Digital Marketing & Concrete5 Tips Blog
Advice, tutorials, news, training and expert advice on the Concrete5 content management system, ecommerce, website design, online marketing and social media optimization from Pixo Web Design & Strategy. To watch training videos visit our Concrete5 videos page. To learn more about our Concrete5 services or to get your own Concrete5 website please feel free to contact us.
Jul
10
Using Love to Build Your Business & Turn Around Organizations
Let me say from the outset that I'm not a sappy person. I'm not afraid of a hug, but I'm not a touchy feely person. But there is something that I've learned and thought about over the last 20 years that applies to any aspect of life and has great application in the workplace. That is the concept …
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Jun
23
Influencer Campaigns: Not All Blogs are Created Equal
At Pixo, we have been doing influencer campaigns via mom blogs for a long time. One thing we have found is that not all blogs are created equal. Some of the blogs that purport to be popular will drive very few conversions. Some moms with blogs may get invited to all of the influencer events by me…
Categories: Social Media
Jun
03
Fact: The Promise of Mobile Advertising Has Finally Arrived
I remember in 2001 when there was a lot of talk about mobile advertising and promise of being able to advertise to consumers in your local area as they were on their mobile devices. That promise of being able to drive revenues through mobile advertising seemed to come up ever year after that and ta…
Categories: Website Design
Jun
01
Concrete5 Bug Fixes, Upgrades & Customization Specalists
Do you have a concrete5 website that is throwing errors or needs something fixed, repaired or upgraded? You've come to the right place. Pixo Web Design & Strategy is concrete5 website design and development agency with over seven years of experience with the concrete5 CMS. We can help you fix bug…
Categories: Concrete5
May
23
The Definitive Guide to Concrete5 Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
After a lot of research and testing I think we have search engine optimization (SEO) for the Concrete5 content management system down to a science now. The following guide is the compilation of seven years of testing to best optimize Concrete5 for the best rankings on Google and the other search en…
Categories: Concrete5
May
05
Concrete5 Ecommerce to Be Available in Version 8
Concrete5 confirmed for us today via Twitter that ecommerce that is compatible with the latest version of Concrete5 will be available in version 8 of concrete5. In reply to a message we sent to concrete5 if a 5.7 version of ecommerce would be available, they replied, "Nope. But we are creating a Sk…
Categories: Concrete5
Apr
20
Generating 301 Redirects in an htaccess File
This is a handy little tool that I just found that helps create 301 redirects using an htaccess file. I use it frequently for concrete5 and Wordpress sites that I'm setting up an SSL for or want to force to www URLs or non-www URLs. This would be more for website developers than site owners, but a…
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Apr
13
Super Honored to be Nominated for Best Website on Awwwards
We are thrilled to announce that one of the websites we have designed and developed for Brokers Alliance (www.brokersalliance.com) has been nominated for beset website design on Awwwards. It is an honor to be considered. It is great when to be recognized for what was really a labor of love.
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Categories: Website Design
Apr
11
My Early Days on the Internet & Why the Internet of Today is Still Black & White Television
I was watch a show on Sunday about the history of America and they started talking about the early days of PCs and the internet. I have a fondness for both of those eras because I lived through both of those periods and loved them. When I was in the 4th grade I remember my cousin got an Atari 800 …
Categories: Website Design
Mar
24
Creating a Link for Reviews on Google+
I just came across this handy little tool that allows you to create a link for customers to place reviews on Google+ for your company. You used to be able to add a review parameter to the end of your Google+ page to link users to your review form, but that got changed the very end of 2015. This ha…
Categories: Social Media
