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296 articles on websites, hosting, marketing, and running a business online.
Website Management in 2026: Half-Year Trends We're Seeing Everywhere
Six months into 2026, clear patterns have emerged in how businesses build and run websites, from AI-first creation to the growing premium on human upkeep.
Preparing Your Website for the 2026 Holiday Season (Yes, Already)
Holiday season website prep in June sounds premature until you understand SEO lead times, which is exactly why the winners start their prep now.
Your Website's Mid-Year Report Card: 10 Metrics to Grade
Halfway through 2026 is the perfect moment to grade your website on ten concrete metrics and find out whether it's earning its keep.
Agency, Care Plan, or Freelancer: Who Should Run Your Website?
Agencies, freelancers, and care plans each fit different website needs, and matching the model to your situation matters more than picking the best provider.
Password Hygiene, 2FA, and Your Website's Weakest Link
Most website compromises start with a stolen or reused password rather than sophisticated hacking, which means your login habits are the real security perimeter.
Summer Slowdown? The Perfect Season for a Website Tune-Up
If summer slows your business down, that quiet stretch is the ideal window to give your website the tune-up it never gets during busy season.
The Website Tasks You Should Never DIY as a Business Owner
Plenty of website tasks are fine to do yourself, but a handful carry so much downside risk that delegating them is simply good business judgment.
What "Unlimited Support" Really Means (and What to Demand From It)
Unlimited support is one of the most-used phrases in website services, so here's how to tell the real thing from the fine print, and what to demand.
Website Redesigns With Zero Downtime: How the Pros Cut Over
A website redesign should launch without a minute of downtime, and the professional cutover process that makes it possible is simpler than you'd think.
Multi-Location Businesses: One Website or Many?
Businesses with multiple locations face a classic web dilemma, and in most cases one strong site with dedicated location pages beats a fleet of separate sites.
Framer Sites in Production: What to Know Before You Commit
Framer has grown from design tool to legitimate website platform, but running a real business site on it comes with specifics worth knowing upfront.
Webflow for Small Businesses: When It's Worth It
Webflow delivers designer-grade websites without custom code, but for small businesses the honest answer on whether it's worth it depends on three factors.
Squarespace vs Wix in 2026: Strengths, Limits, and Switching Costs
Squarespace and Wix remain the two big DIY builders, and in 2026 the real differences lie in design philosophy, flexibility, and what leaving costs you.
Connecting a Custom Domain: The 20-Minute Guide
Pointing your custom domain at your website takes about twenty minutes when you know the steps, and this guide walks through each one plainly.
The Hosting Questions to Ask Before You Launch an AI-Built Site
AI builders make launching easy, but the hosting underneath your new site deserves five pointed questions before you point your domain at it.
WordPress vs AI Builders vs Webflow: An Honest Decision Guide
WordPress, AI builders, and Webflow each win in different situations, and choosing well comes down to your budget, timeline, and appetite for maintenance.
Who Maintains an AI-Built Website? (Someone Has To)
AI can generate a website in minutes, but generation is a one-time event while maintenance is forever, and that gap catches many owners off guard.
From Prompt to Homepage: Writing a Brief an AI Builder Can Nail
The quality of an AI-generated website depends almost entirely on the brief you feed it, and a few specific details make all the difference.
AI Website Builders in 2026: What They Do Well (and Where They Stop)
AI website builders have become genuinely useful tools, but knowing exactly where their capabilities end will save you frustration, money, and a few late-night rebuilds.
How Heatmaps Reveal What Your Visitors Ignore
Heatmaps show where visitors click, scroll, and stall, exposing the buttons nobody presses and the content nobody sees on pages you thought worked.
Checkout Friction: Finding Where Buyers Give Up
Shoppers who reach checkout wanted to buy, so learn to read your funnel step by step and find the exact field or moment where they quit.
Live Chat vs Chatbots: What Visitors Actually Want
Visitors do not hate chatbots or love live chat categorically; they want fast, honest answers, and the right setup depends on your team and traffic.
Pricing Pages That Answer Objections Before They're Raised
Your pricing page is a silent sales conversation, and the ones that convert anticipate every objection, from sticker shock to what-if-I-cancel doubts.
Forms That Convert: Fewer Fields, Better Labels, More Leads
Your forms are where interest becomes a lead or quietly dies, and a few disciplined changes to fields, labels, and buttons will raise completions.
Trust Signals: Badges, Reviews, and Proof That Lifts Conversions
Visitors decide whether to trust you before they decide whether to buy, and the right proof placed at the right moments measurably lifts conversions.
Conversion Rate Optimization 101: Your First Three A/B Tests
New to A/B testing? Start with these three high-impact experiments on headlines, buttons, and forms, and learn the rules that make results trustworthy.
Setting Website Goals for 2026 That You'll Actually Track
Vague website resolutions die by February, so set a few specific, measurable goals for 2026 and build the simple tracking habit that keeps them alive.
New Year, New Website? When to Redesign vs When to Refresh
Not every dated website needs a full rebuild, so here is an honest framework for deciding between a targeted refresh and a true redesign.
The 2025 Website Wrap-Up: What Changed and What Mattered
From search results reshaped by answer engines to rising speed standards, here is what actually changed for small business websites in 2025.
Why December Is the Best Month to Plan Your Website Budget
December gives you a full year of data, fresh tax considerations, and lead time on vendors, making it the smartest month to set your website budget.
Gift Cards, Bundles, and Other Quick Ecommerce Wins
A handful of fast additions like digital gift cards, curated bundles, and smarter product pages can lift December revenue without a redesign.
Year-End Website Audit: 12 Checks Before January
Close out the year with a twelve-point website audit covering security, speed, content, and SEO so January starts clean instead of cluttered.
Cyber Monday Postmortem: What Your Analytics Are Telling You
The week after Cyber Monday is a goldmine of visitor data, and a short postmortem now will make every future promotion measurably stronger.
Popups That Convert Without Infuriating People
Popups still work when timing, targeting, and the offer respect the visitor, and here is how to capture emails without driving people away.
Above the Fold: What Your Homepage Must Say in 5 Seconds
Visitors decide whether to stay within seconds of landing, so your homepage's top section must answer three questions instantly or lose them for good.
Cart Abandonment: 9 Fixes Ranked by Effort vs Impact
About seventy percent of carts are abandoned, but these nine fixes, ranked from quick wins to bigger projects, can recover a meaningful share of lost sales.
Website Accessibility: What Small Businesses Need to Know Now
Accessibility is no longer optional for small business websites, and the fundamentals are simpler than you think, protecting you legally while expanding your audience.
Holiday Hours, Shipping Cutoffs, and the Pages Shoppers Actually Check
Shoppers hunting for holiday hours and shipping deadlines will leave if answers are buried, so update these overlooked pages before the season starts.
Is Your Website Ready for Black Friday Traffic? A Stress-Test Checklist
Black Friday traffic can triple overnight, and slow or broken pages cost real revenue, so run this stress-test checklist weeks before the rush arrives.
Measuring Content ROI When You're Not an Analyst
You don't need dashboards or a data team to know whether your content pays for itself; you need three numbers, a simple habit, and honest math.
Reviews as a Ranking Factor: How to Get More Without Begging
Reviews influence local rankings and customer decisions more than almost anything else, and a systematic ask built into your workflow beats pleading every time.
Image SEO: Alt Text, File Names, and Speed
Images affect rankings through accessibility, relevance, and page speed, and a few unglamorous habits around alt text, file names, and compression pay off site-wide.
How Long Does SEO Take? An Honest Timeline
SEO usually takes four to twelve months to pay off meaningfully, and knowing what should happen at each stage protects you from both false promises and premature quitting.
Voice Search and Near-Me Queries: Optimizing for How People Talk
People increasingly search by talking, asking full questions with local intent, and small tweaks to your content and listings help you become the answer.
Case Study Anatomy: Turning Happy Clients Into Sales Content
A well-built case study turns one happy client into a persuasion asset that works in proposals, on your website, and in search, and the formula is learnable.
Seasonal Content Calendars: Plan Q4 Before It Plans You
Seasonal traffic goes to content published months in advance, so the businesses that win Q4 searches are the ones planning their calendars in late summer.
Email Capture That Doesn't Annoy Your Visitors
You can grow a real email list without instant popups and dark patterns by trading genuine value for addresses and asking at moments that respect the visitor.
Landing Pages vs. Homepages: Where to Send Your Ad Traffic
Sending paid clicks to your homepage quietly wastes ad budget; a focused landing page that matches the ad's promise routinely converts two to three times better.
The Small-Business Guide to Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics 4 overwhelms most owners with menus they'll never need, but four reports and one key setup step answer nearly every question that matters.
Schema Markup Explained for Non-Developers
Schema markup is a behind-the-scenes label maker that helps Google understand your business, and you don't need to write code to understand what it should say.
Content Refreshes: Squeeze More Traffic From Posts You Already Have
Updating existing posts is often faster and more effective than writing new ones, and a simple quarterly refresh routine can revive rankings you've already half-earned.
How to Earn Backlinks Without Cold-Emailing Strangers
You can build real, ranking-worthy backlinks through relationships and assets you already have, no awkward outreach templates or link-buying schemes required.
Internal Linking: The Most Underrated SEO Tactic
Internal links are free, entirely under your control, and routinely ignored, which makes them the highest-leverage SEO fix most small-business sites can make this week.
Why Your Blog Isn't Bringing In Traffic (and How to Fix It)
If you've published for months with nothing to show for it, the problem is usually one of four fixable issues, not the blog itself.
Keyword Research for People Who Hate Keyword Research
You don't need expensive tools or spreadsheets with a thousand rows to find keywords worth targeting; you need a simple, repeatable process built on questions customers already ask.
How to Write Service Pages That Rank and Convert
Service pages do the heaviest lifting on a small-business website, and a proven structure helps them rank in search while turning visitors into inquiries.
How AI Search Results Are Changing SEO (and What to Do About It)
AI-generated answers now sit on top of many search results, but small businesses that adapt their content strategy can still win clicks, citations, and customers.
Google Business Profile Mistakes That Cost You Customers
Your Google Business Profile often gets seen more than your website, and these common mistakes quietly send ready-to-buy customers to your competitors instead.
Local SEO in 2025: How to Own Your Town's Search Results
A practical playbook for dominating local search in your city, from Google Business Profile basics to location pages, citations, and the reviews that tip the scales.
Why Every Shopify Store Still Needs a Maintenance Routine
Shopify handles servers and security patches, but apps, themes, checkout flows, and SEO still degrade without a routine, and hosted platforms hide that quietly.
Website Speed: 8 Fixes That Don't Require a Developer
Most slow websites can get dramatically faster through image compression, caching, and cleanup tasks any owner can handle without touching a line of code.
How a Staging Site Saves You From Breaking Production
A staging site is a private copy of your website where updates and redesigns get tested safely, so mistakes never reach the version customers see.
DNS Basics Every Business Owner Should Understand
DNS is the address book that connects your domain to your website and email, and a little literacy prevents expensive mistakes and lockouts.
Uptime Monitoring: How the Pros Find Out Before Customers Do
Uptime monitoring pings your site every minute and alerts a responder the moment it fails, closing the gap where outages quietly cost you customers.
The Hidden Risks of Abandoned Plugins and Themes
Plugins and themes whose developers walked away stop receiving security patches, turning yesterday's convenient install into today's easiest way into your website.
Spring Cleaning Your Website: 10 Things to Delete Today
Deleting inactive plugins, stale accounts, and outdated content makes your site faster and safer in an afternoon; here are the ten highest-value removals.
Malware Scanning: What It Catches and What It Can't
Malware scanners reliably catch known infections but miss novel backdoors and cannot prevent attacks, so they belong inside a layered security routine, not alone.
How to Migrate Your Website Without Losing Google Rankings
Website migrations only destroy rankings when URLs change without redirects; this walkthrough covers the mapping, testing, and monitoring that protect your traffic.
Core Web Vitals in 2025: What Actually Matters Now
Core Web Vitals now measure loading, responsiveness, and visual stability with INP replacing FID, and the business case for passing them is stronger than the SEO case.
Why Your Contact Form Stopped Working (and Nobody Told You)
Contact forms fail silently after email policy changes, plugin updates, or spam filter drift, and monthly test submissions are the only way to catch it.
Shared Hosting vs Managed Hosting: What Small Businesses Should Pick
Shared hosting is cheap rented space with no help included, while managed hosting bundles the expertise; the right choice depends on what your time is worth.
Website Maintenance Checklist: Monthly Tasks That Prevent Disasters
A one-hour monthly maintenance routine covering updates, backups, forms, and security checks prevents nearly every website disaster small businesses typically face.
What to Do in the First 30 Minutes After Your Website Gets Hacked
The first half hour after a hack determines how bad it gets; here is the calm, ordered checklist for containing the damage and starting a clean recovery.
7 Signs Your Web Host Is Slowing Your Business Down
Slow pages, mystery outages, and support tickets that go nowhere are not normal; they are symptoms of a web host quietly costing you customers and rankings.
SSL Certificates Explained in Plain English
SSL certificates encrypt traffic between visitors and your site, unlock the padlock icon, and are now mandatory for trust, browsers, and search rankings alike.
Daily Backups: The Insurance Policy Your Website Is Missing
A real backup strategy means daily, automated, offsite copies that you have actually tested restoring, because every other kind of backup fails exactly when you need it.
How Often Should You Really Update WordPress Plugins?
Weekly plugin updates hit the sweet spot for most small-business sites, with security patches applied immediately and every update backed up and tested first.
The True Cost of One Hour of Website Downtime for a Small Business
Downtime costs small businesses far more than lost sales, from wasted ad spend to damaged trust and search rankings, and most owners never calculate the real number.
What a Website Care Plan Actually Covers (and Why It Beats Break-Fix)
A website care plan handles updates, backups, security, and support before problems start, which almost always costs less than paying to fix emergencies after they happen.
Tips for Reducing Back Pain When Working on a Computer for Prolonged Periods
If you’re a business owner, you probably have days when you’re working on a computer for prolonged periods of time, whether completing payroll, performing digital marketing tasks, emailing, etc. This …
How Awesome Website Guys’ Marketing Services Can Benefit Your Dental Practice
So you’re a dentist. You have your degrees on the wall from prestigious schools and have taken countless continuing education credits. You’ve chosen high-tech equipment to give your patients the optim…
Freelance Work-at-Home Burnout: Signs You Have It
Freelance burnout is real, despite all the images depicting the happy life you can lead as you’re sitting poolside with your laptop. And don’t get us wrong. Yes, many of us have, at some point, sat po…
Why Do Medical Practices Need Websites?
At Awesome Website Guys, we offer website design in Raleigh as well as Delray Beach web design. And we offer affordable website design anywhere in the country with our ability to work with our clients…
Tips for Starting a Small Business as a Side Hustle
A small business seems like a big, time-consuming venture to many when they’re running it full-time. And trust us, it is a full-time job and then some. But, you can start out small and gradually work …
Small Business Ideas for Animal Lovers
If you love pets, the natural career options for you are to work as a vet or a veterinarian tech. However, these jobs aren’t for everyone. Going to school to be a vet takes at least eight years . And …
How Our Company Helps Your Business Grow Digitally
So when you think of a digital marketing agency, what do you think about it? Do you think of individuals who are WordPress experts and specialists in website design in Wilmington, NC? Or, do you merel…
What to Do if You're Lacking Inspiration for Marketing
When you see all the advertisements on TV and the web, marketing seems like a simplistic concept. I mean, we literally have a company whose slogan is “Just Do ,” and they earned nearly $50 billion dol…
Don't Let These Outdated SEO Practices Slow Your Business
Your rank is reliant on SEO. Unfortunately, the practices that worked a year ago aren’t always relevant now. The techniques most effective even change more frequently than that if you really think abo…
Creating a Marketing Persona -- A Vital Component of Your Marketing Plan
When you hire us for website design in Raleigh, NC, or opt for one of our other services, such as social media or blogging, you receive the finished product, and you may be surprised to see that it pe…
How to Write a Marketing Plan
Before starting a business, you have a lengthy to-do list, which may consist of looking for website design in Raleigh, NC, and affordable website hosting. One of the first tasks you want to complete, …
Making Your Marketing Plan More Personalized
Marketing isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. You can’t have generic content and a layout design that’s been used a million times across the web. Consumers are looking for more when they’re looking at…
Branding Misconceptions: Don’t Fall for Them!
Branding is a bit more complex than simply giving a business its own identity. While you are making a name for it, branding encompasses the entire essence of what your business is and does. Unfortunat…
Should You Consider a Minimalist Approach to Web Design?
Let’s first start out by saying we aren’t a company that promotes nudists in our work environment, though our staff mainly works remotely, so we can’t say for certain. A minimalist approach to website…
Is Luxury Branding Right for Your Business?
They say, “If you build it, they will come.” However, if you make it and overcharge for it, they might not come, and if they do, they definitely won’t return. The same applies if you mis-brand your bu…
Has Your Business Bounced Back From 2020? Let Us Take You Higher!
In 2020, it was a difficult time for everyone. While we recognize this, we realize that small businesses had a unique situation to contend with that wasn't over immediately after the stay-at-home orde…
Why Is My Website Down?
Every minute your website is down is another minute that people are landing on your site and are unable to access it. It could cause your site to move downward in the search results. And keep in mind …
Should You Offer a Loyalty Program?
When you think of a loyalty program, the first thoughts that pop into your mind are of people getting punches until they receive a free latte. Or, they fly so much and earn airline miles. However, loy…
Increase Your Positive Reviews
The Internet has changed how businesses do business. At one point, only a few decades ago to be exact, a person would purchase from a business or use their services. If they didn’t like the product or…
How Fast Should You Grow Your Business?
Business growth ultimately equates to more money, so you would think the more the merrier, right? While this sounds good in theory, it’s not practical. Your business can only deal with so much busines…
Why Aren’t Customers Returning to My Business?
In today’s world, people are more picky than ever when it comes to giving a company business. With inflation continuing with no end in sight, many people realize that every dime counts, and they absol…
Why Seasonal Topics Work on Blogs
As we approach the end of summer, kids are going back to school. Halloween is approaching. And after that comes a mad rush of one holiday after another. Then, it’s spring, and all the holidays associa…
Vital Information About Letting Employees Go: A Handy Guide
Most startups need more than one employee. Entrepreneurs typically require staff and occasionally outside contractors to operate as intended. Performing human resource duties remains tricky, especiall…
Why Outsourcing SEO to the Philippines Makes Sense
As your business works to grow and expand into new markets, or even just grow its customer base in the current market, one of the most important things to make use of is proper SEO techniques. These a…
How To Use Instagram To Drive Traffic to Your Website
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms out there and with good reason! Instagram is so diverse, allowing you to share your posts and photos that can be viewed on a variety …
How Technological Advancements Benefit Restaurant Marketing?
Over the past few years, technology advanced several notches, especially for small businesses. From restaurant advertising to social media, almost every tech advancement is helpful for marketin…
How to Help Your Company Beat Inflation
Everywhere you turn you’re reminded that we’re in a period of inflation. You turn on the news, and you see it on at least one report. When you go to the grocery store, you see firsthand how much infla…
How to Attract Millennials to Your Website
Millennials include any individuals born between 1981 and 1996. If you decide these people are in your target audience, the next step is to cater to this age bracket. But how do you accomplish this? A…
Innovative Tips for Small Business Growth
One of the best ways to grow your business today is to focus on innovation and creativity. Statistics show that 84% of business executives believe that innovation is essential to growth. It can be cha…
8 Tips to increase Productivity while Working from Home
Some folks love working from home, and some hate it. The primary reason for people being skeptical about remote work is that it tends to reduce their productivity. Many individuals find it diff…
Why do Techies prefer to Work from Home?
The remote work culture has popularized immensely since the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the tech industry. Even though many employers are still not fully on-board or supportive of the perm…
Working From Home: Surviving One More Month Before Your Kids Go Back to School
Many business owners get the pleasure of working from home, at least occasionally. While this provides its share of benefits, when you have children, it can make the summertime a bit complicated. And …
Tips for Choosing a Company Name
So you’re ready to start a business? You obviously have a great deal of planning to complete, such as searching for WordPress experts to manage your website. Besides managed WordPress hosting, though,…
Signs Your Website Is Outdated
At Awesome Website Guys, we’re just that -- awesome fellas and ladies who know a thing or two about websites. We offer services, including Greensboro web design, Delray Beach web design, and web desig…
How to Choose a Website Design Company
Whether you’re searching for Greensboro web design, Delray Beach web design, or for web design anywhere else in the U.S., you have a choice to make. And one that can affect the entire trajectory of yo…
Tips for Better Managing Stress as a Business Owner
With owning a business comes risks. It also comes with a great deal of burdens and responsibilities. It's rewarding, though. And while you might love being a business owner, the downsides may cause yo…
Top 10 Email Marketing Tools To Be Used In 2022.
In 2022 What Tools Will Be Used for Email Marketing? Email marketing is one of the most effective ways to market your products or services. There are many different email marketing tools that you can …
Top 10 Social Media Marketing Trends You Can Use Today.
At the beginning of any year, there are always new marketing trends that emerge. This article breaks down some of the top social media marketing trends and how you can use them in your own mark…
Top 7 Entrepreneur Apps to Free Up Your Time in 2022
One of the greatest advantages of entrepreneurship these days is that there are so many digital tools to help you succeed. Whether you’re a WFH entrepreneur or a local small business owner, the right …
Should You Start a Referral Program?
A referral program is basically word-of-mouth advertising with a bit of an incentive. For some companies, it can increase their client or customer base and help to generate more revenue. The program m…
Why You Should Start a Business This Summer
If you’ve been putting off starting your own business, you’re only hurting yourself. And this summer might just be the best time to start a company. Plus, at Awesome Website Guys, we’re here to help w…
6 Things to Consider When Pursuing a Tech Career
The tech industry has become one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. It has also become one of the largest employers of manpower. The industry is an innovative sector that provides competi…
Change Your Office Decor for a More Productive Business
Have you been feeling uncharismatic as you finish your work? You could need a change of scenery. Whilst it would be nice to travel to the beach and sit oceanside to complete your latest round of invoi…
Healthy Living Tips for a More Productive Business
By improving your health and overall well-being, you can improve your productivity when it comes to your business. And it only takes a few simple tips. Plus, at Awesome Website Guys, we can assist by …
Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
Most people have to work for a living to enjoy life. However, work shouldn’t dominate your entire life. You still need to spend those little moments with your family and friends. And you still require…
Great Tech for Freelancers, Solopreneurs, and Small Business Owners
If you're a solopreneur, freelancer, or small business owner, you probably try to keep overhead expenses low. While this is smart, you shouldn't be so cost-conscious that you forego essential technolo…
Social Media Myths to Avoid
You want to get your company or brand into the social media game, but are not sure how. If you are looking to get a social media marketing company , make sure that they don’t subscribe to these myths …
What Does a Front-End Web Developer Do?
In the web dev space, developers are called by different names. Some are considered frontend while others are backend. Sometimes, developers are called by a specific skill. For instance, React develop…
How to Make the Most of Your Mondays
Perhaps you chose to open your own business because you knew you’d be able to get weekends off and enjoy them with your family. You still might notice that Mondays are your busiest day because it’s th…
4 Reasons You Might Be Struggling to Get Clients or Customers
Whether you own a start-up or a well-established business, the goal of being an entrepreneur is to generate a profit at all times, which means having a continuous flow of customers or clients. So, if …
Tips for Working While Traveling
Whether you’re trying to enjoy family time without getting fully away from your business or frequently go out of town on business trips, you must prepare. You need to consider everything you need to h…
4 Things Nobody Tells You About Starting a Business
Between the owner of our company and every independent contractor hired by Awesome Website Guys, we truly understand self-employment and why someone would want to start a business. With the positives …
Tips for Better Mental Health for Small Business Owners
While you receive several perks as a small business owner, the territory comes with a great deal of stress. You have everything riding on your shoulders, and you may find your work way more than a nor…
Apply These 8 Secret Techniques to Improve Content Quality
Every day, 60% of marketers put their heads together to create one piece of content. This monotonous task is driven by the need for good content and the fight for visibility in the online world. Wheth…
Should You Use WordPress for Your Website?
WordPress is a website hosting and building program. While it’s one of the more well-known ones, others exist. This means you have a decision to make when you’re selecting a program. While we’re WordP…
Link Building For SEO: Does It Still Work In 2022?
Can you believe that we’re already four months into 2022? Personally, I refuse to. The Internet has been changing in more ways than it’s possible to describe, with businesses desperately fighting for …
Why It Takes More Than Hard Work to Make a Business Successful
It wasn’t long ago that a celebrity went on record, saying hard work is needed for success. And yes, this is completely true. However, you’ll need more than just hard work to make that business…
Getting the Most for Your Money With Marketing
Whether you’re just starting or are rethinking your current marketing plan, you want to get the most for your money. You work hard for it and want your company to thrive as much as possible. At…
Why Hire a Professional for Logo Design
At Awesome Website Guys, we pride ourselves on being WordPress experts. Besides our managed WordPress hosting and other similar services, we offer logo design. You may wonder why you should opt for th…
Ways to Increase Productivity at the Office
If you own a business or practice, you’re responsible for a great deal of the hefty lifting. At times, it may seem overwhelming, as if you just can’t get enough work done. However, you can take steps …
Hire a Professional for These Start-Up Tasks
You have the potential for major success when you start a business. Plus, starting a business is an opportunity for you to be your…
9 Best Social Media Tools for the Early-Stage Startups
Everyone's life is influenced by social media. It is a very important element of the celebrity of influencers and social media content makers, and it can be considered their office. Now, social media …
A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs Starting an Ecommerce Business
As a wannabe entrepreneur in your 20s or 30s, you may be worried that starting your own company is out of reach. Many people in this age bracket don't have a lot of savings to fund a startup, which ca…
The Top 10 SEO Technologies For Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Virtual advertising strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is essential for clients in your commercial enterprise through online platforms. Effective online advertising needs it. Search eng…
Web Design Success Story: BSRI
Client Profile Name: BSRI Industry: Nonprofit Location: Shallotte, NC Scope: Website, Marketing, and SEO Project Duration: 5 months Awesome Website Guy’s Approach for Nonprofit Clients Business Assess…
The Easiest Ways to Manage Multiple Websites
Running a website is no easy task, so when you add more than one on top of that it may seem very overwhelming. Thankfully there are lots of tools to help you manage all of your websites under one plat…
Tips to Increase Your Holiday Sales on Your Website
Another year has come and (almost) gone, so it’s time to end the year with a bang. With so many ways to shop these days you have to be creative when trying to gain customers and in turn, increase your…
Networking at an Online Conference
Now more than ever online conferences are becoming very popular. Unlike actual conferences where you can speak one-on-one and face to face with individuals it’s a lot different trying to network onlin…
How to Improve Website Responsiveness?
Web design trends are incessantly changing and evolving, but there's one hard-and-fast rule every web designer should stick to - ensure they create responsive websites. A responsive website loo…
How to Write Your Own Tech Resume
All of us have created a resume before, but a technical resume is the new way to present what you have to offer to potential employers. A tech resume is very similar to a regular resume, however this …
Three Tips to Enhance Your Business Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity remains a hot topic in today’s world. While the threat of novel attacks such as ransomware breaches and hacks was already mounting before the pandemic, several factors have compounded th…
Captivating Questionnaires Web Design
Questionnaires can be used as a great research tool to find out information about so many different things; much like an interview. Questionnaires can be done over the phone, face to face, on a post, …
Neumorphism Web Design
Skeuomorphism first made its debut in 2010 using simplified icons and colors on a flat design. In today’s world neumorphism is taking things three-dimensional and the results are eye-catching. Using t…
Top 10 Fastest WordPress Themes of 2021
While selecting a WordPress theme, most people get carried away by the designs and widget-loudness of the theme. But if you want an optimized site, it is inevitable to consider the theme’s speed too. …
A Look at Abstract Art Web Design
One of the top web design trends of 2021 is abstract art and it’s easy to see why. Abstraction literally means the distancing of an idea from objective referents. That means, in the visual arts, pulli…
How to Choose the Best Domain Name (Tools and Tips)
A domain name is not just your address on the internet, it is also what defines your website or company and becomes your identity. Choosing the right domain is the first key to success. It must be uni…
Web Design Success Story: Long Bay Builders, Inc
Client Profile Name: Long Bay Builders, Inc Industry: Construction Location: Ocean Isle Beach, NC Scope: Website, Marketing, and SEO Project Duration: 3 months Awesome Website Guy’s Approach fo…
Why Smiling at Work Can Improve Productivity
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How to Start a Podcast for Your Business
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Web Design Success Story: Pureganixx
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How We Work with Crowdfunding Projects
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In 2019, there were over 6.45 million successful crowdfunding campaigns around the globe. To be considered successful, a crowdfunding company has achieved their campaign goals on time. In last week’s …
Why Your Website Needs Google Search Console
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How to Leverage QR Codes for Marketing and Driving Traffic to Your WordPress Website
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What Is Crowdfunding and Tips to Support These Companies
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WordPress vs Webflow
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5 Reasons to Invest in Your Real Estate Brand Design
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What You Need to Know About PPC
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Tips for Taking Breaks While Working from Home
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What Are the Benefits of White Label Services?
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The Launch of AweWP
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Why Your Business Needs a WordPress Expert
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Tips for Growing Your E-Commerce Site
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What is Content Creation and Why Your Site Needs It
Have you ever heard the saying, “Content is king”? Since content is a powerful way to grow an online brand, establish expertise in a niche market, and educate your target audience about what you bring…
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A Look At The Gutenberg 10.0 Plugin
On February 17th, WordPress released Gutenberg 10.0. This plugin version marked the 100th release of this block editor, which is part of the core WordPress software. Whether you are new to Gutenberg o…
What is Awesome Altruism?
Over the years, businesses have become more focused on doing social good. At its core, altruism is promoting the welfare of others without any expectations for rewards. Businesses have an incredible o…
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Our February innovation is called Awesome Altruism. It's our set of initiatives to bring about social good through our work. Thanks to you, we’re one step closer to planting a million trees. Th…
What is Google Search Console?
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Our Partnership with Cloudflare
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Web Design Success Story: Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce
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What is a Bot?
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Top Web Design Trends in 2021
Like other technology, web design trends continue to evolve and improve every year. In 2021, a top priority is to implement web design trends that create fantastic user experiences without sacrificing…
Protection from Fraudulent Ad Traffic
Did you know? 38% of all site traffic is from bots. Sure, that's an alarming number. But what people often overlook is how that plays a role in your online advertising. After all, even Google can't de…
How Often Should Your Site Design Be Updated?
As a digital agency, we get this question asked often: "How often should I update my website design?" This is a great question! The answer is that it depends on your unique site goals and needs, as we…
January's Innovation: Personal Security Concierge
Your security is important to us. So we're pledging to help you. Introducing our new security partnership with... Protected By Dragon is a personal concierge security service that helps …
What is Cloudflare and Why Your Site Needs It
A recent Forbes report indicates that around 30,000 websites are hacked daily , which usually are small business sites. As technology continues to evolve rapidly, cybersecurity will continue to be a m…
12 Months of Awesome
This year, we're challenging ourselves to innovate new value at least once per month to make your sites and lives better and more awesome. We're calling this challenge "The 12 Months of Awesome" and i…
Top Tips for Your WordPress Site in 2021
2021 has finally arrived! Now is the time to set new year's resolutions for not only your personal life, but your professional life too. As site owners, you must regularly maintain your WordPress site…
2020 in Review
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10 Tips for Creating a Successful Online Store
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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your WordPress Site
In today's competitive digital age, it is imperative to provide a seamless user-experience and fast site for your target audience. Optimizing your site is a necessary part to having a successful websi…
Why Search Engines are Important
Every day, an estimated 5.8 billion searches are made on Google. Talk about a lot of queries! Indeed, search engines are how prospective customers discover and visit your website. When a topic is sear…
What Is Search Engine Optimization?
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of choosing the most appropriate targeted keyword phrases related to your site and ensuring that this helps your site rank highly in search engines. Whe…
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Visualize a typical shopping scenario. A customer walks into your store, browses through your neatly organized products and shelves, picks up some items, inspects those items, considers your prices, c…
Web Hosting Services and Domain Names
Choosing an appropriate domain name is very important. When it comes to domain names, try to stay away from the silly, stupid, ridiculous, or clever. Keep your domain name short, simple, and easy to r…
Tools to Monitor Your Website
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Tips to Increase Your Website Ranking and Traffic
It is worth following these basic principles, which can help increase your website traffic and search engine rankings. Keep reading to learn how to boost your site's ranking and traffic. Create a site…
Tips to Get Repeat Web Traffic
Website traffic describes users who visit your website, where the traffic is measured by the number of visits your online business receives. While there are numerous tips and suggestions for gaining r…
The Power of WordPress
Did you know that over 455 million websites are powered by WordPress in 2020? This means that over 35 percent of all websites are on WordPress. This is no surprise as WordPress is the most popular con…
The Importance of Referrer Logs
Referrer logging is used to allow web servers and websites to identify where people are visiting them either for promotional or security purposes. You can find out which search engine they used to fin…
Submitting Your Website to Search Engines
If you have an online business or if a significant portion of your business is done through your website, then the best advertising and marketing is done by submitting your website to a search engine …
Must Have Features for Your Website
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All About Keyword Density
Keyword density is an indicator of the number of times the selected keyword appears in the web page. But mind you, keywords shouldn't be over used, but should be sufficient enough to appear at importa…
Free Keyword Research Tools
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How do Search Engines Work - Web Crawlers
Search engines are complex computer programs that are responsible for getting your optimized website noticed by prospective customers. Thus, it is important to know how these search engines work and h…
Shopify vs WooCommerce: Which is the Best E-Commerce Platform for Your Business?
If you are in the market for a reputable e-commerce platform, it's likely you have heard of Shopify and WooCommerce. These are some of the most popular e-commerce platforms for site users around the w…
Why Wix Is Not a Scalable Option
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Travel & Tourism SEO Case Study (Tourism Company Now Ranking #1!)
SEO Case Study Travel and Tourism Industry In this case study, you'll learn exactly how we boosted the rankings of a travel and tourism site all the way up to the top of page 1 in Google…
SaaS SEO Case Study (5X'd Website Traffic!)
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Online Store SEO Case Study (10X Increase In Traffic!)
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From Zero to 25,000 Ranking Keywords!
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Foreign Language Local SEO Case Study (Huge ROI on SEO)
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E-Commerce PPC Case Study (Reduced Cost Per Lead By 85%)
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Car Dealer SEO Case Study (147% Traffic Increase!)
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Car Dealer PPC: 752 Leads in 90 Days!
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Need High-Quality Videos on Your Website or Social Media?
Video Content Made Easy Full Feature HD Video Our streamlined process: First, we'll transform your content into a video script. Then, we'll film a professional spokesperson reading your content. Next,…
Secure Your Brand on Top Social Media Sites
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Link Booster Packages
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Press Release Writing & Distribution
Powerful Press Releases Search Engine Boost Improve Your Reputation How It Works Just give us a few details of what you'd like us to write about in your press release, and we'll get started. Our…
Need High Powered Links to Rank You Faster?
What are High Powered Backlinks? High Authority, Niche Websites How It Works Just give us keywords, URLs, niche, and we'll take it from there!We contact publishers and place your links on other sites.…
Local Listing Cleanup Service
Let Us Fix Your Listings! Why would this happen? Your business changes address. You get a new phone number. You have variations of your name. Local aggregators pick up the wrong information and distri…
Get Higher Rankings With Affordable SEO Packages
Give Your Website An SEO Boost Our In-Content links provide an affordable way to build base links and get rankings. We create mini authority properties on popular blogging sites that link to your webs…
Get More Customer Reviews & Improve Your Reputation
Reviews and Reputation Management Get More Customer Reviews Select the Sites You Would Like to Receive Reviews on Prevent Negative Reviews Reputation Monitoring Reports Give You: Overall Average Ratin…
High Quality Blogger Outreach Links
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Fully Managed Blog Content Writing Service
Professional Blog Writing With our blog content service, you get high quality content directly to your site each month. Our process is simple and guaranteed to get you content that you and your custom…
Managed SEO Packages
Advanced SEO Strategy Search Engine Optimization is our specialty. Every managed SEO plan is custom to fit your needs and get you high rankings on search engines. With a multi-prong SEO strategy, you'…
Squarespace is Good, But...
Established in 2003 by Anthony Casalena, Squarespace has become a popular choice for creating visually stunning websites without any coding experience. Squarespace is an all-in-one solution for hostin…
Why Weebly Does Not Scale Well
Established in 2006 by three college students, Weebly.com makes it easy to build a simple site quickly without any coding skills. Weebly is an all-in-one website builder that uses a familiar drag and …
Why GoDaddy Website Builder Is Not a Scalable Option
Known as one of the biggest domain name and hosting companies, GoDaddy launched a new website builder service in 2019 that includes hosting. GoDaddy Website Builder makes it easy to build a simple sit…
Why You Need Managed Wordpress Hosting
WordPress is one of the most popular engines driving websites, with about 35% of all websites using WordPress to create their pages. It is enormously popular because of the versatility that allows it …
Advertising With LED Trucks: Everything You Need to Know
It is often said that a key aspect of advertising is to keep your name front and center of public attention at all times. Companies often have multiple marketing strategies running all at once …
What is the Beachhead Strategy in Marketing?
Marketing nowadays is an entire field of study in itself, with social media and technology boosting marketing methods and strategies. Marketing experts are continuously thinking out of the box …
Lifetime Customer Value: Why Establishing a Profitable Relationship with your Customer is Imperative
Running a business involves taking care of a large number of things all at once. However, the aspect that takes precedence over all else is the financial side of things. A business needs to be …
Why 2020 Will Be the Most Difficult Political Year for Advertising Ever
While advertising plays an important role for members of many different industries, none are more robust and powerful as politics. Naturally, the political sector has turned to advertising camp…
Charging Station Advertising...Does it work?
For almost a decade now, charging stations have received a lot of attention from a large number of companies and investors. As the concept evolved over time, innovation resulted in the rise of …
What Is Programmatic Direct Mail?
Programming Direct Mail is a marketing platform which was founded and invented by ‘PebblePost’ in 2014. It was developed with the aim of ‘ seamlessly connecting real-time interest & intent data wi…
Preparing for RFPs in 2020
The U.S. election campaigns for the 2019-2020 cycle are predicted to involve a lot of spending on advertising. It is estimated that about a total of $6 billion will be spent on paid ad placements by t…
Geo-Fencing vs. Geo-Targeting: What’s the Difference Between the Two?
When it comes to marketing with digital means, the game is all about devices. People nowadays carry multiple devices or use multiple devices throughout the day. Smartphones, tablets, and personal comp…
Everything You Need to Know about Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency
Finally, the details of Facebook’s cryptocurrency are here. Facebook’s Libra would let you buy things or send people money with almost a non-existent fee. You could cash out or purchase your Libra onl…
How Mobile Tracking Can Justify Your OOH Advertising
Out-of-home advertising has traditionally been one of the most popular forms of advertisement. OOH allows advertisers to reach a large number of people with ads that are made to be seen and catch the …
How Often Should You Meet With Your Account Manager?
When it comes to running a business, the people who will know just how well you’re doing are your account managers. They will be able to tell you about all the new people you have been able to gain as…
Advertising to Ride Sharers
The advertising world is witnessing innovation every single year with the introduction of new digital tools. The introduction of new trends has allowed even the smallest business to receive the very b…
Our New Podcast
We're excited to announce our brand new podcast coming to your headphones this summer. On this show, our in-house product creator, Logan Lenz will sit down with programmers, business owners, marketers…
ORDER UP! the conference
Arriving in 2020 Join us and learn all about the best ways to advertise and grow your franchise business. Stay tuned for more information on dates, venues, and speakers.
Meet Order Media at the CIO-CTO Networking Event in South Florida
Join our VP of Marketing Intelligence, Logan Lenz, at Hard Rock Stadium on June 20th for the first ever CIO Council networking event in South Florida. All of the details can be found here: https://www…
Google Discover Ads
Just recently, Google released Google Discover Ads. For the first time ever, Google has created a discover feed where various ads will be played in accordance to your interests. The method of advertis…
Why Streaming Audio Advertising is Effective
The fast growing rise in the use and popularity of online streaming audio platforms has led to the growth of the advertisement industry as well. Businesses, now, have to adhere to the complex procedur…
The Best Ways to Measure Attribution for Offline Ads
Despite the fact that immense developments have been made in the field of technology, the importance of offline advertisements is still not undermined. There are many businesses that emphasize the nee…
Is Exhibiting at a Conference Worth It?
While many businesses will be able to meet new prospects through businesses event, it is through exhibiting at conferences and trade shows that they get more opportunities. With exhibitions, the resul…
The Best Media Planning Tools in the Advertising Industry
Media planning is a common practice in the advertising industry. The main purpose of media planning is to increase the exposure of an ad by promoting it through appropriate platforms that will garner …
The Best Ways To Measure The Success Of Your Out-Of-Home Ad
Despite the technological advancements that have been made, out-of-home advertising is still one of the most influential and effective mediums for advertisement campaigns. It is visible from various p…
The Growing Popularity Of Connected TV
Over the years, there has been a demand for television technology to adapt to creations like the internet. Such a strong desire is what led to the creation of special chips, consoles, smart TVs and no…
Why Advertising Will Always Be Rooted In Data Collection
Over the years, many business have made creating more targeted and precise advertisement campaigns their goal. With the understanding of the fact that advertisement is deeply rooted in data collection…
Why Gross Rating Points (GRPs) Aren’t A Reliable Metric In TV Advertising
The Gross Rating Point, or GRP for short, is one of the metrics used to decide where a television ad should be run, how to run it, what platform to use, and which TV networks or channels to choose. It…
Meet Logan Lenz
With a career that connects marketing, technology and productivity, Logan has compressed an impressive track record into a relatively short window. In total, he’s been trusted with over $1B in marketi…
Our New Website
We're pleased to unveil our new website for 2020. We're looking forward to another great year of servicing our clients. Please shoot us a message and let us know what you think of our new look. Since …