{"id":1121,"date":"2019-01-08T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weblinxinc.com\/blog\/business-website-ready-2019\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:23:22","slug":"business-website-ready-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weblinxinc.com\/blog\/business-website-ready-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Business Website Ready for 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If you haven\u2019t taken a moment to contact us yet, or aren\u2019t even a Weblinx client, you might be looking for some quick tips you can use to prepare your web presence for the year ahead. To help you out, today we want to present you with some simple reminders we give to our own clients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Here are a handful of steps you can take to prepare your business website for a busy and profitable 2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Begin With a Website Audit<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If you don\u2019t know exactly what\u2019s happening with your website, the first step is to have it audited by a team of creative professionals. That just means letting us look through your content and coding to see whether your pages load quickly, whether you have duplicated text, or if there are any technical issues with your programming or plug-ins. Any of these could slow down your website, signal a security issue, or cause Google to ignore your pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Check Up on the Competition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">It\u2019s always smart, at the beginning of any new year, to check up on the competition. That\u2019s particularly true in the internet where your closest competitors are just a click away. You don\u2019t have to spend a lot of time on this activity, but you should have a sense of whether the other businesses in your market have added new features and content or are ramping up their advertising. That way you can keep up and avoid being blindsided by any gains they make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Update the Content on Your Website<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Is the content on your website completely up-to-date, or does it reference old calendar items, employees who are no longer with your business, or possibly even products and prices that don\u2019t still exist? Business owners put off content updates because it means spending time on things like writing, proofreading, and page reviews, but this is a necessary task. You won\u2019t have a better time or occasion to update your website, so don\u2019t mistake the chance to dig into your pages now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Develop a Comprehensive Online Marketing Plan<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">You already know, of course, that your website doesn\u2019t have a lot of value without an ongoing marketing plan that helps you attract visitors and customers. This is a good time to remind yourself of that and avoid leaving anything to chance. Make sure you know what you\u2019re going to do with your blog, online ads, social media profiles, and search engine optimization campaigns (at a minimum) for the next few months. That way you can get 2019 off to a great start and have some success to build on as you move forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"user-content__title title title--h2\">Want Help Making 2019 Your Best Year Yet?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">At Weblinx, we don\u2019t just have experience building websites. Business owners and executives turn to us because we help them take proven principles and generate real-world results they can see on a balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If you\u2019re looking for a better website and a smarter way of finding customers, we are here to help. Contact our team of creative professionals at <strong class=\"user-content__strong\">630-551-0334 x1<\/strong> today to schedule a free consultation and learn more about what we can do for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t taken a moment to contact us yet, or aren\u2019t even a Weblinx client, you might be looking for some quick tips you can use to prepare your web presence for the year ahead. 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