Websites, Design and Social Media
Social Media for Small Businesses
The way we acquire our news is shifting! Websites are no longer our sole source of information. We look to RSS feeds,Twitter and Facebook to find content and to connect with others.
Search Engine Marketing
What is search engine marketing?
- It's taking stock of your exisitng content and seeing what can be improved.
- How search engine friendly is the structure or architecture of the site? See how easy it is for your visitors to find what they're looking for.
- How well do your key words and phrases match the words people use when conducting searches?
Content Management Systems (CMS)
The web community is constantly evolving and the use of content management systems has changed how websites are being developed. CMS is a software system which allows businesses to create and publish websites.
It's important to consider the skill level of those whose who will be involved, however users can easily develop and manage sites with little knowlege of programming languages. For many, the thought of doing so can be exciting, but daunting. Systems like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla offer many different themes to choose from. Hiring a web designer or developer can help you acquire that custom design front-end.
Resources
These four areas are important and help keep me up to date for my clients.
Web Design and Development
- The W3C Markup Validation Service - W3C's easy-to-use HTML validation service, based on an SGML parser.
- Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials - Web Designer Wall is a design blog, designed and maintained by Nick La. Topics focus on web design, tutorials, and modern design trends.
- Mozilla Firefox - a great browser to use.
- Web Design - Web Design By Havealook Website Solutions
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - how to get a site ranked higher by the search engines and visited by more people
- PageRank - Get Google Page Rank for your site.
- SEO Services - Kneoteric is a leading Internet Marketing company providing ethical Search Engine Optimization, Pay per Click and Link Building Services across the globe.
- Free SEO tips
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)- a key ingredient to designing websites
- The W3C CSS Validation Service
- Learning CSS
- css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design - A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.
- Adobe - CSS Advisor
- Listamatic - CSS based lists.
- BrainJar.com: CSS Positioning
Inspirational and Fun
- Wacom Pen Scrappers - Wacom's Digital Scrapbooking Community.
- Doodle 4 Google - a competition where students can add artistic work to Google's homepage logo.
