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August 11, 2021  |  Digital Marketing

In the 40 years since email marketing began, it continues to be one of the strongest and most crucial aspects of any company’s marketing plans, and here’s the proof in numbers: 50.7% of customers’ buying decisions are influenced by emails Email has 40% better conversions than social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook Email marketing […]

July 22, 2021  |  Web Design & Development

Whether your website niche is providing easy weeknight meal plans for busy parents or you’re building your own e-commerce giant, there are many easy and impactful ways to increase your conversion rate — that is, get visitors to stay on your site and take some desired action. If you want to experiment with ways to […]

June 23, 2021  |  Web Design & Development

Life moves pretty fast, and one could argue that trends move even faster. Just like technology, what once was the latest and most attractive style in web design eventually becomes dated and out of touch. We’ve compiled a list of trends we’re watching in 2021 to ensure your website is optimized to create the best […]

May 26, 2021  |  Digital Marketing

Today’s post is brought to you by Natalie Swan, Founder of the Client Attraction Plan of Action. Natalie is one of PixelPeople’s regular partners, and we stand behind her proven methods. We are providing this information purely as a resource for our clients; there are no affiliate fees involved. One of the biggest complaints small […]

May 12, 2021  |  Website Maintenance & Hosting

Every day, websites are exposed to hackers, malware, and other security threats. It’s up to website and business owners to ensure their websites are secure in order to assure customers that their information is safe while visiting a website. If it’s been a minute since you did a website security health check, use this checklist […]

April 14, 2021  |  WordPress Web Design & Development

Times, they are a-changin’. After a whirlwind year, it seems like we’re finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Businesses are getting back to business, and here at PixelPeople we’re staying busy with requests for one of our core offerings: custom WordPress themes. If your business has changed in the […]

March 10, 2021  |  Digital Marketing

Social media is a powerful tool for engaging your customers and prospects. But as any company that has taken the plunge and grown their followers knows, managing multiple social media accounts can quickly get unwieldy. While countless tools exist to help you automate and maintain your social media presence, there’s still a learning curve, a […]

February 15, 2021  |  Website Maintenance & Hosting

Website maintenance is often an overlooked part of website ownership — especially for small businesses with a tight IT budget. But failing to maintain your site on a regular basis can lead to potentially serious problems for your business. If you’ve been lax about website maintenance, resolve to make 2021 the year you start keeping […]

January 13, 2021  |  Web Design & Development

While we’re all ready to slam the door on 2020, we know that everything didn’t magically go back to normal at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Many businesses are still keeping employees remote, and many others have decided that virtual is the wave of the future, with no plans to return to […]

December 10, 2020  |  Web Design & Development

Back in 2016, Gartner predicted that by 2020 people would be having more conversations with bots than with their spouses (yikes!). Whether that’s come to pass or not, the fact is that we are engaging with conversational artificial intelligence (AI) on a daily basis with our virtual assistants like Google, Siri, and Alexa. We ask them […]

November 11, 2020  |  Digital Marketing

As digital marketing guru Neil Patel says, “Pageviews don’t pay the bills. Purchases do.” If your website has a healthy amount of monthly traffic, but conversions are low, retargeting may be a viable strategy to reel back in some of that lost traffic. Here’s how it works.   How Does Retargeting Work? Retargeting tracks visitors […]

October 14, 2020  |  Ecommerce Web Development

We can all agree that 2020 has been quite a ride. As we turn the last corner of the year and head into the holiday shopping season, it’s logical to assume that we will see an uptick in online shopping with many stores remaining closed and people remaining home. In fact, Salesforce has been accurately […]