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Seattle Web Design Project for Paddlers SUpply in Washington State

Professional Wholesale Website Design for Paddlers Supply

We’ve delivered another website for a distributor/wholesale company based in Washington state. Paddlers Supply had an old ASP.Net website with limited functionality and lacked responsiveness. A new website was designed on a WordPress platform with custom features like price availability of products to their distributors.

The site was also optimized so that it will rank on search engines.

Website: Paddlers Supply

Project Description: New WordPress website & SEO

Online Marketing: Basic On-Page SEO

Industry: Wholesale

Business Location: Anacortes, Washington

Responsive Website, Content Writing, and SEO.

Technologies: PHP & MySQL.

Web Maintenance

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Web design in each country has different characteristics. In Asia, for example, they focus more on content than on presentation. In contrast, in Western countries, they focus more on presentation. Both are important. As long as we balance both. In fact, it helps the content and website attract more viewers and users.

Have you ever thought if there is a difference between the design of websites in the US and European countries? Although they are all Western countries, each has a different design style. Also, web design agencies will create websites based on individual designers creativity and demographic needs.

https://medium.com/@visualwebzreviews/the-differences-between-website-design-in-the-usa-and-in-europe-f7096bb44b79

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The differences between website design in the USA and in Europe.

Web design in each country has different characteristics. In Asia, for example, they focus more on content than on presentation. In contrast, in Western countries, they focus more on presentation. Both are important. As long as we balance both. In fact, it helps the content and website attract more viewers and users.

Have you ever thought if there is a difference between the design of websites in the US and European countries? Although they are all Western countries, each has a different design style. Also web design agencies will create websites based on individual designers creativity and demographic needs.

https://medium.com/@visualwebzreviews/the-differences-between-website-design-in-the-usa-and-in-europe-f7096bb44b79

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Future of Voice Search 

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Small Businesses SEO is a core part of any business looking to be successful online. The phrase Search Engine Optimization, also referred to as SEO has become more widely talked about when discussing online business. SEO statistics states Google alone reported almost 2.3 trillion searches in 2019 with 70% of marketers preferring SEO over paid-per-click results. Business owners who are looking at expanding their online presence are investing more in SEO and seeing the benefits. If you’re in the process of creating or updating your website, or wanting to increase your revenue, SEO can help. Let’s take a closer look at small businesses and what a website and SEO can offer them.

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Small Businesses SEO

Small Businesses SEO is a core part of any business looking to be successful online. The phrase Search Engine Optimization, also referred to as SEO has become more widely talked about when discussing online business. SEO statistics states Google alone reported almost 2.3 trillion searches in 2019 with 70% of marketers preferring SEO over paid-per-click results. Business owners who are looking at expanding their online presence are investing more in SEO and seeing the benefits.

Remember, crawlers cannot index, catalog and rank websites they are not able to find due to internal link errors.

Remember this includes new content as well as freshening up and republishing old content with a quick update.

Remember that backlinks need to be quality natural links from websites that the search engine deems as trusted.

Remember to ask questions. A good place to start is with your standard who, where, what, why, when and how.

Remember to consider things like loading speed for different devices from desktops and laptops to phones and tablets.

Remember most search engines are looking primarily for relevant content and backlinks.

https://visualwebz.com/small-businesses-seo/

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Seattle Web Design & Online Marketing Services

Are you looking for web design and online marketing services? Consider visualwebz a local Seattle agency. 

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Where is our Social Media Society Going with Fake News on Covid-19!

Social Media Society has been growing from the start of online chat. Imagine a world without Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat or Instagram. Quite difficult, isn’t it? These online services have such a huge influence on our culture and are hard to picture how our lives would be without them...

Fake News

The last critical idea that people must understand about social media is how news information is now shared throughout online media services. Currently, a lot of people now use social media sites to learn about current events. People turn to these online news sites/pages rather than reputable news on cable TV nowadays. In fact, new aggregators or individuals may also use fake news to drive website traffic and increase click revenue. The problem with this is that since social media is fast and growing, a lot of false information can be spread like wildfire. And the worst part is that people who view these articles. Big-time news corporations like CNN News are more worried about gathering information quickly and being the first to cover a story rather than getting reliable facts about the situation.

https://visualwebz.com/social-media-society/

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How to start a social media campaign.

How to Start a Social Media Campaign with 8 simple steps. Every year, we see many new social media campaigns pop up. For example, ranging from Save the Turtles to Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino. So many more can be found just through a simple Google search. Although the provided examples above may not have similar goals in mind, they both managed to take the world by storm. In fact, to launch a successful Social Media Campaign, there are a few important steps needed. Before you start, however, you need to make sure you have the time to dedicate to your social media campaign. In fact, these things don’t just happen overnight and a mere push of a button, but a great deal of effort is needed to get such campaigns noticed. Although it may seem daunting at first, I’m going to show you how you can start your own little social media takeover. 

Step 1 – How to Start a Social Media Campaign – Establish a Goal.

No matter what you wish to achieve with your social media campaign, you need to establish a goal. Whether its to drive traffic through social media, or just brand awareness, you need solid goals before starting any campaign, For example, the Unicorn Frappuccino, the end goal was to get people to visit their local Starbucks and spend money! Not only was this campaign wildly successful, but it left everybody wanting more. This gives Starbucks the opportunity to bring this drink back again to an even greater sense of excitement. The interesting thing about this campaign was that it got online creators and marketers interested, which gave the company and its new product insane amounts of free publicity. Did I say free publicity? Yes, that’s what you should be aiming for!

The goal for the “Saving the Turtles” campaign was to raise awareness towards the horrible, and sometimes gruesome realities that come with plastic usage and littering in the ocean and beaches. The slogan “Save the Turtles” has become so widely known that you can hear it in everyday conversations, sometimes not even about the movement!  Maybe you are trying to gain followers on your Instagram account, or maybe you are trying to popularize a dance that you created.  Whatever it may be, make sure you are aware of your intentions for starting a social media campaign.

Of course, once the goals are set you will need to ensure everything else is aligned with the social media campaign. For instance, having a website, and ensure the digital marketing aspect such as SEO is also included.

Step 1 – How to Start a Social Media Campaign – Establish a Goal.

No matter what you wish to achieve with your social media campaign, you need to establish a goal. Whether its to drive traffic through social media or just brand awareness, you need solid goals before starting any campaign, For example, the Unicorn Frappuccino, the end goal was to get people to visit their local Starbucks and spend money! Not only was this campaign wildly successful, but it left everybody wanting more. This gives Starbucks the opportunity to bring this drink back again to an even greater sense of excitement. The interesting thing about this campaign was that it got online creators and marketers interested, which gave the company and its new product insane amounts of free publicity. Did I say free publicity? Yes, that’s what you should be aiming for!

The goal for the “Saving the Turtles” campaign was to raise awareness towards the horrible, and sometimes gruesome realities that come with plastic usage and littering in the ocean and beaches.  The slogan “Save the Turtles” has become so widely known that you can hear it in everyday conversations, sometimes not even about the movement!  Maybe you are trying to gain followers on your Instagram account, or maybe you are trying to popularize a dance that you created.  Whatever it may be, make sure you are aware of your intentions for starting a social media campaign.

Of course, once the goals are set you will need to ensure everything else is aligned with the social media campaign. For instance, having a website, and ensure the digital marketing aspect such as SEO is also included.

Steps 2 8 available at https://visualwebz.com/how-to-start-a-social-media-campaign-with-8-simple-steps/

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Seattle SEO

https://visualwebz.com/washington/seattle-seo-company/

A Seattle SEO Company & Web Design Agency that continue to help small businesses…

We have helped many local businesses in and around Seattle, Washington, and surrounding areas. Also, we don’t make false promises such as your website will be on the first page of Google in one month! In fact, we know and tell our customers that it takes time and effort to get your website prominently placed and ranked high. After all, it’s very competitive out there no matter which industry your business falls under. But, with time, tactful approaches and strategies we can help your business website advance to the first page. Also, with AI (artificial intelligence) becoming more mainstream, search engines are able to identify and remove shortcuts that so-called “SEO Consultants” take to get to first-page ranking. Such black hat techniques only work temporarily. We only utilize white hat SEO and never go down the easy, unethical and short term aided route! SEO takes time and a lot of effort… We don’t claim that your website will rank on the first page in one month. As a matter of fact, we are very aware ranking a website takes time and a lot of effort.

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5 Ways You Can Compete with Other Web Designers

As a web designer, your job is to create fantastic looking websites for your customers. You know how to use CSS, HML, and JavaScript along with other web-related technologies to their full potential. In fact, you know that your skills are second to none when it comes to building beautiful and functional websites! To add more to this, you’ve taken your web development skills, creativity and built a decent portfolio of web designs. But, there is one problem. There are 220,000 web designers in the United States. And to add more to the equation globalization has created businesses to tap into more web designers and web development agencies worldwide!

How do you stand out from the pack? Sure, there are more than enough websites to be designed. How do you show customers that you are the one up to the task of handling their website?

Sell Yourself

Unfortunately, there is no one magic solution that will ensure you will get work. As a web designer, you will have to cover your bases and market yourself in many different ways. Yes, SEO, online marketing and social media presence will also be needed. But the big one is to learn to sell yourself. Here are 5 different ways to do this:

1. Start With Free Work

There a couple of things that you can do if you are having a hard time breaking into the web design industry.

You can start by looking for non-profits that require some front-end web development. Usually, charities are not very picky with who works on their site and more importantly your helping a 503 c3 organization. This is a great opportunity for you to get some experience and create a website to add to your portfolio.

Helping other Developers on GitHub

There are many open-source projects that you can contribute to on GitHub. In fact, if your work is good enough, the project manager may accept your submitted changes. Also, besides building a network of go-to web developers and web design agencies you will also have an addition to your portfolio.

Open Source Web Projects

You should also be looking for web design and online marketing companies that you would want to work for. Especially, if you're not looking to set up your own web agency or freelance. Such web design agencies sometimes will have opens source projects posted on GitHub. Adding to these projects is a great way to show your worth for the company. Imagine someone working for you before they even send an application. Such relationships and networking opportunities will no doubt open doors for future projects, as well as being hired.

2. Promote Yourself and Participate in Competitions

This one may seem like a no brainer, but you would be surprised how many designers don’t market themselves. Or at least not as well as they should.

First off as a web designer you should have at least one personal website. Think of this as a dynamic resume where you constantly update it. For example, you can link all of your work, skills, and credentials. This will give prospective clients a snapshot of who you are and what you can do.

Social Media

Not having any social media exposure will only limit your exposure. That being said you should have an active social media presence. Don’t be shy. The more active you are online the easier it is going to be for web design projects to land on your laps! So, don’t be an undercover designer, be active an active and extrovert web developer. Get a Twitter, a Facebook, a Linkedin, a Snapchat. Anything that you can link to and market yourself. After all, selling yourself is about getting the word out. Naturally, as a web designer, you should know all about social media presence too.

Are you web designing as a private web design contractor? the biggest thing you can do for yourself is to solidify your brand. You are your own company, so treat yourself as a commodity and sell yourself.

If you are going down a more traditional route, you should market yourself a bit differently. Mainly showcase your ability to work on group projects. Get involved in open source GitHub projects. Make sure your resume highlights your communicative skills.

Linkedin

If you don’t already have a Linkedin profile get one. LinkedIn has become an industry leader in professional connections. Data suggests that 96% of job recruiters use LinkedIn in some way to conduct their hiring process. Though only 36% of job seekers have an active LinkedIn profile. Having an updated LinkedIn profile puts many professionals such as web designers in a great position. Exposure to Social Media will allow you to be ahead of the pack.

Compete

One resource that web designers don’t utilize enough in is web design competitions. There are plenty of places to submit personal website designs to. Most of these sites announce awards to people every month. Some even do it daily. This is a great way to flex your proficiency and cross-promote. Your next client may even find you through one of these competitions.

Here are 5 design competitions that you can submit to right now:

1. CSS Design Awards

2. Awwwards

3. D&AD Awards

4. The Shorty Awards

5. CSS Winner

There are also other places you can get yourself out on. For example, the likes of many directories and review sites. For example, our web design agency has established ranking on Clutch, The Manifest, UpCity, and Expertise to name a few. Also, not forgetting Google My Business.

3. Don’t be a jack of all trades, find a niche

If you’re hungry for work, you might be inclined to canvas a wide area for jobs. This means that you will have a higher chance of landing a gig. Right? But, this is not the case. In fact, doing this will put your portfolio up against a huge array of web designers. You will find that your odds of getting a job decline substantially. Hence, why it makes sense to try not to spread yourself over multiple web areas. This should be left to web design agencies that have the leverage, resources, and staff skilled in each of the niche areas. For example, a social media marketer may be clueless in terms of back end development. Likewise, an SEO expert will have limited knowledge in front end web design.

Instead, find a specific area of expertise and stick to that. Web design firms, as well as customers, may want a specific skillset. For example, a small business may already have a website but may be looking for a WordPress developer to update some plugins. Hence, a web designer that's found to be advertising many skill sets may dilute their expertise. Don’t get me wrong, there are qualified full stack developers and designers that can handle complete projects. But, they’ve built such skillsets of years if not decades. As an entry web developer, it would make sense to market your core skills, and then diversify.

Specialize in specific industries

You don’t want to land a job and then have to ask your clients the details of what business they are in or trying to sell. That will destroy your credibility. Not to mention this can create a sense of unease with potential clients that you are inexperienced and don’t understand their business. You want your clients to feel like they are in good hands. After all, keeping your client happy is web design 101. A sure way to do this is to know what they want without them having to tell you. Hence, would make sense to understand the industries you will be focussing on. For example, small businesses like dentists, attorney’s at Law, landscape Supplies, even websites for photographers, towing companies or auto junkyards!

Working on a specific niche will allow your portfolio to stand out from other generic web designers scrambling for work. Also, potential clients will be more inclined to hire you due to your experience in their disciplined businesses. Following these simple rules will allow you to be locked down in a niche market. In fact, you will find that your clients are more willing to put trust in your work. Since you are a niche web developer you can be considered as a professional web designer!

Also, you will start to notice that you will not have to look for work nearly as often. If you market yourself in one specific area word of mouth can spread pretty quickly. Potential clients are much more likely to hire a specialist in their field then a generalist.

There are tons of web designers who do not think about locking down a niche market. They promote themselves as generalists and take what they can get. Only to realize its a trap. Don’t fall into this trap. Be specific in your web services and expertise. Simple measures will help you as a web designer.

4. Use Your Clients to Get More Clients

Have you gotten a few jobs but find it hard to get work consistently? You might want to think about starting a referral program. Use your previous interactions with paying customers to find more work.

Start offering services such as discounted website maintenance. Limited specials on website design can spread like wildfire, and get your name out fairly quickly.

Word of mouth is still one of the best ways to find work. That is true in any field. Studies show that a whopping 92 percent of consumers say that they trust media recommended by friends or family. This statistic is staggering and cannot be overlooked. Use your clients to find more work for you by offering. Simple strategies can be like offering discounted services if your clients are willing to recommend your services on their social media platforms.

5. Fighting it Out with The DIY Developer

By now you should be confident that you can compete with other web designers. Well, guess what? They are not the only competition you have. Nowadays, companies like Wix, GoDaddy, and Squarespace all have solutions for the do it yourself web developer. But, such web services have drawbacks and limitations and are short-lived for businesses that will scale and grow down the road.

Yes, small businesses with budget constraints can create their own websites. But, custom solutions will only be available via an established web designer or web design agency. Also, expertise and know-how of how the internet works and how websites sell products is your leverage. For example, you will need to equip yourself with the basics of SEO and how best to market websites for your clients. Use that. Hence, you should not just be a web developer but also a marketing strategist and a social media expert.

Creating an aesthetically pleasing website is half the battle when using website builders like Weebly or Wix. Clients that do go down this route eventually end up hiring an online marketer or digital marketing agency. So you need to be ready to explain the pro’s and con’s between you and affordable website builders. Also, you need to tell potential customers how you build websites with a focus on their user experience. What does the user need? How can you keep them on the website longer? How can your design be as straightforward and intuitive as possible?

Get Out There and Show Clients What You Got

Now that you know how to compete with other web designers, it is time to take action. The quicker you get to work on taking steps to be competitive the better. The world of web design is constantly growing and evolving. You want to keep pace with the competition.

Promoting yourself in as many ways as you can enable you to stay ahead. You want everybody to be talking about you and the services you provide. You want your clients to have nothing but good things to say about you.

Once you have a decent start it would be a good idea to lock down a niche. This is when web development can start to turn from a job into a career. You could be the go-to person if someone wants a specific website made.

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Professional web design & SEO services in Seattle, WA

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Seattle Online Marketing, SEO and Web Design Services

Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, it's most likely your business is seeing a huge reduction in foot traffic. There are opportunities available for your business to bounce back... 

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Olympia SEO & Web Design

Web Design & Local Olympia SEO

Olympia SEO is one of the many services provided by Visualwebz.com. Alongside Social Media and website design services. We provide the best online marketing strategies available to small businesses.

With other Search Engine Optimization companies Olympia, WA, Visualwebz LLC is one with the expertise in SEO. If you live in the area of Olympia Washington Visualwebz.com then we can help local businesses help their web page get more ratings. We understand the importance of local businesses being marketed on the web and want to be as efficient as possible. Our strong philosophy in gaining organic webpage rankings is one of many reasons why you should contact us.

Olympia SEO expertise

We specialize in the key fundamentals of creating a viable website that will attract customers. Based on our years of hands-on experience, we can ultimately build your website as well as market it as a winner. Overall, we adopt white hat techniques. Thus steadily improving the website presence and maintaining that standing.

Key areas we focus on with regards to SEO include:

Keywords analysis.

Landing Pages and local presence.

Achieve the highest SERP ranking.

Website Optimization.

Update to responsive websites.

Content writing, blogging and optimizing bounce rates.

Website Speed management and monitoring

Google, Bing and Yahoo concentration.

Online marketing, email marketing, online advertising, and PPC.

Competition review and keyword targeting.

Social media management.

Our website costs and SEO pricing plans are very competitive. Also, our website design and digital marketing services are custom designed so that your website gets results! Work with one of our specialists and experience the results we can provide with our strategies and web design technologies. Contact us at (425)-336-0069, or email us at info@visualwebz.com. After all, our Olympia SEO strategies will get your business to compete online.