Best Web Practices

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If you are interested in what makes a web site good see these simple design principles.  To get special tips about many different aspects of designing websites follow my blog at this site. That’s an easy way to get comfortable with why certain decisions are made for site design. You will read about sites for artists, for musicians, for writers, for builders, for therapists and other initiatives!  See the following links to read articles much more in depth from experts in the field: 

50 Ways to Get Noticed  

Stats for Smarter Site Design  

Content Considerations by the Refu Geeks — Finely Details but worthy!

Old Graphic Design Tools Pitched Against the New    

Big Brand Web Sites Recognized by Kinsta WordPress  

How to Find Where You Have Duplicate Content That Diluted SEO  

Free Site Useful for Editing Images  

Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization     

Common Myths About SEO  

On Page Topic Targeting by MOZ     

Social Media Marketing – 2020 Updates – Very Thorough      

HubSpot Tells Us How to Create Perfect Social Media Posts  

Guide to Profile Picture Sizes for Various Social Media  

How to Use Hashtags on Instagram for Explosive Growth  

Facebook’s Blue Print for Success 

Note: To find hashtags on Instagram, open Instagram, click search icon at bottom of screen, type in text your are curious about, select tags as the filter, see the possible hashtags with more info about the usefulness of each particular one. Follow the ones most relevant to you and that get the most posts.

Read a most detailed and informative article about marketing on both sides of the brain.   

Pay for click advertising not so good for small business. Read about the problems from Forbes.  

When I have used WordPress I used WooCommerce as a plugin so I could have a shop. You also need an additional plugin WooCommerce Services to get shipping costs calculated based on zip code, and you do need to remember to add the weight to each product. Also, you must choose as the system of mailing USPS Premiere.  

When I used Godaddy’s Website builder I was able to quickly build a shop page and easily create categories as well as sub-categories to add products to. This application requires you to use Square for customers to purchase. It allows you to determine whether you want to show estimated shipping costs as UPS, USPS, or both, which I do. And as usual you have to have an idea of the weight and the size of the box that will be used to mail the purchased item to your customer.