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.
Oct
31
Concrete5 CMS Team Announces End of Life for Version 6
If you have a concrete5 websites that is version 6 or older then now is the time to upgrade to version 8. The concrete5 team has announced it will no longer be supporting version 6 and older concrete5 versions after 8/24/2019 and they will no longer be selling version 6 add-ons and themes after No…
Categories: Concrete5
Oct
12
Why You Can't Fix Stupid when It Comes To User Interface Design
Internet users are inherently lazy. How do I know this? Because I'm an internet user and I'm lazy. When it comes to user interface design, you have to make it simple and clear. Why? Because if a user has to work for it, they will probably just leave your website. So, you have to build a websit…
Categories: Website Design
Oct
11
Annual Pixo Giant Pumpkin Party
At Pixo, we like to build world-class websites, but we also like to grow world-class pumpkins. Every year we grow a giant pumpkin for competition. We also throw a massive giant pumpkin party when we cut the pumpkin from the vine and load it up for the weigh-off. It is quite the event. It is our …
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Sep
25
Selling Online in 2019: Wix vs Wordpress vs Amazon vs Shopify vs Concrete5
Are you looking to selling products online for your business? Confused with the myriad of options to choose from when it comes to ecommerce platforms? Here is a quick list of things to consider when making your options:
Wix is easy to use and fairly inexpensive, but it is somewhat limiting. Parti…
Categories: ecommerce
Sep
17
Why Wordpress 5.0 is Going to Cause Headaches for Many & it Might be the Time for a Change
Have you heard about the new Wordpress 5.0 changes that are coming. For some it will be an improvement (Wordpress has been falling behind for years), but for others it is going to force some pretty radical changes that won't be compatible with their current website. At Pixo, we have experience with…
Categories: Website Design
Jul
17
Why a WIX Website Will Cost Your Business Thousands of Dollars
I've seen it more than once. A new business builds a website on a website builder service like WIX, Square Space or Godaddy because it is an "inexpensive" way to build a website. They spend a fair amount of time on that site and over time build it out as their business grows, investing a fair amou…
Categories: Website Design
Jul
12
Why Your Website (Most Likely) Isn't Converting & the Five Most Common Fixes
I hear it all the time. A website owner and potential customer who tells us that their website isn't converting or sales are dropping off. They scratch their heads and wonder what they need to do and how they do it. Here are the top 5 reasons why your website may not be driving business.
The…
Categories: Online Marketing
Jun
12
Enterprise Level Multi-site Content Management System (CMS) with Concrete5
You may or may not be familiar with the award-winning concrete5 content management system (CMS). It is easy (or easier) to use than Wordpress and as good for development (or better) than Drupal. One of the latest features in concrete5 is multi-site content management. Basically the ability to m…
Categories: Concrete5
Apr
26
86.5% of WordPress Websites Vulnerable to Hacking; Secure Your Website
Here is an interesting fact. New research shows that 86.5% of WordPress websites in the UK are vulnerable to known hackable exploits which can allow malware to be added to your website and puts your data at risk. Europe's new General Data Protection Regulations requires a business to responsibly se…
Categories: Website Design
Apr
13
68% of Consumers Says that Local Businesses Should have a Blog
We've said it for a while, but a recent study confirms it. Consumers were asked if they thought a local business should have a blog? 68% of respondents said they should. When asked what type of information they wanted to see on that blog, the following was their reply:
Help and ‘How To’ gui…
Categories: Search Engine Optimization
