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We’ve touched on the importance of local search listings in a previous post. This week we’re going to provide a practical tool to help you keep your local search listings consistent and make it easier to do the updates.

If you're following along with our "Love Your Website" series, this one is really easy. You should test your forms on a regular basis. If customers or prospects are trying to contact you, you need to be sure that your forms are working, so that their messages get through.

Have you ever clicked on a link and gotten this ugly error message: saying “This page cannot be found?” How did you respond? If you are like many people, you got a little frustrated, hit the back button and went to a different website. If you are the website owner, that kind of sucks for you, because that represents lost business and maybe even a little lost reputation.

Why is keeping your content management system (CMS) up-to-date so important? We’ve touched on this in previous posts. But the short answer is Security, Security, Security! Of course, it also helps to keep up with bug fixes and new features. Those are definitely benefits. But if you really want to protect your site from hackers, the first and most important step is making sure you are applying all of the security updates. You need to update both the core system as well as any extensions. Fortunately, if you are using a current version of Joomla or WordPress, it is usually a pretty easy job.

I had an enlightening and eye-opening experience the other day I thought I’d share with you. It was one of those light-bulb moments, you know, where something suddenly becomes clear.

I was sitting in a hospital waiting room checking email on my iPhone and talking to another guy who happened to be a police officer. As I was talking to him, I was looking through my server emails at the most recent hack attempts.

Believe me, the last thing you want to do is wake up one morning and discover that your website crashed and you have no backup, no way to get back, no way to retrieve all of those files. You have to start all over. NO fun! And NO good for your business! Maybe your web host provider has a backup... maybe your web developer has an old copy that doesn’t have the recent changes... Maybe. But do you want your business riding on maybe? Join us as we explore some easy ways to backup your website.

According to a recent article in the New York Times, security experts say that there are two types of companies in the U.S.: those that have been hacked and those that don’t know they’ve been hacked. In last month’s post, we discussed five basic security precautions that can help keep you from becoming a hacker’s next “low hanging fruit.” But what if you have already been hacked? What do you do? Join us as we take a look at ways to know if you’ve been hacked, how it happens, and what steps to take in getting your site running again.

In last week’s post, we discussed the massive WordPress attack and some common reasons why hackers do what they do. Needless to say, no one likes to have their website hacked. So this week we'll focus some of the most basic precautions that can help keep you from becoming the next “low hanging fruit.”

With last month’s major hacking attack on WordPress sites, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss website security. I know, I know... exciting topic, right? It isn’t too exciting until you’ve been hacked. So, stick with me for a few minutes and we’ll cover some of the basics to help keep you and your website safe.

In the last post we discussed 5 reasons why website maintenance is critical to the success of your web strategy. You may be thinking to yourself, “Sure, I know keeping my website up-to-date is important. But who has time to keep their website updated?”

Can you afford not to keep it up-to-date? Let's look at another option...

Is your website living up to expectations? Is it driving traffic and revenue for your business? Are you getting a solid return on your website investment? If you answered no to any of these questions, read on. This prescription may be just what the doctor ordered.

Businesses are increasingly recognizing the importance of a quality website in reaching their customers and achieving their marketing, sales and business goals. Partnering with the right web design firm makes a huge impact in the success of your online strategy and in getting your desired return on investment.

We have developed a blueprint for how we have created Katalyst Creative Group to best meet the needs of small and medium sized businesses. We hope this helps you as you consider which firm to help you with your online strategy.