Topic: How To Guides

Practical, walk-through-style tutorials to help you fix, update, or improve specific parts of your website or digital presence. Think: simple actions you can actually implement – without needing a tech degree.

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How to Fix Broken Links on Your Website (Without the Tech Headache)

If you’ve ever updated a page name, deleted an old service, or restructured your site, there’s a sneaky little issue that can pop up: broken links. Also known as 404 errors, these dead ends happen ...
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How to Seamlessly Integrate MindBody with Your Fitness Studio Website

Picture this: a client eager to book a yoga class at your boutique studio, seamlessly navigating your website, effortlessly scheduling their session, and completing their payment—all within a few clicks. This dream scenario can become ...
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Quarterly Website Audit Checklist

When I first started working on the redesign for the JDS website, I realized that a lot of the service offerings and information on our website were a bit outdated. Even though I tell clients ...
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Create a Link in Bio Page Using Linkpop

One of the many things that I love about Shopify is how they are always coming out with new features that are helpful for any small business owner. Recently Shopify launched Linkpop.com for an easy ...
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How to Add a New Blog Post in Shopify

For every website -- whether it's a service based business or an online shop, I always recommend including a blog within the website to help with search engine optimization. Now I know -- who has ...
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How to Add New Users in WordPress

Adding new users on WordPress is a really easy way to grant people on your team access to your website while limiting their access. For example, let’s say you have a VA that helps you ...
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How to Add a New Post in WordPress

WordPress can sometimes feel a bit intimidating with all its options and features -- but it really is an amazing platform that is so easy to use. Today I wanted to show you how you ...
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How to Manage Staff in Shopify

Adding staff members (or users) to your Shopify account is helpful when you have multiple people needing access to your Shopify account. When you add a new user you can select the level of permission ...
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How to Create Collections in Shopify

In your Shopify shop, you want to make sure you keep your products organized so that shoppers can easily find the goodies they want to purchase. One of the easiest ways to organize your products ...
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How to Create a Discount Code in Shopify

Creating coupon codes for your customers is a great way to create incentives and increase your sales. Coupon codes can be shared via promotional emails sent to your email subscribers, via social media, or throughout ...
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How to Create a URL Redirect in Shopify

How to Create a URL Redirect in Shopify

With any online shop — there are a lot of pages, collections, and products that are constantly being updated, changed, or removed. Removing certain items can cause your shop to have a lot of 404 ...
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Setting up Google Analytics on Your Website

Google Analytics is a powerful (and FREE!) tool offered by Google that allows you to understand your website’s traffic and how your content and marketing efforts are performing. This is definitely one of my all ...
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