I feel so honored to be named alongside much larger web design firms in Fort Worth, Texas as one of the top web design firms in our city.

As a freelance website designer, I am different than big design firms. We each have our own ways of helping our customers.

While the bigger firms create powerful and complex websites, along with full branding and logo design, I specialize in helping small family-owned businesses and solopreneurs get a simple website that meets their business' needs.

Along with the simpler, yet clean and clear design, the websites I create are built in Weebly, making it easy for business owners to make updates on their own later.

If you're a small business looking for a website that perfectly suits your business' needs, I'd love to talk. Give me a call or fill out the form on my Contact page and set up a time to Zoom. I'd love to help you and your business!

As a freelance website designer, I've chosen Weebly as my platform of choice. 

Weebly is easy-to-use with its drag-and-drop builder, but the main reason I use it is because it allows me to create beautiful websites that are mobile-friendly. 

Here a five examples of websites I've created in Weebly for solopreneurs and small business owners like you. 

If you hire me or anyone else to help you with the way Google works with your website, you don't want to give out your password. Instead, you want to add me as a User on your account.

To set up Google Analytics and add me as a user, follow these instructions:

1. Visit: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/ and click on Start for Free.

I visited a local website today and they had a HUGE list of email addresses of previous students.

That's a great way to get your email hacked!

Spammers can use a software program called a 'bot' to search hundreds of websites looking for exposed email addresses.

I had mistakenly thought that having the email address "hidden" inside a link would be OK, but it isn't.

So what to do?

I spent a couple hours this morning watching YouTube videos and reading posts about Google Analytics (why does it have to be so confusing?). During that research, I found a super simple tip to increase traffic to your website...

One of the hottest things happening today are side hustles! 

A side hustle is a job you do on the side, usually alongside your full-time job, but it could also be alongside homeschooling your kids or something similar. 

I did a little research looking for side hustle ideas. Take a look and see if any of these look interesting to you.

"I made a website myself so all the content is there. I just need a professional touch."

This was posted in a group I'm in on Facebook.

Personally, I think creating the content can be harder than creating the design of the website, but not everyone agrees.

How about you? Do you have the content for your website, but just need a professional touch making it come to life?

I'd love to help!

There is more to creating a great website than just good content.
A good website needs:

• A well-thought out plan for the page structure
• An enticing heading that calls the visitor to action
• Search engine optimization (SEO) so the website can be found on through search
• Internal and external links
• A footer with all the necessary information
• Mobile-responsiveness so it looks good on a phone
• Images that are properly formatted
  

If you're in the process of launching your business, you probably know exactly what you want to say to your potential customers, but not have the slightest idea how to bring that vision to life.

I'd love to help.

Schedule a free call with me today so we can discuss your particular needs. I look forward to hearing from you!

The hardest website page to create is the About Me page. 
It's so hard to know what to say! 
And to make it more confusing, the experts say that your About Me page isn't really about you; it's about your visitors and their problem and how you're the best person to solve it. 
I asked some copywriting experts for their top tips on how to create a great About Me page. 
Be sure to visit their websites for more of their copywriting goodness!

"When you’re writing an “about me” page, consider what your target client needs to know about your qualifications, experience, and philosophy to convince them to hire you. If your clients are corporate employees, they’ll likely be interested in your past positions, certifications, and professional accomplishments; a client base of professional dog walkers is probably interested in a much different set of credentials."
www.jrowecs.com

If you're a copywriter and have your own tips for a great About Me page, would you leave a tip and a link to your website in the comments? 

How does your website read?
Readability is a BIG thing when it comes to websites.
It's not necessarily an SEO ranking feature, but it is indirectly.
The longer someone spends on your page, the better your site will rank.
If someone comes to your site and sees too many words, they might bounce right back off and head somewhere else.

How do you improve the readability of your website?

• Break text up into bullets, like this
• Put a paragraph break after every one to two sentences
• Use short sentences and simple words
• Write like you speak, that is, in a conversational tone
• Use headings and subheadings to break up the text and improve "skimability"
• Keep text left-aligned, not centered
• Use images to increase understanding
• Aim for about a 7th grade reading level​

Don't be afraid to use lots of paragraph breaks. 
Though you should write in a conversational tone, don't write like you would in a printed book or magazine, with 3-5 sentences in one paragraph. 
It's harder to read on a screen, so make it easy on your visitors and use the tips above to improve the readability of your website. ​​
Here's an example of a blog post I formatted for a friend on her website: 
https://glendarobinson.weebly.com/blog/10-essential-oils-for-dealing-with-stress

Do you have a website for your business that you love?
If not, let me help you! Schedule a free call today!

You might also like: 
3 Top Website Design Tips for Solopreneurs
How to Create an SEO-Friendly Title Tag in Weebly
Use Your Time and God-given Gifts to Work on Your Craft, Not on a Website

Are you wondering how you can find customers online?
Do you have a new business and you need more customers to make ends meet?
Have you tried posting on social media, but you still don’t get as many customers as you’d like?

By marketing, I mean letting people know that you are in business and have a product or service that could benefit your ideal customers.

By relationships, I mean you have built the know, like, and trust factor with people, whether that’s online or in real life.

Let’s dig a little deeper into each of these ideas.