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WordPress Wednesday #11 Tip – Creating A New Post

By Raney Day Design | January 4, 2017

Resolve to blog more for your business in 2017?  Great!  Then this week’s #WordPress Wednesday Tip #11 – Creating a New Post is for you!  It’s so easy, you might just start blogging every day!  Let’s get started… 1. Hover over ‘Post’ on your Dashboard. 2. Click ‘Add New’. 3.…

5 Quick Ways to Get Your Website Ready for 2017

By Raney Day Design | November 29, 2016

Can you believe we’re in the home stretch of 2016 already?  In just a few short weeks, we’ll be ringing in the new year.  Will your website be ready?  If not, read on for 5 quick ways to get your website ready for 2017.   5 Easy Ways to Get…

How to Stop Ghost Spam from Haunting Your Analytics

By Raney Day Design | November 1, 2016

Halloween may have been yesterday, but ghosts are still hanging around.  What in the world are we talking about?  Ghost spam, of course!  In case you’ve never heard of it, ghost spam is a type of referral traffic that shows up in your Google Analytics as a visit to your…

5 Totally Doable Ways to Improve Your SEO Today

By Raney Day Design | October 4, 2016

Whew! These past few weeks have sure been a whirlwind for us at RDD! New projects, valuable care plans, and a full day at the first ever Wordcamp Pittsburgh! The day’s hottest topic? Search Engine Optimization! You know, that magical way websites show up in internet searches?  Well friends, we…

3 Common Social Media Struggles Business Owners Face: Solved

By Raney Day Design | September 6, 2016

As an entrepreneur, you wear a lot of hats. In any given day, you find yourself playing the roles of service provider, accountant, executive, sales manager, and so much more.  You’re probably also finding yourself in the roles of marketing director and social media manager.   But, like most business owners, you likely don’t have time…

Handling a Negative Online Review Like a Champ

By Raney Day Design | August 9, 2016

As business owners, we pride ourselves on the quality of our products, services, and, well . . . everything. We pour our hearts and souls into our companies, devote countless hours perfecting our craft, and spend many sleepless nights building a great brand. So when an unhappy customer writes a negative online review about…

{UPDATED} 20 Places to Find Stunning Free Stock Photos

By Raney Day Design | June 14, 2016

Are you tired of spending your hard earned money on stock images so cheesy you start craving nachos just thinking of them?  You know the ones – those pictures with the plastic-looking people wearing business suits and fake, toothy smiles? Then you’re definitely in for a treat!  We’ve curated a list of 17 of our favorite…

5 Tips to BOOST your TWITTER Following

By Raney Day Design | June 1, 2016

This article, “5 tips to boost your Twitter following” is a follow up from our previous post, “5 Tips to BOOST your FACEBOOK Following“. Getting started with Twitter can seem like an overwhelming task.  Lately we’ve heard, “I can only use 140 characters?” and “I have to use the pound sign?”  [Yes! Those…

10 Easy Ways to Come Up with Blog Topics

By Raney Day Design | May 17, 2016

The white expanse of the blank page stretches before you like a lonely tundra.  The cursor winks at you as if it knows exactly what you’re thinking.   “What in the world should I blog about?”   We’ve all been there – the dreaded writer’s block – but we’re here to…

WP Elevation Digital Business Consultant

By Raney Day Design | May 3, 2016

Jennifer Sakowski, Founder and Chief Creative Officer has recently completed her certification to become a “WP Elevation Digital Business Consultant” by WP Elevation. “WP Elevation is a global business mastermind group for WordPress consultants that helps its members better serve their clients through communication, development workflow and project management best practices.”…