Out of my experiences as an owner of different websites over the last two decades and designing websites for others from my home based studio in Michigan’s thumb, I have written several posts to help current or potential website owners understand what it takes to run an effective website.
If you are interested in finding out more about the services I offer for starting your own blog or website, I would be happy to share how I can help bring your project to life affordably.
When I start working with a client in designing a website for them, my job goes beyond just designing a website. A large part of my job as a web designer is also educator. I educate my clients on usability. I reign in some of their ideas to keep the site as user-friendly as possible. What …
For several years now, the FTC here in the United States has required that bloggers and website owners (basically all content creators) disclose to their audiences when they are being paid for an endorsement on their site or via social media. Thus, we need to have an ad disclosure on our websites if we allow …
Writing an Ad Disclosure for your Blog or Website { Keep Reading }
I’m convinced that the secret to home business (or any business) success is to first and foremost, figure out who your audience is, and what they need. Why is this? Once you know who your target audience is, you can better tailor your content to that audience develop products and services that meet the needs …
How to Figure Out Who Your Audience is, and What They Need { Keep Reading }
There are only so many hours in a day. No work from home mom wants to spend the bulk of those hours chasing website traffic. For most of us, the problem isn’t laziness or not working harder. Work Smarter Not Harder Hard work wasn’t as much of an issue in my life until two of …
How to Easily Keep Website Traffic Coming Your Way { Keep Reading }
Susanne recently asked me, Do you know of any good books to read about blogging or writing up my website for our business? We are getting ready to take our furniture business online. I feel ask though I have so much to say but I don’t know how to say it. Thanks. There are two …
Must Read Books (and courses!) for New Bloggers & Website Owners { Keep Reading }
Some people claim that print marketing is dead. I disagree. Strongly. Some of you may even be here because of my print marketing efforts. Rethinking Print Marketing When I’m talking about Print Marketing, I do not mean buying expensive ads, renting billboards and signs, or other traditional ad campaigns. Those can be effective for certain …
Connection: The Key to Using Print Marketing in a Digital World { Keep Reading }
As most bloggers and website owners know, the About page is the most frequently visited page on any website, besides your home page. Learning how to write an about page is crucial. As a website owner, you should give extra special attention to your about pages, to help your visitors get to know you better …
How to Write an About Page for your Website { Keep Reading }
When planning out your website, you’ll need to think about organizing your content. You may even wonder about categories vs tags. WordPress and other platforms use categories and tags to help organize content. Categories and Tags can be confusing and be intimidating for many new website owners. I can help you understand what categories and tags actually are. And …
Categories vs Tags: What are They and How Should You Use Them? { Keep Reading }
One of the more arduous tasks for anyone is writing a concise, effective social media bio. The problem comes from summing up who you are and what you do into a few short lines. On the flip side, being an excessively wordy person by nature, I find social media beneficial to helping me be more …
5 Steps to Writing an Effective Social Media Bio { Keep Reading }
One of the first things you’ll need to purchase before setting up your own website is a domain name. What is a domain name? A domain name is the address of your website. For example, mine for this website is ThoughtsandDesigns.com. The most common domains, or TLDs (Top Level Domains) end with .com, .org, or …
The topic of marketing your website is, in and of itself, a broad topic. I almost hesitate to talk about marketing your website, except that I get asked about it so often. Usually the topic comes up around the time I give someone the bad news that a website isn’t marketing, but rather a website needs …
8 Tips on Getting Started Marketing Your Website { Keep Reading }
Kimberly Eddy handcrafted this website with love in Michigan’s Thumb for ThoughtsandDesigns.com
