The Webcom Blog
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The First Week Mistake Nobody Plans For
The email shows up on a Tuesday morning. It looks like it’s from the CEO. The name matches. The tone is right. Even the signature looks familiar. “Hey — can you help me with something quickly? I’m in back-to-back meetings. Need you to handle a vendor payment. I’ll explain later.”…
Automation Shortcuts That Save Time and Money
A partner at a midsize accounting firm noticed something odd on a workload report. One of their senior team members was logging nearly six hours a week moving client data from one system to another. Six hours a week doesn’t sound dramatic until you do the math. That’s more than…
SEO – It’s a marathon, not a sprint
I often get asked the question, “What is SEO and how can it help me?”SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is the practice of boosting the quality and quantity of traffic to your website.If you want to use your website as an advertising tool, its imperative that you...
Web Design – What is good web design?
I am often asked the question in a design brief meeting, “What constitutes good web design?”Well, this has changed over the years. When I first started developing websites, graphic designers often designed the look of the site. These websites would look great, but...
IT Consulting – A changing environment
My first dabble in IT was way back in 1988 when I got a job assembling PCs for a company that supplied schools and government agencies Australia wide. Since then, over the last 30 years, I have seen Information Technology change and evolve into what it is today. I’m...
Configuring your WordPress blog
You’ve heard that blogging is all the rage now and you want to put one up to get your message out there. A blog page with quality content will help drive traffic to your website and increase your organic SEO. WordPress is one of the best platforms to do this. This tutorial will explain some of the things that have to be configured in the WordPress backend to ensure your blog has a fighting start.
There are many choices with eCommerce software platforms. One o the first decisions to make is to whether to use a hosted option or an online version of the software. For this article, I will discuss the two most commonly used eCommerce applications, WooCommerce and Shopify.
