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What to Bring to your Marketing Meeting

In Demysitifying Websites, Inside Green Bag Designs, Tips & Tools by Maggie Gambon

First, congratulations on scheduling a meeting to discuss marketing your awesome small business! (Tiny Trumpet Noises) Now, let’s get started. Below you will find a complete list of everything you will need to bring along to make your marketing meeting run smoothly.  Are you meeting to discuss your website?  If you are meeting to discuss improvements to your site or …

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Website maintenance: Why your site requires maintenance

In Demysitifying Websites by Maggie Gambon

Website maintenance is a little like insurance. You don’t really notice you don’t have it, until something goes wrong. At Green Bag Designs we love building websites for our awesome clients! There is nothing more exciting than when a site launches and our client’s ring the bell! (If you aren’t sure what bell we are talking about, pay a visit …

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SSL Certificate: What you need to know.

In Demysitifying Websites by Green Bag Designs

What is an SSL Certificate? An SSL Certificate is an encrypted link between the web server and the web browser.  This encrypted link ensures that all of the information passed between the two remains private.  The SSL Certificate has the following information: the name of the holder, a serial number and expiration date, a copy of the certificate holders public …

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Charleston Pro Bono

In client showcase, Demysitifying Websites by Chris Majernik

We had a blast working on Charleston Pro Bono’s new website!   Charleston Pro Bono, for the public good. Charleston Pro Bono is a truly amazing organization. They provide civil legal aid to eligible low-income residents of Charleston County at no cost to the clients.  They are able to do this through various government and foundation grant awards, in addition …

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Top 5 Hacks in Squarespace

In Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools by Enid Spitz

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. …

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Top Time-Saving Shortcuts in WordPress

In Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools by Enid Spitz

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 …

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Top 5 Plugins for WordPress

In Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools by Enid Spitz

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 …

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5 Free Printables to Amp Up Your Online Graphics

In Demysitifying Websites, Tips & Tools by Enid Spitz

Downloading printables is an awesome, easy way to freshen up your graphic designs and increase your social engagement. You do not have to reinvent the wheel here! Pinterest, graphic design sites, Etsy and independent artists are all fabulous resources for content you can customize and use for your own business. With summer coming up fast, we’re loving these fresh and …