their website and make it something that the membership could be proud of, as well as a tool to help give them more exposure. Here’s a quick tour.