We’re glad to welcome Sam Melin back to our team, this time in a new role. Sam first joined us last fall as a digital marketing intern. He’s now a WordPress specialist apprentice. His technical skill and genuine enthusiasm for a good day’s work make him just the kind of person you want to help you with your website marketing.
Please join us in congratulating Graphic Designer Evan Hanson! His design work on clemit.com helped Checkerboard win a 2015 Davey Award. Judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, these awards recognize work that meets a standard of excellence in the U.S. and 15 other member countries worldwide. Our Silver Award in the Consumer Products/Services category confirms what we’ve known for a long time: Evan creates excellent website design. We also love that Evan wants to help our clients thrive. He is sincerely dedicated to helping our clients promote their products.
When potential customers run a Google search, you want them to be able to find your website quickly and easily. Google’s search algorithm uses more than 200 signals to choose which web pages should be at the top of search results. When we build your website, we explain how to help your site appeal to Google’s search engine. We train you how to make changes such as adding new content. Posting fresh material can help you attract more website visitors and teach them about your products.
If you run an Internet search for the words “web design agency”, an extensive list of companies appears. The Bulldog Reporter, a top public relations industry publication, asked Checkerboard President Jason Kocina for his advice on choosing a web design agency. Jason listed 10 questions to ask a potential web designer. He included these five tips.
We have recently received calls from several professionals whose websites have experienced malicious attacks. We want as many people as possible to know how to avoid this: Please make sure all of your plugins and themes are up to date. Here are more steps to make your website more secure.
New digital marketing sites or apps seem to emerge every week, which can help companies reach their audience online. Who in your office will manage them? However much you may want to employ these tools, you may not have time to do so. That’s why we offer web property management services. Our web property managers can monitor your website and manage your digital advertising for a certain amount of time each day. You can benefit from the latest digital marketing tools without needing to manage them yourself or hire a full-time digital marketer.
In the world of website support, “responsive” can mean two things: responsive to client needs or responsive to device type. Both are important. Your web designers should tailor your website to your requests and your website should adjust to visitors’ mobile devices. We provide web design that’s both kinds of responsive.
One of the reasons we use WordPress to create websites is that our clients enjoy using it. WordPress is very user-friendly, even for people who do not talk about web design in their sleep. After web builds are completed, our clients can make changes to their own sites. They can add content and make edits. We teach them how.
Effective digital advertising requires constant learning and up-to-the-minute knowledge. Web Property Manager Andrea Schiebe monitors emerging advertising trends so she can help clients take advantage of them. She’s a well-qualified resource for using the newest digital advertising tools such as video, mobile and social media advertising. Here’s why “ask Andrea” is a commonly heard phrase around our office.