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Your Friday Focus – Why Your Website Needs a Facelift

Dear website owners, At some point in the past, you decided your business, idea or other venture would benefit from having a website to announce your presence to the world. You had a website created just for you, and suddenly you became part of the largest communication revolution since the printing press. On the day your website launched, you announced to your customers that…

3 B’s to a Happier Workplace

It’s Monday, folks, and while some may be groaning and grumbling their way through the day, we’re taking a look at the bright side at The Focus Group and focusing on ways to make your M-F more enjoyable and productive. Where we may all agree that Friday is our favorite day of the work week, here are our “3 B’s” essential to keeping a…

Buying a Website: Firm, Freelance or DIY

So you’ve decided to take your business and put it on the great information highway that is the Internet. Wonderful! Websites have a beautiful tendency to increase profit, expand business, and make the world a better place overall. Deciding you want a website is a great decision, but it raises the question, “Who is going to build your website?” Largely, you will have three…

8 Everyday Struggles of a Proofreader

After editing countless newsletters, ads and dreaded college theses, things start to get to you. This is for all my fellow proofreaders out there. 1. Unnecessarily punctuated signage Oh, Kathrine… What would ever possess you to make “candle” possessive? 2. The autocorrect nightmare Here’s to sending a text that autocorrects into something incorrect and then cringing at the thought that someone thinks you don’t…

Should Web and Graphics Merge?

A few years ago I went to a mostly graphic-based conference in Jackson, Miss. Being a student at the time who was majoring in both web development and graphic design, I presented a question to one of the speakers: What is your advice to students that want to pursue both web development and graphic design? His response to my seemingly simple question was basically…

WordPress…Here to Stay?

WordPress is the most utilized CMS on the Internet. However, this was not always the case. Over 10 years since its inception as blogging software, WordPress has come full circle and has become a tool that is almost invaluable to many web developers. For the most part, webmasters and users alike could not see themselves working online without it. WordPress is now an essential…