How to Improve Your Contact Form Conversions
Do you ever feel like your website’s contact form needs a metaphorical mic check? As in, “hello… is this thing on?” No, tapping the screen won’t work, but you’ll likely find the real reason few...
View ArticleHow to Use Responsive Web Design to Lower Development Costs
Responsive web design (RWD) has the rare combination of being extremely valuable and affordable. Its value lies in its ability to give both web designers and consumers what they want: designers can...
View ArticleBest Link Building Strategies Post-Penguin and Panda
In the ongoing battle between SEOs and Google to outsmart each other, Google has turned the game upside down with its Panda and Penguin algorithm updates. Nearly every web owner has seen or felt the...
View ArticleThe Growth and Potential of Local Search
As Google puts more focus on providing hyper-relevant results, local search listings are taking up more and more real estate on search engine results pages. This is wonderful for small business...
View ArticleAdvertising in a Responsive Web Design Era
Advertising has always had a constant home on the net, as it’s the one place advertisers, publishers, and consumers all commune together. And whether folks realize it or not, all three groups depend...
View Article(Videos) Real Life: What Bad Web Practices Look Like (from Google)
Operating a business in a digital world presents a new range of customer service challenges and, despite good intentions, you might be unwittingly making things difficult for your customers. Thanks to...
View ArticleHow the Best Landing Pages Have Changed & How You Can Adapt
Online marketing is an industry that’s constantly in flux, but due to recent evolutions in technology, SEO, web design, and people’s habits it can seem like some changes are happening at breakneck...
View ArticleResponsive Web Design’s Effect on Analytics
A little over one year ago, Spark Logix Studios made the switch to responsive web design (RWD), and we’ve devoted several of our recent posts to explaining its benefits. For instance, RWD sites make...
View ArticleBest FREE Fonts of 2013 (what we like)
Download the FONTS for FREE here! Spark Logix Studios picks its top 10 fonts for use in 2013. Have you seen our Best Fonts of 2011 and Top Fonts 2012? If not, check them out! This year, we’ve used a...
View ArticleWhy Use Stripe – Easier for Developers and YOU!
Why Use Stripe? One of the first questions developers face when setting up eCommerce solutions for clients is deciding on the best way to incorporate credit card payments. And while there are several...
View ArticleThe Value of Building Your Website for Mobile
For small business owners it can sometimes feel like your online marketing demands never end. There’s your website, a myriad of social networking pages, and now you’re feeling the pressure to add a...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Persuasive Web Design
In many ways, marketing is as much about human psychology as it is about actually selling stuff, and no one understood that better than the “father of public relations,” Edward Bernays. Bernays is the...
View ArticleWhat Makes Future Proof Web Design?
The internet is always changing, it seems like there’s a constant battle of change and acceptance with a ridiculous amount of browsers, devices and standards. Web designers know how increasingly...
View ArticleWeb Development Process Flow (for Clients)
We know the web development process can be a little daunting for business owners, there’s a lot to consider. Working with a web developer that’s transparent and easy to communicate with makes a world...
View ArticleA Guide to Launching Anything
It’s not often that I love a blog post so much that I summarize it and link to it but this is it. If you have any desire to ever launch something this post will you really help you, you could even use...
View ArticleResponsive Web Design in Minneapolis (Showcase!)
With all the benefits of responsive web design your business will have an increased chance of sales and conversions, which, undoubtedly, is your primary reason for having a website. You can rest easy...
View ArticleAudit Your Website & Rank Better in the SERPS
If you need to audit your website and check to make sure it’s performing at the top of its game, this will serve as your guide. Follow the steps and create a personalized site audit that will help your...
View ArticleEssential WordPress Plugins
This is a list of WordPress Plugins that currently integrate beautifully with our custom WordPress Framework. Over the last 2 years we’ve developed a platform allowing us to build responsive websites...
View ArticleEdit Marketing Data about You
Successful marketing has always included making regular connections between a business and its target audience. But thanks to advancements in technology we no longer have to send out hit-or-miss...
View ArticleWhich is better for eCommerce, Magento or WordPress?
For years Spark Logix Studios tried to use WordPress eCommerce plugins but found much of what was available was terrible. We ran into issue after issue with eCommerce Plugins attempting to integrate...
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