The dog days

The dog days of summer are sneaking up quick, Here is our monthly list of top Twitter findings relating to Small Business and what is possible for you online:

Brand Strategy: The Art of Branding (smbmarketingguide.com)

Nine key steps for all branding, regardless of the medium.
Twitter Source: @tasty_links

Web Nerd Terminology (Explained) (css-tricks.com)

Not sure what all this web jargon is you keep hearing? Give this article by Chris Coyier a read.
Twitter Source: @chriscoyier

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website (smashingmagazine.com)

Your business has gone through the whole process of getting a site created or redesigned all that's left now is taking it live. Before you launch the site be sure to double check these 15 items.
Twitter Source: @gaksdesigns

One Page Vs. Multi Page Checkout Process (proimpact7.com)

Does one page checkout really decrease your shopping cart abandonment? Here is a well written article and informative video discussing the topic.
Twitter Source: @jbillingsley

10 Tools to Improve Your Site’s Usability on a Low Budget (webdesignerdepot.com)

Please test your websites usability, periodically is ideal. It's one of the smartest things you can do, the website is a tool for your small business why not check now and then to be sure that tool is running well. This article provides you with 10 Low cost Usability testing options
Twitter Source: @DesignerDepot

SEO Best Practices: SEOmoz's New Policies Based on Updated Correlation Data (seomoz.org)

SEOmoz is a well respected SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Resource, this is their updated SEO Best Practices list
Twitter Source: @robangeles

Google Analytics is Killing Your Website (bradleyspencer.com)

Google Analytics is a valuable tool, you can quantify your efforts. That said if you have no outlined website goals what determines success or failure, learn more about "Actionable Analytics" and start moving away from the I got "x" visits this month vanity evaluations.
Twitter Source: @briancray

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