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Sell products simply

WooCommerce is a powerful addition to your website offering a full-functioning online store that integrates with WordPress.  WooCommerce is the most popular platform for e-commerce and now represents 39% of all the online stores on the internet.  WooCommerce offers many functions to customize your store and be able to make domestic and international sales in an […]

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Dazzle your customers with pictures

Improve your website with images that attract clients to your message.  Today there is a wide variety of photo galleries to be able to highlight your services and products.  There are many gallery programs that can be added to the website which offer integration from a service like Flickr or Instagram, as well as sharing […]

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Easily Monitor Google Analytics to improve content

The Google Analytics WP Dashboard is built into the Dashboard in WordPress and offers a quick way to view the stats of how well your website is reaching others using your Google Analytics tracking code.  It offers a great way to keep up with the readership and specific uses of your website. Google Analytics WP […]

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Improve engagement with superior forms

We love to create forms that are “smart” and work for our client’s online business processes. We often use Gravity Forms, a very powerful plugin that offers flexible and customizable online forms for improved communications and data about your clients.  We encourage your to take advantage of the power of Gravity Forms to reach your customers on your […]

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Build your email list. Serve your customers.

Newsletters are so 20th century. You don’t have a newsletter for your business?  If not, it is probably because you don’t have the time or the content to publish one. Do you need one? Maybe not.  But… Business owners and association managers who have an opt-in email platform know the positive impact that building email lists, and sending […]

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Know your Backup & Restore procedure.

You are peacefully drinking your morning coffee as you eagerly open your favorite browser to view your recent sales, new members, and… your website is gone! No, the internet has not crashed, but your website has.   Your mind races, flirting with full-on panic. Then you remember

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Secure your website. Boost your rankings.

We all know you must absolutely have HTTPS (a secure connection) on your website if you are connecting to a payment gateway or handling sensitive customer information. However, with Google now using HTTPS sites as a ranking signal, you now have another reason to secure your site…an improved Google search ranking! A few days ago Google let […]

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Help your website deliver better emails.

Your site sends emails for a variety of purposes.  Maybe more than you know? Password reminders, form autoresponders, user notifications, member management functions and (hopefully you are doing this… hint, hint) periodic newsletters.   However, almost all  hosts by default use your own WordPress site and local mail servers to send these out. But, there […]

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The 12 Step Do-it-yourself SEO for small business

Here are 12 steps to improve your site’s traffic over the long haul. 1. Use WordPress to power your site.  With well over 75 million websites running WordPress is goes without saying that WordPress is a search engine friendly platform.  However some manual SEO work is needed for your website to take fully advantage of the power of WordPress. […]

Manage your domain with GrayOrbit

Register or transfer a domain today. Take the next step in growing your business and join the millions of businesses that have found success on a .com. .com means business. .com is the standard for doing business online. Give your business the recognition that comes along with a .com to help connect with new customers […]