Architecture of Your Website

The overall architecture of your site affects your users’ ability to find the information they are looking for and engage with your business effectively. How do you know if your site has information architecture problems? Ask yourself these questions: From the home...

Working With Your Design Team

So you’ve decided to create or redesign your website and have chosen a design company…what now? The first thing that you need to do is get in contact with your design team. There are a few things to keep in mind though when you are working with them. The first...

The Power of Visual Hierarchy

One problem I see all too often in websites is the failure to use good hierarchy. Visual hierarchy is the most important principle of web design. It’s the order in which the human eye perceives what it sees. Essentially which things visually stand out as having the...

Driving Traffic and Staying Balanced

Recently I listened to an article on NPR’s afternoon show “Here and Now” about how click-baiting will affect the world of journalism. Click-baiting is when you use an eye catching picture or link that encourages people to click on it to view more info.It addressed...

Responsive Web Design

What is “responsive” web design? What does it mean when someone says my site is “responsive”, or “mobile friendly”? This is a questions I get asked almost everyday by clients. We created all of our websites to be responsive. This is a newer technology, so not everyone...