The other day a client sent me a video in MOV format. Now you can use this on the web, but MP4 is much more flexible because programs like WordPress will automatically generate a player for MP4s. So I needed to convert my client’s file. Luckily there are numerous free online converters for video files, […]
Add Users And Pageviews By Source To A Google Analytics Custom Dashboard
As part of our Google Analytics custom dashboard series, I’m going to add a new widget to show Users and Pageviews by their Source. This is a quick way of telling me whether more people are getting to my site from search engines or social media or other websites and so on. And it also […]
Recommended URL Shortener for Small Businesses
In another article I talk about when to use a URL shortener, and how to choose a URL shortener. The one I recommend is Bit.ly. Now, you can use Bit.ly for free by simply entering your long URL and it will spit out a shortened version to use in your email or other promotions. But I recommend signing […]
What Is The Difference Between Responsive And Mobile-Friendly?
A website design can be mobile-friendly without being responsive. I’ve always taken the distinction for granted until I was recently doing a website review for a new client. I noticed they were using WP Touch, a WordPress plugin that creates a mobile-friendly version of a website. This puzzled me because the theme they were using was responsive – that is, […]
How To Add A Google Analytics Custom Dashboard
Google Analytics offers a huge range of reports on your site’s visitors. But that choice of reports be overwhelming. And individual reports can sometimes contain so much information that new users’ eyes glaze over. Custom Dashboards are one way to navigate this vast array of statistics. In this article, I show you how to get started with […]