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5 (other) design tips for your website

March 14, 2017
By Elisabeth

5 (other) design tips for your website

You may already have read our article on "7 tips for improving the design of your website" (if you have not already read it, we advise you to do so!) which gave you several tips on how to bring your website to a professional level. Well, if it wasn’t enough for you, here are 5 other design tips, to give your beautiful website the little boost it needs.

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Everything you need to know about keywords

March 03, 2017
By Élisabeth

In our recent article on errors you need to avoid in optimizing your website, we talked about keyword overload in your content. Keywords are very important for your SEO optimization and that is why we decided to dedicate a full article on this subject: how to find the best keywords for your business and how to use them (and how not to overuse them!!)

A fundamental step of SEO optimization is choosing your keywords. Your keywords will be (at least, hopefully), present everywhere: social media content, on your website, and even on your business cards. Your keywords define you as a company and will help your potential customers find you more easily.

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Mistakes to avoid doing while optimizing your website

March 01, 2017
By Élisabeth

Mistakes to avoid doing while optimizing your website

In terms of SEO, the line between optimizing and over-optimizing is very slim.

As you probably know, SEO optimization of your website is a harsh job and you need to continuously perform several actions in order to reach the top of those search engines results pages. But sometimes, you take measures which you think will be beneficial to your website but you ultimately end up getting penalized by those search engines. To avoid these penalties, we have compiled the most common mistakes you must avoid when optimizing your website.

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How to improve your customer's experience on your online store

February 10, 2017
By Elisabeth

How to improve your customer's experience on your online store

Want to increase not only your online presence but also your income?

You want to start selling your products online?

An e-commerce site is the solution.

Webself offers you a 100% customizable online store creation tool. You can add your products and manage your inventory in a completely autonomous way. On the other hand, an online store comes with some responsibilities. Before you start, it is important to make sure that you have all the necessary elements to ensure a good customer experience. So here are 5 tips that will help you in the process!

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How to use Twitter for your business

February 08, 2017
By Elisabeth

How to use Twitter for your business

When starting a business, there are several questions you should ask yourself: what is your target market, what price you will have to sell your product/service in order to breakeven, and make profits, which social platforms you will use, and so on. Although we often talk about Facebook and Linkedin to create business accounts, we often forget about Twitter. Twitter is a social network with several million subscribers and has been the first to introduce a very popular phenomenon: the hashtag. Today, let’s talk about this platform and how to use it for your business!

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10 tips and tricks for your small business

February 08, 2017
By Elisabeth

10 tips and tricks for your small business

1. Make sure you have a good brand image

Having a good brand image is crucial in the development of a business. If you want to make yourself known, you must have a solid branding, and luckily, you don’t have to spend a fortune to do so! Create a free logo with www.freelogodesign.org, then create beautiful visuals for your business cards, promotional items and banners. Make sure that everything is properly coordinated and that you use the same or similar colors and fonts.

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The online store templates are now available!

February 02, 2017
By Elisabeth

The online store templates are now available!

For several years, Webself have been offering  the ideal tool to create your free website easily. Thanks to the work of our graphic designers, who have created hundreds of templates, over 3 million websites have been created.
Recently, we introduced our new online store feature and so we had to also create some new templates that would help in the creation of your e-commerce websites. So here are some of our favorites, we hope they will give you all the inspiration you need to create a beautiful personalized website. To see all of our templates, click here.

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6 tips for gorgeous product pictures

January 30, 2017
By Elisabeth

6 tips for gorgeous product pictures

You’ve created your WebSelf online store and now is the time to add your products? It is quite certain that hiring a professional photographer to take pictures of your products would be ideal, but it is very unlikely that your wallet will agree. Rest assured, with a little creativity and a  decent camera, it is possible to take quality pictures without breaking the bank. Plus, you can have fun doing it! To help you, we came up with a series of tips and tricks for you to take amateur pictures that look professional.

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WebSelf's new feature: long scrolling websites

January 17, 2017
By Sarah

WebSelf's new feature: long scrolling websites

Long scrolling can be used for multiple cases but sometimes, it is better to stick to the regular pages. Should you be using long scrolling for your website?

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Greenary: Pantone's color of the year 2017

January 10, 2017
By Elisabeth

Greenary: Pantone's color of the year 2017

Each year, Pantone announces a color that will be named “color of the year”. This year, the chosen color is Greenery. Inspired by nature and all these pretty leaves, this refreshing tint inspires novelty and new beginnings. Easily arranged with all kinds of shades, Greenery is a logical sequel to the two colors of the year 2016, rose quartz and serenity. Here at WebSelf, everyone agrees that this color is timely and that it will probably inspire us all year in everything design-related! Here are a few ways to integrate it into your website, by mixing it with all kinds of color palettes

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