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
27
Keeping the Focus in Your Website Design
Every so often we have a client that, with the best intentions, loses their focus for their website design. What typically happens is that they get to close to the details and as a result lose the big picture. When this happens, the development of the website tends to go on longer than anticipated…
Categories: Website Design
Jun
29
What to Do When Concrete5 Editing Toolbar Disappears
Every so often something goes wrong with Concrete5 where you are logged into Concrete5 but the editing toolbar has disappeared on the website. It can be a little frustrating. What you need to do in these situations is figure out what the last thing you did on that particular page that may have cau…
Categories: Concrete5 CMS
Jun
08
Concrete5 Theme Update: Popular Epic Theme Now Available for C5 5.7
The long time popular Concrete5 theme by the name of Epic is now available for Concrete5 version 5.7 websites. This theme, developed by the website design artisans at Pixo, is slightly updated, but still has all of the features that has made it the chosen theme of the restaurant chains, small and l…
Categories: Website Design
May
28
How Effective Blogging Can Increase Your Site Traffic
"Does blogging work and can it increase my site traffic?" That is a question I often hear from clients. The answer is yes and no. I sometime see blogs that clearly aren't worth the effort because the messages are all wrong if the goal of the blog is to increase traffic through the search engines.…
Categories: Search Engine Optimization
Apr
30
Where Has the Time Gone?
I just looked at the calendar and it is already the end of the month. We've been busy at Pixo and so grateful to the team and all of the incredible stuff that has been done over the last month. We have one new website that we are just finishing up for a greeting card manufacturing company that has…
Categories: Website Design
Mar
15
3 Ways to Improve Your Online Marketing Today
If your online marketing is under performing, the following 3 simple ideas can help you pump new life into your campaigns. Sometimes it is the little adjustments that can make the biggest differences and usually it takes a few tweaks to increase conversions by 5% and 5% can often make a big differe…
Categories: Marketing
Mar
10
How to Fix Mobile Usability Issues Found on a Concrete5 Website
You may have recently received a warning message from Google Webmaster Tools indicating the your website was not mobile-friendly or you may have recently heard how Google is changing their search algorithm and now it is more important than ever to have a mobile friendly website. We started talking …
Categories: Concrete5 CMS
Mar
05
A Guide on How to Avoid Common Concrete5 Upgrading Errors
One issue we see too often with websites that are upgrading their version of the Concrete5 CMS to the latest version is that the site owner does not upgrade Concrete5 in the correct order. You would think if you are running Concrete5 version 5.7.3 that you could just upgrade to concerte5 version 8,…
Categories: Concrete5 CMS
Feb
26
Where Wix isn't Such a Great Deal; Why You Should Get a Concrete5 Website
Every so often we will get a phone call or an email from someone that has a Wix or Squarespace website who are looking for help. Their business has grown or their business needs have changed and they are looking to do something on their website that they can't figure out. The problem that they hav…
Categories: Concrete5 CMS
Jan
27
Pixo Epic Premium Theme Coming to Concrete5 Marketplace
Our popular theme for Concrete5, called the Pixo Epic Premium theme, is coming to the Concrete5 Marketplace soon. However, contact us if you can’t wait for this modern, responsive theme for your website. The Concrete5 Epic theme can be viewed at www.concrete5-themes.com. It comes with many great …
Categories: Concrete5 CMS
