Why Human-Centered Design Matters
A client-centric approach starts from the very basis of your business and infiltrates through everything you do, both online and offline, for your clients. Technology is driving industry, so finding creative solutions that work for real people helps your business remain competitive. Human-centered design looks at the experience of the...
CindyBouchardJanuary 31, 2019
Why Your Website Needs an SSL Certificate
Secure Socket Layer or SSL encrypts data that travels from the user’s web browser to the web page’s server. This ensures that users enter their private information without it being hacked. Before 2017, most people felt that moving from HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) or...
CindyBouchardNovember 30, 2017
Counseling Website Design Tips
Therapists understand that when they go into private practice, they will need a way to attract new clients. Getting a small business off the ground, often with a limited budget, can be challenging when there are a number of up front costs. Affording a professional looking website may seem out...
CindyBouchardOctober 4, 2017
Is It WordPress and What’s the WordPress Theme?
As part of my web design process with new clients, I regularly ask them to show me other websites that they like. They send me a list of websites with a detailed response of what aspects they liked most. These aspects usually include: how the navigation is laid out, whether...
CindyBouchardJanuary 28, 2017
Choosing a WordPress Theme
I find my eyes glazing over and realize many hours have passed. I am not sure if I’ve made any progress at all. This accurately describes my early experience of shopping for a premium WordPress theme for a client. There are an incredible amount of choices out there, ThemeForest alone...
CindyBouchardOctober 5, 2015
Google is King
It’s true – when it comes to search engines, Google is king. This isn’t a popular thing to say here in Seattle and as much as my Microsoft friends like to debate how great Bing is, it just doesn’t get the play Google does. Now that we’ve established that, let’s...
CindyBouchardJuly 6, 2015
Beware of Fake Bluehost Email
Do you have Bluehost as your website host? Have you gotten an email lately that says that your account contains more than xxxx directories and if you don’t click on the link provided your account will be shut down? Bluehost hosts my personal website and many of my clients, and I...
CindyBouchardJune 13, 2015
Time for a New Design?
It’s amazing how fast new technology trends change how we live and influence our decision making. Most modern businesses recognize the need for a website and the importance of search engine optimization. What they often don’t understand is the way most users evaluate their website. I found this interesting blog...
CindyBouchardMarch 10, 2015
WordPress Maintenance Program
Flip Flop Freelance WordPress Website Maintenance Program Our program includes: Weekly back-ups of your website. Regular backups ensure that a site can be restored quickly in case of a security breach within the hosting server or other technical malfunction. Core updates. Regular updates to WordPress core coding, plugin coding and...
CindyBouchardApril 30, 2014