This article was originally published in 2014 and was recently updated – when I was trying to find amazingly bad websites that I remember from my youth! When I say they’re bad – I also mean I kind of love them. I also found 5 websites from today that have that nineties aesthetic. Some are […]
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We found that there is a wide variety of website design options for painting contractors. Here are some of our favorites. Edina Painting Co. What are they doing well? A gorgeous example from this MN based painting contractor website design. The gorgeous hero image brings a new level of trust and quality to the site […]
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One of the biggest questions that came up on a recent livestream with Chris Do of The Futur, was ‘how do you create regular leads as a design or marketing agency?’ Certainly that’s one of the hardest parts about striking out on your own and then hiring people. So I brainstormed and came up with […]
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I was taught Graphic and Web Design at a college, but since I’ve graduated I’ve outlined mini curriculum’s for myself to gain deeper knowledge in subjects as varied as sales, Information Architecture, User Experience, Search Engine Optimization, client relationships, hand-lettering, logo design, and conversion optimization. In short, I’m a lifetime learner. Here’s how I create structure […]
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Every month, Hook Agency partners with web designers to participate in the One Hour Web Challenge. The rules are simple: the designer must take 60 minutes (no more or less) to design the hero section of a website. The website can be made up or it can be a redesign of a brand you like. […]
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Your web host can dramatically affect the user experience for your website. One of the biggest things that your hosting can effect is site speed and load time. For those two reasons, you might think of your web host as an SEO hosting company and not just a place that holds all the data from […]
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Having a good looking web design is more important than might think. You could have every other conversion optimization tactic in the books going at full force, but if your website looks crappy, then it’s not really going to matter. Just like most companies out there, you probably want a website that attracts more business […]
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Website footers are the most under-rated, and powerful element of website design. Great footer design caps off the end of the site, are an amazing place for ‘calls-to-action’, contact information, and navigation. They seem to be under-rated because some people focus exclusively on the ‘header’ or the top of the website, and the ‘billboard’ of […]
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A friend recently asked me – “what makes a great WordPress Developer?” Having written a book on WordPress development, I actually hadn’t thought as much as one might guess on this particular topic – but for many of us still looking to attain mastery in this area, it’s a GREAT QUESTION. This is what I […]
These are my 12 of favorite tips for increasing leads on websites that I think all websites should have – and most of them are not that crazy hard to do. But first – why should you trust that these changes are worthwhile? Because our methods get our average client 39.7% more leads year over […]
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