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What Can Small Businesses Get Out of Facebook?

It’s a question a lot of small businesses ask — whether or not Facebook is, “worth it”. The long answer is, it’s complicated. The short answer is, yes. The complicated part can include serious marketing such as figuring out a monthly budget and doing Facebook advertising, digging into the stats, figuring out ROI, spending time sourcing and sharing content, spending time creating new content, and interacting with visitors to your page. If your eyes haven’t glazed [...]

7 Ways Trade Shows Can Boost Your Small Business

Over the years, many of our clients have attended industry trade shows. The client feedback on their experiences does indicate that, for the most part, trade shows can be very beneficial for a small business. 

So, how can having a booth at a trade show boost your small business?

Guidelines For Being a Great Design Client

You may be looking to have someone build your first website or you may have hired a designer before, but were left a little in the dark during the whole process. Here at JV Media Design (JVM Design) we’ve spent many years helping clients through the process and educating potential clients as to how they can be a part of ensuring a successful website design or redesign project.

A key thing to remember, is that [...]

Your small business website: It’s not about what you like best.

Over the years, I’ve worked with a wide variety of small service-based businesses. Before actually working with them, I would say that an average of about 80% of those businesses initially misunderstand the fact that their business website should not be created for them personally. 

Investing in your website is not like shopping.

Every small business owner is concerned about their bottom line and there’s nothing wrong with that. One [...]

What goes into your typical website project? [infographic]

When you hire a professional web design agency to create a new website for your business, you may be uncertain as to what goes into creating that website. Obviously there’s a visual component (the design) but what else can you expect during the process in order to ensure a successful project? We created a simple infographic that shows what typically happens from start to finish as well who you work with during each phase and the [...]

Must Have Features for Your Personal Training Website

If you own a consulting business where your knowledge about how to help people improve their fitness or health is your greatest asset, chances are your website will be your second-greatest asset. A well-designed website will offer your clients and potential clients many different ways to connect and engage, while enhancing your professional image, saving you time and increasing your profitability. I quite often design websites for clients whose business falls into a category like [...]