Posts Tagged: website development

How to Take a Strategic Approach to Industrial Website Design

Not feeling your website? Use these tips to build a strong foundation for the next go-around.

How do you get your industrial website design right and turn your website into a strategic asset? Being a B2B industrial company, you have a ton of competition. There are so many other similar companies, some bigger and some smaller, that offer the same type of products and goods. In short, you need to do… Read more »

B2B Web Design Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Make your website an effective tool for customer engagement by meeting and exceeding expectations.

B2B web designers need to stay current with trends within the industry. Many potential customers can tell if you use old B2B web design trends and may choose another agency to create their website. So, if you don’t do your research into web trends, there’s the chance that your hard work gets overlooked! If you… Read more »

7 Signs Your Manufacturing Website Is Out of Date

Something not feel right with your site? Look for these symptoms to diagnose the problem.

Have you given your manufacturing website much thought lately? You should. Gone are the days when simply having a website was the goal for every business owner when it came to an online presence. These days, creating a website for your manufacturing company is only half the battle. Website visitors expect more than that. In… Read more »

How to Get the Most Out of Your B2B Website CTAs

Does your website motivate its users to take action? Compel them will these practical guidelines.

Website CTAs are one of the most important marketing tactics. They’re the tool you use to get your website visitors to click through to the web pages your business really cares about — the money pages. Get them right and you can boost your company’s bottom line. Get them wrong and your marketing efforts won’t… Read more »

Industrial Website Development Do’s & Don’t’s

Not every site is perfect. But if you do these things (and avoid the others), you'll be in pretty good shape.

How seriously do you need to take industrial website development? Well, a professional website that focuses on customer solutions is now a cost of doing business for industrial companies. Ideally, your content will be at the intersection of what you want to convey and the questions prospects ask about how to solve their pain points…. Read more »

What’s the Difference Between a Domain Name vs. Hosting?

Ever get asked why a site isn't live after a URL was purchased? Here's how to explain what's needed.

In my 10-plus years of developing websites, there has been a lot of confusion — and thus education — about the differences between a domain name vs. hosting. All business owners need to understand this distinction because knowing the difference between a domain name vs. hosting  is crucial for your business. Not knowing could lead to website downtime… Read more »

Why Marketers Need to Start Thinking About Technical Debt

Remember when you decided to do that project quick and dirty? It might come back to haunt you.

You might be wondering: Just what is technical debt? Well, ever hear of a “bush fix” or “jury rig”?  These are makeshift repairs or temporary procedures made with materials on hand. Think of using duct tape as a quick fix until you can get a more permanent solution. When applied to web or software development,… Read more »

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: Applying Scrum to B2B Web Development

To build a complex website, you need a flexible process. Ready to lock arms and do this together?

Say you have a particularly complex B2B web development project. How will you approach it? This is an important question to ask because any B2B website really needs to be done right. B2B websites consistently play pivotal roles in purchasing and decision-making processes. Current and potential customers are constantly being funneled to websites through channels such as social media,… Read more »