{"id":573,"date":"2014-09-04T15:32:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T22:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/?p=573"},"modified":"2021-11-03T23:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T06:41:34","slug":"why-update-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/why-update-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Update Your Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your website is the cornerstone of your marketing.\u00a0 Keep presenting the fresh face of your business by\u00a0updating photos.\u00a0List new products or services; add new staff members photos and bios. Consider adding information pages or a \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d page to show off your latest projects or products. If you\u2019re ready to move beyond your cell phone camera or point and shoot camera give us a call for professional photography<\/a>.\u00a0 Time for a major website overhaul?\u00a0 Redesign your website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Email continues to shine as a marketing tool.\u00a0 97% of cell phone users read email on their phone<\/a>. \u00a0Let your website help you collect email addresses, if you\u2019re using an email client (MailChimp, iContact, etc.) add their website widget to your desktop website, mobile site and blog. \u00a0Otherwise collect email addresses as you invoice, or have a signup sheet available.\u00a0 When you\u2019re ready to announce a special you\u2019ll be ready. \u00a0I manage email newsletter campaigns<\/a> as a service.<\/p>\n

Social media is the choice many potential clients use to engage with businesses. \u00a0Every business needs a Facebook page and Google+ page. Photographers and artists make use of Pinterest, Flickr; home construction or remodeling try Houzz and Pinterest; auto lovers frequent Instagram.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re ready move into video and make use of YouTube, Vimeo and more.\u00a0 For help read about my Webmaster Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

97% of cell phone users go online with their phones<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0The single biggest impact for your internet presence is a mobile website<\/a>.\u00a0 Make it easy for mobile users to receive your message. Reach people on the platform they choose.<\/p>\n

Read more\u00a0 http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/fact-sheets\/mobile-technology-fact-sheet\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Your website is the cornerstone of your marketing.\u00a0 Keep presenting the fresh face of your business by\u00a0updating photos.\u00a0List new products or services; add new staff members photos and bios. Consider adding information pages or a \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d page to show … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,174,217,197,178,219,229],"tags":[73,244,82,69],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adding-video","category-driving-your-website","category-enhancing-your-website","category-mobile-website-2","category-online-reputation-2","category-refresh-your-website-2","category-website-redesign","tag-blog","tag-commercial-photography","tag-content","tag-email-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}