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Website Homepage Ideas: 3 Designs That Will Inspire You

Website homepage ideas come from inspiration, and these three websites REALLY knocked it out of the park, so here are some quick tips you can take away from each.

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How to Stay Creative: What 3 Artists Did During COVID

Just wait until you see what these three creative artists made in their homes during Covid quarantine.

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Website Content Ideas: 20 ways to “Freshen Up” Your Website

Website content ideas in spring are just the thing, so here are 20 suggestions to inspire and ignite you.

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Unplug Yourself: 3 Tips to Feel More Peaceful

When you unplug yourself from technology for just a while, it can open up space for creativity, inspiration, and insight.

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How to Laugh More: 3 Ways to Get Laughter Into Your Life

How to laugh more often all comes down to intention, so here are three ways to take the laughter in your life and run with it!

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Creative Website Ideas: 5 Ways to Put a Little “You” Into Your Website

Put more of your personality into your website with these five creative website ideas.

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Life Lessons Learned: How a “Lesson Journal” Will Change Everything

When our life lessons learned go into a “lesson journal,” we can finally stop making those same silly mistakes over and over again.

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How to Have the Best Vacation Ever: It’s Not What You Think!

When we think about how to have the best vacation ever, rarely do we think about how much we look FORWARD to it beforehand.

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Fun Ways to Cure the Winter Blues

These fun ways to cure the winter blues will break up the monotony, get the juices flowing, and spark inspiration and creativity.

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Cool WordPress Plugins in 2021: Fun and Free!

Here are five fun and free cool WordPress plugins that might just help your business in 2021. Enjoy!

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Website Makeover: from Dull to Dazzling in Just 1 Day

Who knew that a website makeover can happen in just one day? That’s what we did for Alexa, and just wait until you see the before and after photos…

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Benefits of Doing Jigsaw Puzzles: 3 Life Lessons

I never would have thought the benefits of doing jigsaw puzzles would have included these life lessons.

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Life Before COVID: That Thing Formerly Known as “Your Life”

Have you almost forgotten about the thing formerly known as your life before COVID?

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Here’s How to Keep New Years Resolutions: A *Different* Approach

Everyone wants to know how to keep New Years resolutions. 80% of New Year’s Resolutions fail because a) we make resolutions for all the wrong reasons, and b) we don’t take the necessary precautions to set ourselves up for success.

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2021 Web Design Trends: Here’s What’s Coming Up This Year

2021 is here, so check out these web design trends that are now upon us!

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End of the Year Reflection Questions: Let’s Take a Moment

Before we rush into goals and resolutions for the new year, let’s take a moment with these end of the year reflection questions. It’ll most definitely do us good.

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Back to (Your) Basics or How to Feel Happy Again

When we’re wondering how to feel happy again, we’d do well to return to our “basics” – meaning, the most fundamental things that we know bring us joy.

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Cultivating Gratitude: Two Magic Words

In difficult times, cultivating gratitude with these two magic words can turn everything around.

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What to Do if Someone Doesn’t Reply to Your Email: A New Approach

When you’re frantically wondering what to do when someone doesn’t reply to your email, it’s very easy for your imagination to run wild. Here’s how to stop it.

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What Does Above the Fold Mean in Web Design? 5 Tips to Rock it

What does the phrase “above the fold” mean in the web design world? Find out, as well as five ways to completely and utterly rock it.

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Dealing with Uncertainty: 5 Ways to Find Inner Peace

Five ways to take care of yourself and find calm when dealing with uncertainty.

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Indoor Winter Activities: 10 Hobby Ideas You’ll Love

These 10 hobby ideas make the perfect indoor winter activities when the weather gets cold.

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Website Content Writing 101: Write Copy That Captivates!

When it comes to website content writing, putting your audience top of mind is the name of the game. Here are five ways to power-up your copy so it captivates.

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Random Useful Websites That You’ll LOVE and Bookmark for Later

Once you learn about these five random useful websites, you’ll want to bookmark them pronto for later use!

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Website Discovery Questions: Find Direction & Inspiration

If you’re looking to get a little inspired about what your website could be and do for your business, these 10 website discovery questions are the absolute best place to start.

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Feeling Disconnected From People? These 5 Remedies Will Help

If you’re feeling disconnected from people or a little lonely since the onset of the pandemic, you are not alone – and these 5 remedies just might help.

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“I’m too busy!” – 5 Questions to Finally Make a Change

If you constantly hear yourself thinking “I’m too busy!” and feel like you have far too little time, these 5 questions just might give you the spark you need to make a change.

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Personal Mission Statement Template: 3 Tips to Write Your Purpose!

Your purpose is what you do, who you do it for, and why you do it – so here’s a free personal mission statement template to get you started.

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How to Turn Around a Bad Day: 4 Ways to Lift Your Mood

When you’re having a *really* bad day, these four things may just help you to turn it around.

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Make Your Website Mobile Friendly: The Ultimate Checklist

This must-have checklist will help you to make your website mobile friendly so it rocks for ALL visitors, including those on their phones. Sure, your website looks extra awesome when […]

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