8 hours 45 minutes 36 seconds yearly is the total downtime that a website may have on a server who guarantees 99.9% uptime. I don’t know about you but 8hrs a year seems like a lot when profitability is at stake. And those stats are just in regards to possible hosting issues. There are many …
The #1 factor that influences a website’s performance the most is the hosting environment. 79% of consumers will avoid a website if it has performance issues. In the 1st year of my web design business I noticed that working on websites that were shared hosting on certain big hosting services was painstakingly slow work and …
Can viewers easily find important information on your website? The footer of a website is the area at the bottom of every page that has valuable information like policies, phone numbers, addresses and maybe an email sign-up form, just to name a few examples. Users intentionally scroll to the footer to find that information. So this area …
The body area of a webpage comes after the hero section (the top area that you first see). It’s the meat of a webpage and the page element with the most information. As with everything on a website, it’s important to make it easy on the viewer. So ornate fonts are best reserved for headlines …
The hero section of a webpage is first thing someone sees and is the page’s most important area. It’s just under the navigation or main menu. The hero section is where you grab someone’s attention to keep reading. It’s important that the hero section have a clear concise statement about the business or webpage’s purpose …
The area of a webpage that contains the logo and page menu is called the header. Standardization of the header makes the website easier to use which means more pages are visited and viewers stay on the site longer. I usually put the header at the top of a website which is the most expected …
Or does it make you look like everyone else? Being small a small business is an asset and one of a small business’s best differentiators. Many times a small business has a unique story. One of my client’s had a serious boating accident. During recovery she connected the dots between having a healthy mind and …
Personal service is a big reason many people Choose small companies over large ones. Personal service makes us feel special and makes it worth spending our hard earned cash. So drawing attention to the fact a business is small is key in making a small business stand out from others in their industry. It is …
If anyone, who doesn’t know you or your business, looks at your home page can they answer the question “what does this business do” in less than a few seconds? I have a therapy practice client that combines lifestyle choices with traditional therapy to support greater mental health. To figure that out on their old …
Good web design uses visual hierarchy to tell the reader what is most important and in which order to view it in. This involves using design principles like contrast, scale, balance and more. Visual hierarchy tends to be one of the common design mistakes that I see on websites. Good visual hierarchy is always going …
Holly did an amazing job of keeping me focused and drawing out the story I was trying to tell.
I’ve had some pretty marginal and expensive web sites in the past. This was by far the best result, the best value, and by far the best experience. She really takes pride in her work and that is so refreshing!
~ Dr Nicholas Beaulieu MD
Highland Urgent Care & Family Medicine
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!
This is great work, Holly. I think it is fabulous! We’ll have the best website of any church in the diocese.
Thank you!!!!! Thank you so much for all of this. You have been a joy to work with.
~ The Rev. Patricia Templeton, Rector
St Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
Holly was great at understanding what my website needed.
Her process brought out things that I hadn’t even considered.
I am very pleased with how she helped me make the right choices for my site and come up with a plan for now and the future.
~ Dr Dana Kind, Chiropractor
Grayson Chiropractic & Rehab
Fresh Eggs
Decatur, GA 30030
404.607.8229
