Often as contractors, we get caught up in the busyness of life on the job and push our website to the background of our mind. “SEO is too complicated,” or “I don’t have time to fix it” are some common excuses. I think we forget that while some changes to our websites are complicated, time-consuming and […]
Five Simple Checks For Top Website Performance
Contractors are busy. Demolishing, building, remodeling, upgrading, crafting, and designing day in and day out. When you spend every day on the job site with dirt on your knees and blueprints in hand, you often aren’t thinking about one crucial part of your business platform—your website. Your website’s job is to be forming good impressions […]
Seven Important Pages for Your Contractor Website
By 2018, all contractors should have their own website. It’s your company’s home base. It’s the place to feature your best work and best reviews, and, most importantly, it’s a way to give potential customers the means to connect with you after getting to know you. But what’s important for a website? Is it enough […]
Why You Should Have a Scrolling Homepage
At my company, we build our clients’ contractor websites with long, scrolling homepages. Someone recently wondered if that was a bit cumbersome. In this article, I would like to address this issue and talk about why I believe that a scrolling homepage is the best way to build your website right now. In the past, […]
Contractor Website Security – How to Avoid Getting Hacked
There’s nothing more unsettling than waking up in the morning to find your contracting website security has been hacked; It’s alarming to see your website directing readers to inappropriate material, clickbait, or any other link over which you have no control because your website has been hacked. Recently I had a contractor come to me […]
How To Get Google to Pay Attention to Your Website
In this article we are going to look at the basics of SEO, and why Google ranks some websites but not others. And more importantly, how to get Google to pay attention to your website by knowing the Google ranking factors. A website is essential to running a successful contracting business in today’s marketing economy. […]
5 Reasons to Redo Your Contractor Website in 2018
As a contractor, your online presence is crucial to attracting the right customers to your company. One of the most essential parts of your online presence is your contractor website. Today, some will tell you that you need to be focusing only on social media. While social media does play an important role in online […]
How To Embed YouTube Video In WordPress Blog Post
Have you ever wondered how to embed your YouTube video in your website? You’re in the right place, because in this post I’m going to show you exactly how to do that in 10 easy steps. On my WordPress blog I have another blog post called “Planning Your YouTube Marketing Publishing Schedule.” I’ll be using that post as […]
Take Control Of Your Online Reputation
Are you looking for ways to grow your business using the internet? Then you are in perfect place. In this post I’m going to show you exactly what we do for our clients to help them control their online reputation. As you know Online Reputation is one of the most important factors when it comes to […]
Business Websites That Work
When it comes to growing your business online the most important thing you can do is to begin with a rock solid foundation. That rock solid foundation is your fully mobile-responsive business website. This website should call people to action and lead them to your front door. This post will walk you through our website […]