Posted on July 23, 2018
Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools

Are you currently using Squarespace as your site platform?  It’s easy to love the clean lines and functionality of Squarespace, but still crave the ability to make your site more “you”.   Add a video to your header: In most templates where you can add images into the header sections of your site, you can also embed a video to autoplay.  Need a video?  We can film one for you, or you can often get a great one from Shutterstock.com Remove...

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Posted on June 25, 2018
Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools

Google Analytics tracks and reports your website traffic, as well as where these sources are coming from and how your client is finding you.  It’s a great tool to use in order to see if your advertising, search engine optimization and marketing plan is working for your business. When you build a site with us, we set up your analytics.  However, if you’re building a site yourself, it may be difficult to know how to set up and sync your analytics. First...

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Posted on June 18, 2018
Inside Green Bag Designs

Our namesake Green Bag doesn't just hang out on its hook in the office. This bag travels all over Charleston and beyond! Whether we’re taking work outside for a brainstorming session on Folly Beach, grabbing lunch at our neighborhood salad spot, or networking with other Charleston entrepreneurs—all of us at Green Bag Designs like to enjoy our city. There are plenty of amazing reasons why Charleston keeps winning Best City to Visit accolades. Yes, this is a tourist hotspot, and...

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Posted on June 5, 2018
Inside Green Bag Designs

It’s always the same question. Why the Green Bag? Sometimes the world speaks to you when you are least expecting it.   I had been working at a marketing firm as a Special Projects Manager when I was suddenly fired due to cutbacks in the company. Getting laid off was something I had never expected, and losing my job so abruptly was definitely not scribbled into my day planner. Marketing had been my lifeline. It had helped to fuel my creativity...

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Posted on June 4, 2018
Tips & Tools

Our business tends to slow down through the summer.  Kids are out of school, families are taking vacations, and everyone in Charleston tends to head to the beach on a pretty afternoon.  We’ve come to expect this summer slump, and have started planning around it.  If your business also hits a summer lull, or a slow period during another part of the year, we wanted to offer our “back-burner” projects that we save for these warm months. 1. Review Our slowish period...

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Posted on May 28, 2018
Tips & Tools

Have you heard about the GDPR?  It stands for The General Data Protection Regulation, which is designed to enable individuals to better control their personal data. It is hoped that these modernised and unified rules will allow businesses to make the most of the opportunities of the Digital Single Market by reducing regulation and benefiting from reinforced consumer trust.  Right now, it only affects the rights of EU residents.  Whew, to all of our US companies, right? That's a big nope.  Sure, you...

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Posted on May 21, 2018
Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools

We are all about making websites quick and easy for people to use! Sometimes the back-end of building websites is not so streamlined, though. Between coding, content blocks, e-commerce and making the most beautiful, functional website possible, you don’t have time for extra steps. That is why shortcuts are so useful! The best keyboard shortcuts in Wordpress can save so much time. In Wordpress visual editor you can use key combinations to make changes without a mouse or trackpad, saving you...

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Posted on May 14, 2018
client showcase

Branding matters—and your company logo is one of the first and most memorable things that clients encounter with your business. Creating custom logos and graphic designs is one of our favorite things to do with clients. Here our some recent design and how they look "in the wild:" --------- We created this logo for Chambers & Associates, a general contracting company in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.  We loved the idea of incorporating a protractor kind of feel to their initals to form...

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Posted on May 7, 2018
Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools

Blogging is an amazing way to connect with clients and become a go-to resource about your area of expertise. But blogs are most useful if they're easy to find and read! This is where categories come in. You can organize all the blogs on your site into categories, making them manageable for you and your readers. Think of it like putting everything into folders for quick reference. As an added benefit, readers can click a category to see more similar blogs,...

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Posted on April 30, 2018
Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools

If you know our website-building and design company, you know we like Wordpress—a lot. It’s a powerful website builder and we use it to showcase clients, keep them connected and offer online services. Some of the best functionality from Wordpress comes from plugins. If you aren’t using plugins on your Wordpress site, you are missing a lot of resources for your business, not to mention less stress for you and your website team. Here are some of the optional plugins that...

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