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Showing Support for Ukraine

Showing Support For Ukraine Written on March 14, 2022 by Stephanie Reid We’re just getting out of these restrictions with the COVID-19 pandemic and now a war?! This seriously saddens me so much....

The Death of the Third-Party Cookie

The Death of the Third-Party Cookie Written on March 7, 2022 by Stephanie Reid Cookies have been used for many years by companies to help them track visitors to their websites. They are also used to...

Did Employees Lose Their Productivity Last Year?

Did Employees Lose Their Productivity Last Year? Written on January 18, 2022 by Stephanie Reid In the spring of 2020, a great deal of the office workforce transitioned to remote stations. Over the...

Announcement: Webworks Merges With YourSocialStrategy.com

Announcement: Webworks Merges With YourSocialStrategy.com Written on December 30, 2021. Webworks is pleased to announce that as of January 1st, 2022, we have merged with another company, YourSocialStrategy.com....

How to Successfully Market Your New Website

How to Successfully Market a New Website In the wonderful world of the internet, marketing a new website may be quite a challenge. You will need to attract and retain a steady stream of users and...

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7 Steps When Launching a Website

7 Steps When Launching a Website Launching a website doesn’t need to be difficult however, there are a few important things to pay attention to if you want to enhance your brand and build customer...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Customer Service

The Do’s and Don’ts of Customer Service Written on September 21, 2021. I’m sure you can recall a time when you’ve received excellent customer service. Whether it was the cashier...

Why You Should Keep Your Website Design Fresh

Why You Should Keep Your Website Design Fresh Written on September 23, 2021 What is the first thing a user sees when they click on your domain name? Your website. You want to make sure you are giving...

World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day “In a world where you can be anything… be kind.” – Caroline Flack World Kindness Day is November 13th… the purpose of this day is to go out of your...

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a way of improving your website so it directs traffic to your website. If consumers are searching for a specific product...

How Yoast Helps with SEO

How Yoast Helps with SEO Yoast SEO is a highly recommended plugin when using a WordPress website. According to the Yoast website, “Yoast SEO makes sure your site meets the highest technical SEO...

How to Find the Best SEO Keywords

How to Find the Best SEO Keywords Have you ever wondered how you are to know what content to write to help with your rankings on search engines, like Google and Bing? Hi, Stephanie here, and I am going...

Creating a Web Page Using Keywords

Creating a Web Page Using Keywords Assuming you have already done your keyword research, I want to show you how to take those keywords and phrases and use them throughout your Web page. Let’s...

Why Web Design is Important for Business

Why Web Design is Important for Business Written on September 17, 2021 Nowadays, with all of the resources online and free options, it seems like building a website yourself is the way to go. But...

What Thanksgiving is All About

What Thanksgiving is All About Written on October 9, 2021. Thanksgiving weekend is here… where did the summer go? It’s been a tough couple of years for everyone.. especially our local small businesses....

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How You Can Support Local During COVID

We started off the new year in complete lockdown with most of our beloved small businesses closed or with limited access and services. Now, we find ourselves trying to see the light at the end of this...

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Augmented Reality: The Future of Digital Marketing

The popularization of mobile smart devices has brought with it a variety of new apps to help brands engage with their audience through AR technology. We have seen increasing use of AR technology, we...

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How Working Remotely Is Shaping Our Workforce

In the last few weeks, there has been a staggering amount of changes in what one might call their “normal” workplace and workforces. Most everyone is working remotely, adapting to the current situation,...

Quarantine Activities You Haven’t Done Yet

So you’ve been inside for a couple of months now and you think you’ve already done all the quarantine activities you'd stockpiled. You long for a return to your standard routine. Well…so do we, but...

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Making Instagram Stories Work For You

For as fleeting as they may seem, Instagram Stories can be a much more personable way to interact with your followers, leading to increased engagement, awareness, and (hopefully) sales. Stories afford...

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A Guide for Coping with COVID-19 Stress

From losing full-time jobs, working entirely from home, kids running around all day, and the cancellation of all social events, COVID-19 has quickly changed the lives of everybody. Being stressed is...

Mother’s Day Ideas For Your Social Isolation

We’re living in a world where every trip to the store is an extensively choreographed routine, where most of our work is being conducted from home, and, perhaps most distressingly, where we won’t be...

Keeping Your Team Engaged During COVID-19

Many employers have decided to keep their employees at home. With employees away from the office and working from home, it can be difficult to keep your team engaged and motivated during this stressful...

How Businesses Are Fighting Against COVID-19

During these difficult times, we are seeing people come together, and businesses fighting against COVID-19. Courageously rising to the challenge to help stop the spread of the virus. We are seeing national...

How to build a remote work strategy for your business

With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, we all find ourselves straddling the line between panic and a business-as-usual attitude. However, with the authorities recommending (and in some cases enforcing)...