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Have you ever heard the phrase “I’ll know it when I see it?” Please know that this is a terrible philosophy to follow when working with your website builder and here’s why:

This year more than ever, small business owners need to be circus performers – spinning plates like mad in the hopes that if everything keeps moving, it won't all come crashing down. Before you hurriedly...

Here, in the age of mobile internet, you may think that it’s nearly impossible to lose mobile readers. Well, you’d be wrong about that. Even though a vast majority of people are checking in while on the go, an increasing number of people are getting fed up with certain annoyances associated with reading articles or visiting websites when using their phones. What are these huge annoyances? 

When it’s time to build something around the house, how do you choose the right carpenter? What about when it’s time to build your website? When you’re working with a professional, you’ll get better results if you take time to learn a bit about how the job will be done.

Even among the growing crowd of social media platforms, Facebook continues to be recommended for driving traffic to your website. If you still don’t have a business Facebook page or if you slapped one together in a hurry, check our list of common mistakes to avoid.

Cash-strapped businesses have to make hard financial decisions, but going too cheap on your website may be ham-stringing your success. Whether you went with the lowest bidder or are using a do-it-yourself website builder, check those efforts against our list of best practices, so you can say "My website! It's just what I wanted!"

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to take a look ahead. What do we have to look forward to in 2016? What trends are on the way out and which are here to stay? Anything new on the horizon? Well, slow down, I’ll fill you in.

Growing up the child of a military parent is a unique experience, only truly understood by other military “brats,” which is how the Brat Pride! organization came to be. Sprocket Websites is honored to help re-brand Brat Pride! and launch a new, improved website.

Longtime colleagues and clients know that Sprocket is a DNN shop. But more and more often, people are asking for WordPress websites. So yes, we are now working with WordPress as well. Of course there are pros and cons and you should know what they are before choosing one over the other.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but if it’s not helping to convert visitors to clients, your picture’s not worth much at all. Read on for how to make the graphic images on your website work for you instead of against you.