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Website Security 101: How To Protect Your Website From Hackers

Securing your website is crucial to protect against the ever-increasing threats posed by hackers. A single breach in the security of your website can cause serious issues for your business and put your customer data at risk. On top of that, the time it takes to recover from a serious hack can vary and will potentially cause severe issues with your search engine rankings and revenue.

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Google Analytics for Beginners

There are few tools more powerful for webmasters and marketers than Google Analytics. Click here to find the guide to Google Analytics for beginners.

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Optimize Your Google AdWords Bidding Strategies

Using the correct bidding strategy for your goals can be a major boost to cost efficiency and could save you valuable time. In this article we will discuss some of the common automated bidding strategies AdWords has that you can implement today to get better results for your time and money.

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Seo vs sem whats the difference

Search Engine Optimization vs Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) are two separate but important strategies for accessing your audience online. In this article, we briefly discuss each strategy and the differences between the two.

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On site seo dont be in a desert

What is on-site SEO?

If on-site search engine optimization came down to a line from Bill & Ted it would be “Create useful content and present it in an excellent way”.

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Clutch 2019 Top Georgia Creative

Recently, Aktiv Studios was recognized for our inspiration, experience, and proven processes as Clutch.co named us as a leading website design and creative agency in Georgia!

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Top Social Media Trends

This article will give you some insight on current working, and up-and-coming trends to cycle into your marketing Rolodex and dominate your online marketplace.

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Effective Hero Design

Designing Effective Hero Banners

A great hero banner will combine headline, copy, and imagery to quickly and succinctly communicate your value proposition and help accomplish your goals.

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Mood Board

Setting the Mood with a Mood Board

A mood board is a useful tool you can use to effectively communicate your design ideas to your client, gather feedback, and ensure everyone is on the same “page” for the sites mood, tone, and style before design begins.

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Choosing Webdesign Company

Choosing A Web Design Company

Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference between products, services, and companies, especially when making big commitments like choosing a web company to partner with.

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Google Serp

Your SEO and Google’s SERP Updates

Although you may not have noticed, Google recently made some big changes to the way they are presenting information on their search engine results page, or SERPs, and it has quietly disrupted some of the foundational best practices of search engine optimization.

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Choosing Cms

Finding the right content management system

One of the hardest decisions during any website design project is the choosing the right content management system, or CMS. The CMS will play a pivotal role in how you manage your website, and will impact both performance and the types of updates that are available to you.

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Ada Compliance

ADA Compliant Website Design

While this may seem to stifle your design, if you’re doing your due diligence, you’re not only providing some protection for your client, but also representing their brand to its fullest audience by creating a website that everyone can appreciate.

Gary Steffins|Read More

Winterize Website

Winterize your Website

When winter arrives we generally take steps to ensure our cars and homes are prepared for season. Here's a few tips, steps and precautions to ensure your website is also running efficiently.

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