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Choosing A Cheap Web Designer Puts Your Business At Risk — Smack Happy

Choosing A Cheap Web Designer Puts Your Business At Risk

By Nicole Hanusek / January 12, 2017

Over the years, a couple of my best clients have gone with the cheapest website design solution—whether it’s the cousin, the friend, or a referral…

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4 Top Reasons For A Website Redesign [And More]

By Danielle Iera / December 7, 2016

Your website is your number one business asset and sales tool, so why should you consider a website redesign? Based on growth-driven and responsive web…

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Spotting A Sh*tty Storyteller, From Danielle Iera

By Nicole Hanusek / October 27, 2016

History says that the art of storytelling is binding, defining, relays important messaging, and invokes positive interactions and experiences among us humans. First an ancient…

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What is Content Marketing?

By Danielle Iera / August 18, 2016

Content Marketing. What is it? Why is it a critical strategy for any business? Part one in a series explains why Content Marketing is important…

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Why hire a web designer? (As opposed to doing it yourself)

By Nicole Hanusek / May 9, 2016

The Scenario Imagine yourself roller skating down the streets of San Francisco. All of a sudden, you hit a bump, and your face meets the…

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Did someone hack your WordPress?

By Nicole Hanusek / April 15, 2016

What to do if someone has hacked your WordPress website. How do you know if your WordPress site has been hacked? Well there are a…

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Why you should hire me instead of 99 Designs

By Nicole Hanusek / October 14, 2011

A friend of mine recently used 99 Designs to get a web site design and was extremely disappointed. While that site may work well for logos, it does not work well for web sites.

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Drupal to WordPress Migration

By Nicole Hanusek / November 12, 2010

In the spring I was approached by a client to tackle a Drupal 5 to WordPress 3 migration. I had never done this before, but I was willing to take on the challenge — and boy was it a challenge!

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Spreading the Word, Part 2: Reaching Out

By Nicole Hanusek / August 23, 2010

In part one of “Spreading the Word” I talked about how to optimize your site for search. Now I’m going to give you some suggestions on how to reach out to the people you know (and the ones you don’t) to let them know about your fantastic new web site.

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Spreading the Word, Part 1: SEO

By Nicole Hanusek / August 17, 2010

A friend of mine recently asked for some advice about how to make your site known, particularly if you’ve just launched. How to get your site into Google search results and in general what to do for search engine optimization.

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Fixed vs. Liquid

By Nicole Hanusek / April 14, 2009

Should your web site design have a fixed width or should it be liquid and expand across the entire browser? I know this question has…

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SEO Tips

By Nicole Hanusek / February 3, 2009

A friend recently asked me to take a look at his site and give him some suggestions on how to improve his searchability or search…

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