C-Seven

04/10/2018

The Benefits of Online Reviews

Customers do their research

Many times, before choosing a service provider or product to purchase, a potential customer will do an online search for you, either directly on Google or on one of the countless review sites out there.

Therefore, having positive reviews (4 or 5 stars) from previous and current customers is incredibly helpful and will assist in convincing that potential customer to choose you instead of moving on to another provider or product.

Learn more here https://www.c7.ca/web-design-blog/pub:242/The-Benefits-of-Online-Reviews

04/04/2018

How to find the right images for your website!

Stock photography

Stock photo sites like iStock, Fotolia and Shutterstock are a great resource to rely on if you’re looking for professionally taken and affordable images for your website.

A huge drawback is that the more an image gets downloaded, the higher up in stock search results it will appear. Sure, that’s great and makes searching much faster, until you visit another website and see the SAME image being used that you just purchased.
A top trend for 2018 will most certainly be the use of custom photography wherever you can.

What do we recommend for website photography?

The best thing to do - hire a professional. Professional photographers are an excellent way to capture the essence of your business in photography and video - as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

A professional will not only sit down with you and discuss your needs, they’ll guide you through the shoots, provide options and will be there for all of your retouching needs, making sure you get the best visuals possible, helping you stand out from the crowd and your competitors.

03/23/2018

Get $5000/$2500 matched dollar for dollar for your charity / not-for-profit website project with our Helping Hands Grants, good for design, development, consulting, SEO and more! Visit http://helpinghands.c7.ca/ for details

03/22/2018

To the launch of the Central Registry. A great organization that helps care for high risk adults and seniors who need support due to a unique condition or limitation. We are happy to be working with the Registry.

03/20/2018

How to find the right images for your website

Stock photo sites like iStock, Fotolia and Shutterstock are a great resource to rely on if you’re looking for professional and affordable images for your website.

A huge drawback is that the more an image gets downloaded, the higher up in stock search results it will appear. Sure, that’s great and makes searching much faster, until you visit another website and see the SAME image being used that you just purchased.

A top trend for 2018 will most certainly be the use of custom photography wherever you can.

What does that mean? There are a couple of ways to approach custom photos. First, you can do them yourself inhouse with the camera on your phone - not the best idea sometimes because you still have to consider cropping, photo retouching, and other important elements.

The best thing to do - hire a professional. Professional photographers are an excellent way to capture the essence of your business in photography and video - as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

A professional will not only sit down with you and discuss your needs, they’ll guide you through the shoots, provide options and will be there for all of your retouching needs, making sure you get the best visuals possible, helping you stand out from the crowd and your competitors.

03/15/2018

To our redesign and relaunch of the Montreal Bach Festival website. An annual festival that showcases the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, we had a lot of fun with this one.

03/14/2018

Top 4 tips to get your website SEO started

A website is not like a new store in the mall that has a steady stream of traffic always passing through that may just happen to see you. If you don’t know if people are in your store and what they are doing you will miss out on valuable insight.

Below are our top 4 tips on getting your SEO

1. Install Google Analytics on your website - It is vital to be able to track the statistics on your website traffic. Google Analytics is free and very powerful.

2. Install Google Webmaster tools - While Analytics is great, it doesn’t track the keywords and phrases people find you for as well as webmaster tools does.

3. Submit your website to Google - If you are going to let anyone know you have a new website, it should be Google as that is likely where most of your searches are going to come from. You may get some inquiries from bing or yahoo too, but Google is the one to cater too.

4. Get listed on Google My Business - Search engines like it if you have a physical address and can prove it. While you are at it get some of your customers to write some reviews on your business.

Once you have setup the various tools and submitted your site to Google, check back often to see what the impact has been.

03/08/2018

To when we rebranded, redesigned and relaunched Stylish Getaway Cars. A great group of guys building completely custom cars. Check them out here http://www.stylishgetawaycars.com/

03/07/2018

What's a call to action?

A call to action is a visual element - whether it be a graphic button, phone number, etc. Anything that stands out, on your home page and throughout the other pages of your website

A call to action is meant to get users to do what and go where you want them to - whether that be to get in touch with you via phone, email or web form for more information on your services, or to sign up for your newsletter or to simply educate visitors about your services or products.

Let's discuss what a call to action is and how they should be used and where they should be placed throughout the pages of your website.

03/06/2018

Let’s face it, sometimes pages get deleted, renamed or moved elsewhere within the hierarchy of your website, by accident or intentionally. When someone visits your site looking for one of those pages or follows a link that no longer exists, usually they’ll receive a ‘404 Page Error or Not Found error’.

Search engines view websites with broken links as being low quality, providing a poor user experience. So, ensuring that your site is clean of broken links can help your search rankings improve.

We believe that 404 pages should still provide a friendly Oops! message along with some useful information that can help a visitor find what they’re looking for without leaving. Including links back to your home page, services and/or products, along with a link to your contact page can keep a visitor on your website, even though they arrived at a 404 page.

Contact us today if you need help! https://www.c7.ca/contact