When it’s Time to Redesign Your Website
How to Know When to Redesign Your Website Q: How often should I have my website redesigned? We recommend small and medium businesses have their websites redesigned every 2-3 years. This allows you to stay on the cutting edge of…
Getting Inspired in “America 2.0”
Every so often I experience that one thing that really lights a fire under my ass to get back to the drawing board and just let the creativity flow. Recently, I watched a webinar with a couple of teammates over…
Why I Learned American Sign Language & You Should Too [Updated!]
I truly feel it’s important for others (especially communicators and marketers) to understand how learning and using other languages such as American Sign Language (ASL) can benefit how you communicate, with others and better your life overall. At age four,…
How to Make Working from Home Work for You
Tips for Working From Home When You’re Not Used to Working From Home Many people across the world suddenly find themselves having to figure out how to work from home as Covid-19 forces us into isolation. Well, the team at…
Virtual Meeting Best Practices – 3 Things to Consider
If you’re new to virtual meetings, here are some things to consider before your meeting: If you need to feel more comfortable communicating across digital channels with people you haven’t met in person, please ask to join a meeting or…
During the Covid Downtime, Work on Your Business Development
As a business owner, I’m sure you have a super long list of things you’d like to do for your business, but with running your business day-to-day, you never have time for all these things. Now that we’re being forced…
What’s in a WordPress website care report?
If you decide to sign up for a WordPress Support Package, you are automatically enrolled in a detailed, monthly Website Care Report. Curious about what’s included? Depending on your level of technical website knowledge, you may have a question or…
Anti-Prediction: What Won’t Happen in Website Design in 2020
Every year, the new year hype gives us that sweet glimpse at the world through rose-colored glasses. Ahhh, insert the myriad of ads for DIY business websites. Is that the best 2020 can do for us? Eh. With marketing and…
Top 5 Most Loved Web Design Posts of 2019
That’s a wrap for 2019, my friends. But where there’s an end, there’s always a beginning. It was really exciting to sift through our year-end website data and see so much love for some of our most cherished content. We…
Smack Happy Receives Second Web Site Design Award in 2019!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Smack Happy Design Receives Second 2019 San Francisco Award – San Francisco Award Program Honors the Achievement in Web Site Design SAN FRANCISCO December 16, 2019 — Smack Happy Design has been selected for the 2019 San…
Does Your Website Maintenance Plan Give You Custom Updates?
We recently surveyed our clients with care plan packages to find out what they like, what they love, and what more we can do to delight them. As we started to review the responses, we noticed a trend around a…
Smack Happy Design Receives 2019 San Francisco Graphic Design Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Smack Happy Design Receives 2019 San Francisco Award – San Francisco Award Program Honors the Achievement SAN FRANCISCO November 20, 2019 — Smack Happy Design has been selected for the 2019 San Francisco Award in the Graphic…
How Often Should You Do a Website Checkup?
Have you ever clicked off your website because it took too long to load? Do you feel like your website is constantly having problems? Are you jumping from issue to issue? Has anyone been surprised when they land on…
What’s What: Custom Web Application, Plugin, & Website
What’s the difference between website, plugin, and custom web application? Hands up if the words website, plugin, and web application all sound like synonyms! To the untrained eye, these digital thingamajigs all seem to look and feel the same, but…
Why Your Website Should Be Accessible for Everyone
Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) compliance tells us that websites must be accessible for anyone, regardless of disability. Title III of the ADA indicates that any website with services that are available to the general public must be inclusive towards…
The Importance of SEO in Pittsburghese: Red Flags N’at
An original post shared in 2017 and updated 9/16/2019. It was about friggin’ time. HI! If you’re into complete transparency, sarcasm, and the occasional cuss word…shit’s about to go DAHN (down). If you land on this post, and you’re from…
What makes a great web developer?
[and] What does a great web developer do? An SHD full-stack developer spotlight story and Q&A. Over the past few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to bear witness to the culmination of the Smack Happy Design (SHD) dream team that…
Get Better Website Leads, Not More Leads
So you dressed up your business’s digital footprint in order to get all of the attention that your business could get. You’re pulling leads left and right, both from organic and paid results. But, what if you have more leads…
SHD Makes UpCity’s Top 20 Web Designers List in 2019
Smack Happy has more than 20 years of experience in web design. The San Francisco company builds custom websites, designs graphics, creates UX and UI software, integrates social media, sets up email newsletters, incorporates SEO, and customizes WordPress sites. The…
Smack Happy Design Slaps Ineffective Communication Aside with Workast
Smack Happy Design Slaps Ineffective Communication Aside with Top-Notch Project Management Solution August 22, 2019 Medium Angeli Yuson of Workast writes, Danielle Iera, project manager at Smack Happy Design, and her co-workers use Workast to foster a team-first environment on…