September 26, 2016
By Elisabeth
You found inspiration to create a business? Congratulations! Now is the time to create your website! Before you publish it online for the world to see, you need to make sure it’s perfect! Today, WebSelf gives you a checklist of items you need to do before you put your website online! These items will help you greatly, whether for design and inspiration or to increase your chances of being successful using the web!
Read moreSeptember 23, 2016
By Elisabeth
You probably have asked yourself this question before: why isn’t my website on the first page of results on search engines? There are several explanations and answers to this question, but if you put effort into the SEO optimization of your website, you increase your chances to find yourself at the top of the list! First of all, search engine optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine (SERP) -- including Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines.
Unfortunately, SEO is not done in one easy task! In fact, for Google or other search engines to give you as much importance as you deserve, you must make a constant effort in optimizing different aspects of your site. Meta descriptions, tags and H title, content and links. Today we will discuss the different kinds of links and their importance for the SEO optimization of your website!
Read moreSeptember 16, 2016
By Elisabeth
Building a business from the ground up is a task that requires to make several choices that will influence its success, from the website’s colors to the markup prices. A very important choice to make at the beginning of the process is creating your logo. After all, a logo will be the heart of your brand’s image, it’s what people will recognize and it needs to fit with the values and mission of your company. Yes, a logo is very important and most people even wonder where to start but don’t worry, here is a handy guide that will help you go through the logo making process, with a few tools and tricks along the way!
Read moreSeptember 15, 2016
By Elisabeth
Fall is right around the corner, which means that the temperature is gradually changing, the leaves are turning from green to orange to red and soon, it will be time to get your snowboard out! (Not right now, anyways).
Since the change of season also means a wardrobe renewal, WebSelf decided it was time to offer new templates that everyone will love! Music festival, mexican restaurant, surf shop, marketing consultant: we guarantee you will find one that fits your wants and needs. Here are seven of our favorites. Happy website building!
Read moreAugust 24, 2016
By Elisabeth
Over the last few weeks, we went around the WebSelf departments to introduce you to those who are behind the product. First, there was Sylvia at customer service, and Simon, our graphic expert. Then came Catherine's turn, integrator, and Alessandro, programmer. Today we introduce the one that brings this whole team together, the administrative and marketing director, Matthieu, who agreed to answer our questions!
Read moreAugust 24, 2016
By Elisabeth
A flank steak cooked to perfection? A tasty cheeseburger? A menu so tempting that it’s impossible not to ask for dessert? Who doesn’t like to eat? We sure do!! That's why WebSelf's graphic designers have created mouth watering restaurant templates that will attract visitors from everywhere! So what are you waiting for? Get started on creating a website for your restaurant today. Steakhouse, coffee shops, fast food, vegetarian restaurants, you will surely find what suits your needs.. and the ones of your customers!
Read moreAugust 22, 2016
By Sarah
In our latest newsletter, we asked you what you thought made an interesting website. You responded majoritarily that it is the quality images that catch your eye and make you visit and stay on a website. Obviously, the images play a big role in the visual of a website, but are often difficult to manage. Today, we will talk about 6 tools to have the most perfect images: 3 image banks and 3 of our favorite picture editors!
Read moreJuly 14, 2016
By Elisabeth
When creating a website, your first goal should be to attract as much visitors as possible. After spending a lot of time to build a site to your image, it would be disappointing for it to never be seen! Attracting people to your site is one thing, but making them stay for more than fifteen seconds is another! The goal? Lower the rebound rate, the percentage of Internet users that lands on your home page and then leaves without viewing any other pages. Here are five reasons why people leave your website and solutions to easily address them.
Read moreJuly 13, 2016
By Sarah
You have a great idea in mind but you don't know where to start in terms of the design of your website? You want to give a more professional appearance to your existing website? Follow these seven tips to bring your website's design to a whole other level!
Read moreJuly 12, 2016
By Elisabeth
Do you know who is behind WebSelf?
In previous episodes, we introduced you to Silvia of customer service, Simon, our graphic designer and Catherine, our integrator.
Because not everyone can comprehend software by creating algorithms and implement them in a programming language, we need programmers like Alessandro. Today we asked him a few questions to learn more about him and his vital role for WebSelf.
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