Tips For Hiring the Best Web Developers
- September 24, 2012
Finding a great web developer for your Miami website design company can be very tough sometimes. And once you find one, they can be hard to hold on to. It is a job that just about anyone can train for, but very few up end up doing it well. Therefore, it can become daunting to try to hire a new web developer. Here are a few tips to help you hire and retain the best web developers for the job.
1) Test Out Potential Candidates Before Hiring Them – A person can come in with an outstanding resume, but may not really be able to do many of the things on it. It’s pretty easy to pad a resume with stuff that you “kind of” know Read more…
Custom Websites Versus Template Websites
- August 23, 2012
For a business to have all-around success, investing in a website is incredibly important. A company’s web-presence (or lack thereof) says a lot about them. Many people who are looking for particular items, stores or services will venture through the World Wide Web, reading reviews, checking out social media sites and perusing the personal websites of various businesses that fit their needs. If you don’t have any of these things, chances are, very few people will find you.
For small businesses on a tight budget, a website can be so far out of their price range that it isn’t even an option. Although they may want to hire a web design Miami company, it sometimes isn’t Read more…
The Top 5 Most Useful Social Networking Sites
- June 1, 2012
According to eBizMBA the top 5 social networking sites are ranked by Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast. The following social networking sites were ranked in the top 5.
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery… Right?
- April 25, 2012
We here at Miami Web Design Pro don’t like to fight dirty. We already know we’re awesome. Sadly, others don’t share our sentiment. While we won’t start the fight, we are not above finishing it.
While the old saying “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” holds true in many situations, Web Design is not one of them. And today we found our doppelganger in a Canadian company that even copied our “About Us” page word-for-word. Really Soo Digital? Too lazy to even change the content enough so we wouldn’t find out? Tsk, tsk. Read more…
3 New Tools for Web Developers & Designers
- March 24, 2012
A Web Designer’s job can be quite strenuous. With many jobs, clients will require multiple revisions to what the web designer felt was a finished product. There is no way to get around this, as what was in the client’s head may have not translated in the same way to the web designer and that’s just how things go. However, to help out with some logistical things, here are a few great new tools for web designers: Read more…
Top Five Mistakes in Web Design
- March 19, 2012
While perusing the web, you’re likely to come upon offensive sites. I’m not talking about the content of the site, but the overwhelmingly bad web design that is so upsetting that you must chuck your monitor out the window! Here are the top five mistakes that web designers make: Read more…
Stop Kony South Florida – “Cover The Night” Website
- March 12, 2012
When “Kony 2012” hit the web on March 5, there were many people that didn’t know who Joseph Kony was. Now, one week later, the video has over 100 million views. It’s the only viral video to hit that amount of views in such a short period.
As the video gained attention, humanitarians everywhere got involved with “Cover the Night.” One such humanitarian, Joaquin Ortiz, owner of Provider and founder of Conscious Acts of Kindness signed on immediately to help and recruited POP Creative Group, a Miami Website Design company, to help him design and launch stopkony2012sfl.com. Within 90 minutes, the site was up and helping spread the word.
Top Five Web Design Trends for 2012
- March 2, 2012
In the world of web design, the trends are constantly changing. There are always a few trends that stick around for the long run. Here are five web design trends that are expected to take off during 2012. Only time will tell if they will withstand the test of “Internet Time.”
Why you should Stop Using CAPTCHAs
- February 3, 2012
CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test you tell Computers and Humans Apart,” and their most used purposed it to stop automated submissions of web forms, like registration or contact forms. Those robots, they’re such tricky fellows.
While us normal folk think that CAPTCHAs are benefiting us, they are actually harming the usability of your website. Nowadays CAPTCHAs are becoming less and less legible, which is making actual humans leave pages out of frustration. And would you look at that your competition doesn’t have annoying CAPTCHAs to deal with, you just gave your competition a new client.
10 Quick tips to improve your Website
- January 16, 2012
How do you know your blog or website is performing at its best?
Miami Web Design Pro is about to show you 10 more ways to improve your website and really be satisfied with its performance…
1- Key Content Hidden “Below the fold” - always keep in mind that you only have a small window of opportunity to really get the attention of a visitors once they land on your site. Be sure to have vital content or even a Facebook fan page widget in a area where its visible to a visitor with out actually having to scroll down too excessively. To much scrolling to find anything on your site means the visitor will get bored in a matter of seconds and leave your page.
