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5 Ways to Improve Domain Security for Small Businesses

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 by

At a global average cost of $4 million per breach, it can be easy to view cybersecurity as a concern mostly meant for large corporations. Unfortunately, cybersecurity is often overlooked by many small businesses. Cybercriminals aren’t very picky when choosing between small businesses and corporations. According to Verizon, throughout 2020, 43% of security breach victims were small businesses. Additionally, 43% of all breaches involved compromised domain security, twice…

5 Steps to Use Influencer Marketing to Grow Your Business

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by

A. Shibli

Influencer marketing has been in the spotlight ever since social media and content marketing replaced traditional advertising. According to this State of Influencer Marketing 2020 report, this industry was all set to grow up to a whopping $9.7 billion in that year. This guide will help you decide if influencer marketing is meant for your…

5 ways to carry your holiday momentum into 2021

Posted on December 21, 2020January 11, 2021 by

Josh Sekhon

For most businesses, the holiday season is routinely the busiest time of year. Due to COVID-19, the sales environment has experienced some dramatic changes. These changes have been looming on the horizon for quite some time, but the pandemic has catalyzed a shift towards an omni-channel approach for a variety of businesses. According to Price…

How To Increase Organic Traffic To A Small Business Website

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by

Christian Carere

Every website should have SEO baked into its overall marketing strategy to promote growth. It’s a necessary evil when it comes to generating new clients from search engines. Here are a few SEO tips to increase organic traffic to your small business website. Establish a topical keyword strategy Approach your keyword strategy from a topical…

Hosting resource optimization for performance and website speed

7 easy ways to optimise web hosting resources and website speed

Posted on December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 by

Karthik Balachander

A website’s performance and page load speed depends on choices made in choosing a programming language, database, content management system (CMS), web hosting provider and plan as well as ongoing optimization. When your website attracts more traffic, it consumes more hosting resources and if your server is unable to manage the load, that could slow…

AdultBlock Brand Protection: Sunrise B blocks on .XXX domains expire in 2021, switch now

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by

Karthik Balachander

Ten years is a long time, but we’re closing in on that mark since .XXX domains launched. For brand protection professionals, that means that Sunrise B protections on .XXX expire 10 years from Dec. 2011, which puts us at Dec. 2021 and you will need to transition to AdultBlock or AdultBlock+ to protect your brand…

6 Ways to Convert Blog Traffic into Customers

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by

A. Shibli

Blogging has emerged as one of the most effective forms of content marketing, the third-most-popular after video and ebook, according to this 2020 report. It is an easy and inexpensive tool for providing comprehensive information to your audience, boosting your market reputation, and, above all, gaining more revenue-generating customers. While high-quality, SEO-friendly content could take care of the first two goals,…

Marketing expert discusses marketing strategy with small business owner in front of whiteboard

7 Reasons Why Marketing Plans Fail

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by

Josh Sekhon

Picture this—the year is 2005. It’s summer, I’m 9 years old, and I really want to make some money to buy myself a new Xbox. I’ve attempted to strike a deal with my parents, offering to do more chores around the house—and failed spectacularly. I tried to get a job, but shockingly fast-food restaurants don’t trust…

young Canadian entrepreneur working on his business website

Five Canadian websites that show that launching a site doesn’t have to be complicated

Posted on November 26, 2020November 30, 2020 by

Erin Hutchinson

Launching a website can certainly seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. If features like blog post recommendation algorithms and menu navigation all seem like too much to learn about, let alone incorporate into your website, LiteSite is a great option. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple one-page website to share your big…

Black Friday Sale 2020: Discounts on Domains, Hosting, Email, and SSL Certificates

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by

Josh Sekhon

It’s shopping season, and Webnames’ Black Friday sale will be live from November 24 to December 1. From domain extensions and web hosting, to SSL certificates and Business Email, we’ve got everything you need to establish your online presence, as we look ahead to a new year. .CA & .COM for just $8.99 This Black…

What is domain brokering and how does it work?

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by

Josh Sekhon

Domain Brokering is a service that helps you acquire a domain name currently owned by a third party, where the domain broker acts as your representative in a research, negotiation and domain acquisition capacity, for a fee and/or commission. For anyone doing business today, a website is far more than just a checkbox – it’s…

Your Best Influencers are your Customers

Posted on November 5, 2020November 30, 2020 by

Josh Sekhon

Who is an influencer? Well according to the Oxford Languages English Dictionary, as it relates to marketing, an influencer is “a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media”. Whether you’re looking to find a reliable webhost, or find the right…

Two colleagues working on their sales growth strategy

How to Increase Sales – Questions to Find your Strategy

Posted on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 by

Women Enterprise Centre

As a support organization for women entrepreneurs, our Business Advisors often get asked a lot of the same questions, and one of the most common ones is “How do I grow my business?” These days, business growth may look more like sustaining your business by exploring new strategies. To ensure the continued success of your…

woman unsure about whether to complete a purchase online

Get Better Sales by Raising the Trust-Factor

Posted on October 15, 2020October 20, 2020 by

Diego Velasquez

With frequent news stories of hacked sites and data breaches, it’s understandable that 73% of consumers are worried about sharing their personal and financial information for fear of it being stolen (Experian 2018). Furthermore, a recent Baymard (2020) report showed that 18% of cart abandons happen because a customer does not trust a website. …

Register .GAY and wave a virtual Pride flag

Posted on August 25, 2020September 3, 2020 by

Julianna

Celebrate and show your allyship with the LGTBQ community through a .GAY domain name. We’re super excited here at Webnames to be participating in the launch of a first-of-its-kind digital space for #LGBTQ communities with the new .gay domain name. It’s not every day that a new domain name extension launches, especially a top tier,…