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Helpful branding stuff and design things for your business.

Asking for a Review Email Template
Asking for a review can be a delicate matter. Read our previous article, “How to Ask for a Review by Not Asking for a Review” for more details. In this quick post, we are sharing a free email template to send to your clients for requesting a review. Be sure to change the names and

5 Tools for Writing Your Own Content
Free Apps and Plugins for Writing Your Own Content If you are managing your own website updates, blog posts, or social media profiles you’ll no doubt be doing a lot of your own writing and marketing. The best advice I can give is hire a professional copywriter. They are expert communicators and writing about your

Top 10 Reasons Clients Hate Your Website
Your website is the window to your business. It needs to be easy to use and easy on the eyes or your site viewers are going to click that back button and search for the next business on the search results list. If you’ve had your website up for a while and aren’t seeing any

Do I need a website or will social media profiles be enough for my small business?
Does every business need a website? Short answer, yes. Most people like to do research before doing business with a new company. Your website is your opportunity to tell your story in your own voice without the restrictions of a third-party platform, like social media applications, and their restrictions on content. However, social media today

Make a Positive Site Experience with a Call to Action
When I walk into a restaurant and there is no hostess to greet me or a “Please Seat Yourself” sign I’m left wondering what I should do. Do I wait for someone or can I go in and sit down? I begin to feel foolish for just standing there and I’m already associating a negative

Biggest Mistake Small Businesses Make with Their Social Media
The biggest mistake with social media that a small business can make is using it as an advertising platform. People hate ads. Just like in the old days when we used to change the channel or turn down the radio when a commercial came on, people will now scroll past your post, or worse, unfollow