Website Design
The Value of Knowing Your Customer
The key to unlocking customer loyalty – the pot of gold all businesses hunt after every day – is in understanding our customers. Really understand them. Not just wanting their sweaty-palmed Rands, but actually wanting to capture their hearts. When you have their hearts, you will have their loyalty, and loyalty is the ultimate prize.…
Read MoreBuilding a Website? These Three Tips Could Save You Money
So you’ve started your business and things are going swell. All you need is a rocking website and the customers will start pouring in, right? Right! If you’ve started building your own website or have found a great web developer, you’ll know that creating a website is a skill-driven process that takes some serious know-how…
Read MoreFuture Proof your Business by going Digital
6 Ways to Maintain your Business during COVID-19 The Covid-19 virus has been declared a national disaster, resulting in strict quarantines and safety precautions being implemented locally and around the world. This has put a strain on many businesses, of all sizes, and many believe that the worst is yet to come. Neil Patel, in…
Read MoreTop 10 Criteria for a Killer Website
Your website is the start of your relationship with a customer. Whether they found you via a Google search ad, search engine optimization (SEO), a Facebook ad or a friendly blogger, most people will first search for your company website and check it out in order to form an opinion of your business, before deciding…
Read MoreWordPress Classes for Beginners this Spring!
Spring is the season for all things new. At Shift ONE we take your suggestions seriously, and have launched a rocking new series of WordPress classes, just for you. Facilitated by our highly experienced, awesome trainers, these one-day classes are ideal for those of you who are new or have never used this website-building platform before. What you’ll…
Read MoreGoogle Analytics: Why you Need Numbers to Run your Business
Building a business without knowing your numbers is like flying an aeroplane in the blind. Numbers need to be as much a part of what you do as opening shop, turning on your computer and switching on your email. You might already spend time checking your bank balance, but do you know how many people…
Read More4 Easy Ways To Prevent Your WordPress Site From Being Hacked
The statistics are out – the number of WordPress sites being hacked has increased to 170,000. Don’t freak out. There’s no need to call up your hosting company and demand they delete your website, just yet. WordPress is still the CMS of choice for over 60 million people worldwide, because of how easy it is…
Read MoreeCommerce Websites: 5 Must Have’s on your Home Page
So, you have a website that people can buy from. That’s great, but how do you know whether you’re doing it right? Are there things you can improve on and thereby improve your sales? For many companies, their website is the first point of contact that their customers have with their brand. Websites don’t sleep.…
Read MoreWARNING! Your Website is About to be Kicked off of Page One of Google.
Now that I have your attention, the only question is this: Do you have a mobile-friendly website? If yes, happy days, be warm and well fed. Close this blog and go about your business happy in the knowledge that your spot on page one of Google is secure. For now. If no, big problem. You…
Read MoreMore Freebie Friday’s in April
Shift ONE is proud to announce More Freebie Friday’s in April Digital Marketing Refresher Course! Considering the success and overwhelming response that we had to the last course we ran in February, we’ve decided to run another one, and it still won’t cost you a cent! And it’s in Jo’Burg this time, so now we…
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