This isn't really a blog.
Every week we get together as a team and share articles we’ve been reading for our own enrichment. Topics include challenges our clients are facing, new industry developments, awesome work by others, or just pieces too funny NOT to share.
Below you’ll find those articles, plus a few of our own, that we’ve put together based on insights we’ve gained throughout our time in the industry.
Why it’s worth checking out:
Every client we have is different, and this article is directly relevant to the handful of folks we work with who use third-party cookies. We speculate this means Google is developing a new way to track users – but we guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Why it’s worth checking out:
This one truly lives up to its name. Compiled by a frontend developer, this series of posts examines modern CSS solutions to age-old problems. Get the author’s personal insights, professional opinions, and see what she’s talking about in action by running Code Pen to try out new skills as you read.
Why it’s worth checking out:
This is so much more than just a beautiful image. Its all hand-coded HTML & CSS – meaning everything you see is made up of styled chunks of code. We highly recommend inspecting the page and then deleting elements to your heart’s content (we know we did). Talk about skills. We’re in awe.
Why it’s worth checking out:
A Minimum Viable Conversation is a great measure of how much (and what kind) of copy you present to your audience before you offer them a CTA or a link to a new page. This article is a fresh take on a familiar topic – with lots of examples included to drive the point home.
Why it’s worth checking out:
As an industry-recognized leader in this area, Yoast’s tips, advice, and examples prove to be great overall instructions for those who have yet to focus on this specific SEO aspect. But, even if you already do image SEO, we bet the resources provided in this article will introduce you to a new tool or two!
Why it’s worth checking out:
We do our best to provide background information to Ecommerce clients about the various factors that play into their ROI, and this article is the perfect tool as it compiles a LOT of different information about the various success factors of an Ecommerce website. Plus, there’s a practical example for each factor, too.
Why it’s worth checking out:
We cannot tell you anything that hasn’t already been said by the name of the site itself. These are hilarious. Check them out for a laugh.
Why it’s worth checking out:
At some point, everyone needs some dummy text. Why not make it the dialogue of Doc and Marty from the Back to the Future trilogy?
Why it’s worth checking out:
Although this article is a few years old, the content is just as resonant today (perhaps even more so). As our UI capabilities have advanced, we need to remember that not EVERYTHING needs to be animated or jazzed up. In fact, we benefit from being selective about UI functionality.
Why it’s worth checking out:
Have you ever landed on someone’s website, read the whole thing, and are still left absolutely clueless as to what they actually DO? Yeah, us too. This article taught us a crazy simple test to make sure we’re never “that company” and identify confusing content we may have written.
Why it’s worth checking out:
Website sustainability is a hot take that we had previously not been considering. But, upon realizing that the internet consumes more electricity than the UK, we quickly realized that we should actually care about this! It made us wonder: how many of our clients could we improve?