April 2, 2024

Will you do my SEO??

We get this question frequently, and while we always build in the initial hooks and tools into any new website we build, doing a full SEO analysis and ongoing upkeep is a full time job!  We’d rather stay focused on building beautiful websites, and maintaining them for existing and new clients around the Bay Area, and beyond! HOWEVER – we DO have relationships with several amazing SEO firms that can deliver great services at a variety of packages and prices. It does require an investment of your time and money, but if you’re serious about your Search Engine Optimization (read: […]
April 26, 2023

You’ve rebranded.. new cards.. new collateral – but your website?

If you’re the kind of business person who went through a rebranding process in your company or your organization recently, then you’ve probably found a new logo, new color or font choices.  You may have had new business cards printed – great! Remember your website needs to be updated to match the rest of your rebranded collateral. You’re welcome to reach out to us to see how quickly we can get into your website (we’ve worked in just about every platform like WordPress, Concrete, Wix, Weebly and even good old fashioned HTML/PHP sites), and get it updated so it matches […]
February 24, 2023

Why are my emails to Gmail users getting blocked??

I can happen to the best of us folks. You send an email to a valid Gmail account, and it may even be someone you’ve emailed with before. SUDDENLY, you get a nasty email back to you saying your email was blocked!! Google (who owns GMAIL) has been cranking down on the security requirements to help reduce spam to Gmail users.  This includes requireing that the domain sending the email, has to have SPF, DKIM and DMARC records set!  These help Google validate that the emails coming in are actually from the domain they claim to be! If you don’t […]
July 25, 2022

Build a new website, or fix the old one?

Man oh man, this is the question of the ages! For folks who have a website they’re happy with, they should definitely keep things current, code and plugins updated for security reasons, and have new blog post or other curated content to keep SEO/Google happy.  It turns out we can help with that – and if you want to know more, you can visit here. However, if you know your website hasn’t been touched or updated in a couple of years (or longer!), then yeah it’s time to have this conversation. There’s a good chance marketing needs and website expectations […]