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3 Step Process to Optimize your Images for Speed and SEO - Image of polaroids n bed

3 Step Process to Optimize your Images for Speed and SEO

We’ve been talking about how you can improve your website speed for the past few weeks. We talked about how you can test your website speed and the top 3 ways you can improve your website speed. Optimizing your images will not only make your website faster but also help improve your search engine results.…

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3 Top Ways to Improve Your Website Speed

3 Top Ways to Improve Your Website Speed

Having a quick website is vital to reaching your audience in an effective and clear way. In this blog post, I talked about how you can test the speed of your website. Today we’ll be talking about how to improve your website speed. There are 3 main areas to improve your website to give you…

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Testing and Improving your Website Speed

Testing and Improving your Website Speed

Your website speed helps form the first impression when people first visit your website. If your site is taking forever to load people won’t get to see how good your website looks, or even get to read the amazing content you’ve worked so hard on. But having a quick website will do more than make…

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Top 5 Website Drag-and-Drop Builders for Business Owners

Top 5 Website Drag-and-Drop Builders for Business Owners

So you’re building your new WordPress site, or just updating your existing site and your feeling limited by the available themes? Maybe it’s time to think of using a builder. Drag-and-drop builders are a great tool to build a custom WordPress site tailored to your specific needs. They offer you flexibility when building and allow…

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5 Must have plugins +1 for your WordPress site

5 Must have plugins +1 for your WordPress site

So you’re building out your WordPress site and you’re not sure what plugins you need. The beauty of WordPress is that you have hundreds of plugins that you can add to your site for whatever you need your website to do. However, such a large list of plugins can feel overwhelming. If you’re unsure of…

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2 Steps to take before you hire a Designer

2 Steps to take before you hire a Designer

Are you ready to start outsourcing your design work? Then you’ll want to make sure that your business is ready for it! In this post, I’m sharing the 2 steps you must take before you hire a designer. You’ve decided to hire a designer what’s next? If you’re looking to start outsourcing design work for…

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5 Tips for Business Owners With Working With Designer

5 Tips for Business Owners Working With Designers

Working with a designer can feel overwhelming or stressful, but it doesn’t have to be! These tips will help make it easier to work with a designer, be it for a one-off quick project, a full website build or a long-term retainer. Preparation is your friend! Have Clear Goals! Clear goals can make any working…

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Case Study: VIP Design Day with Heidi Ann

Case Study: VIP Design Day with Heidi Ann

I had the pleasure of doing a VIP Design day with Heidi.Take a look below to see what we accomplished in our one-day intensive! The VIP Design Day What we got done Heidi’s VIP Design Day: We started by working on a new mood board for her brands so that they could match her vision for the future and…

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