11 June Securing Your Non-Azure Website Using Let’s Encrypt If you’re in the developer community, and especially if you’re using or near any Azure conversations, you’ll continuously hear someone suggest Let’s Encrypt when it comes to securing your domain name. You know, that thing you do to allow your website to use the HTTPS protocol to get that lock in front of it in the web browser. I’ve tended to use NameCheap.com these days. They’re cheap like their name suggests, and they’re super easier to use. However, things just got even easier. By Will Strohl Internet, Technology, Website Hosting, security, tips and tricks, Website Loading Disqus... Read More »
30 October To Blog, or Not To Blog … It’s a Question of Value Deciding to write a company blog can feel like kind of a big deal. What’s hard is being committed to the project and getting past the intimidation. First, let’s talk about why writing a blog is so important for businesses today. In short, it’s all about Leadership, Marketing, and Brand. By Jeffrey J. Hardy Business, Internet, Leadership, Personal Branding, Website Blog, Blogging, Brand, Branding, Communication, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Marketing, Promotion, SEO, Success, Value, Website Loading Disqus... Read More »
14 October Measure Everything on Your Website – But Start at the Top But we live in a world where you rarely have all the information you need to make those kinds of decisions by the time that you have to make them. So how do you balance your company’s need for constant innovation and experimentation against the imperative of ensuring that you are always moving your business forward and never backward? The answer is “measurement.” By Jeffrey J. Hardy Business, Internet, Technology, Website Analytics, Business, Internet, KPI, Marketing, Statistics, Success, Website Loading Disqus... Read More »
30 September Your Website Is Never Done – It’s a Core Process, Not a Project (and that's a good thing) Your website isn’t “done.” In fact, it will never be. When implemented well, a website will be in a constant state of innovation, progress, and improvement because that is the natural state of every healthy business. And ultimately, your website is a representation of your business. By Jeffrey J. Hardy Business, Internet, Technology, Website Development, Marketing, Mobile, Progress, Security, Website Loading Disqus... Read More »
23 September Mobile Friendly Business Websites … It’s More Than Responsive Design Once you have a responsive business website, you are only half-way done. To ensure that your site is mobile-friendly you need to think about mobile every time you make content to put on your website. By always “thinking mobile” you will change the way you choose and edit images, it will influence the way you write, and it will naturally limit the complexity and number of widgets and apps that you use. By Jeffrey J. Hardy Business, Internet, Technology, Website Content, Image, Mobile, Photo, Responsive, SmartPhone, Tablet, Website Loading Disqus... Read More »