In Brief

Thoughts, tips, and straight talk on web design, SEO, branding, and running a business online.

SEO

Local SEO for Johannesburg Businesses: A Practical Guide

If your business serves Johannesburg, Sandton, Randburg, or any specific suburb -most SEO advice you’ll read online doesn’t…

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Social Media

Should Your Business Actually Be on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn gets recommended a lot. Every business book, every marketing podcast, every consultant: “You should be on LinkedIn.”…

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SEO

Google Business Profile: The Most Underrated Free Marketing Tool

If you’re a small business and you’ve done the bare minimum on your Google Business Profile, you’re leaving…

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SEO

How Long Does SEO Take? An Honest Answer

The most common SEO promise you’ll see is ‘results in 30 days.’ The honest answer is: it’s more…

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Social Media

Why Your Social Media Isn’t Working And What to Fix

If you’ve been posting on social media consistently for six months and seeing nothing for it – no…

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Web Design

DIY vs Hire: When It’s Worth Outsourcing Your Digital

Almost every small business owner gets to a point where they ask: “Should I keep doing this myself,…

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WordPress

WordPress site broken: what to do

Your WordPress site is broken. Maybe it is returning a white screen, throwing an error, looking completely wrong,…

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Web Design

POPIA, Cookies & Your Website: What South African Businesses Need to Know

If you run a website in South Africa, you’re collecting personal information – even if you don’t realise…

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AEO

How to Write Content That AI Answers Will Quote

Most content gets written for humans who read linearly. AI tools do not read linearly. They scan for…

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Social Media

How Often Should a Small Business Post on Social Media?

How often should we be posting?” is the most common social media question we hear from small business…

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Web Design

WordPress Maintenance – What Actually Needs Doing and How Often

Once your website is live it’s easy to forget it exists – until something breaks, a plugin stops…

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Web Design

What to Expect When Building a WordPress Website

If you’ve never had a website built before, it’s easy to imagine it being either really complicated or…

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Web Design

WordPress + WooCommerce vs Shopify – What’s Actually the Difference?

If you’re thinking about building an online store and you’ve done any amount of googling, you’ve probably landed…

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Graphic Design

What’s Actually Included in a Brand Identity – And What You Actually Need

Ask ten different designers what a brand identity includes and you’ll get ten different answers. Ask a business…

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