3 Steps to Overcoming Fear of Starting a Small Business
After over 15 years working for medium and large corporates, I am starting my own small business. Time to celebrate. However I am telling myself “I can do it” often.
3 Elements of A Successful E-Commerce Website
Many people have started their small business by opening an eCommerce website instead of a brick and mortar one. This is because aside from the fact that it has lower overhead costs, the online sales of goods has drastically grown over the years. If you’re one of those people who already have started or planning […]
Add a shopping cart to your Ecommerce website
In these unprecedented times, one strategy we can implement quickly for brick-and-mortar businesses is to add an eCommerce facility to your website.
Shopify Website Ecommerce Trends 2023
Each year, Shopify produces an annual report where they detail the latest trends and statistics in ecommerce trends for 2023. If you want to read the full report, it is available here. The team at Confetti Design have put together a summary of the Shopify website ecommerce trends for 2023. There is a lot of […]
2023 WordPress Website Security Guide for Small Business Websites
There has been a lot of news recently about data breaches and customer information hacking. Each week, we have a new corporate who has been hacked and their customer data compromised. Small business owners must be feeling a degree of trepidation if large corporates like Optus and Medibank are experiencing data breaches. We want to […]
Do I Need To Make My Website an HTTPS?
Have you heard Google want you to switch your site to HTTPS? #updated July 2018 – this is now more important than last year and all sites need to have an HTTPS. Firstly what is HTTPS? Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent […]
How To Name A Small Business
Yоur brаnd nаmе or small business name іѕ thе fоundаtіоn fоr аll уоur оthеr mаrkеtіng еffоrtѕ. It’ѕ раrt оf уоur сuѕtоmеrѕ’ vеrу fіrѕt еxреrіеnсе оf уоur brаnd аnd mоѕt lіkеlу, еvеrу еxреrіеnсе thеrеаftеr. If you are doing research and about to start a business then how to name a small business is right there at […]
Anatomy Of An Effective Website
Confused about why your website might not be converting visitors? Do you have website shame or know exactly what you would like it to look like but no idea how to make that happen? Our infographic of the anatomy of an effective website covers the 12 core elements every effective site requires. It is always […]
WHAT IS A MANIFESTO?
I recently had a session with my Intuitive Business Coach, Monique Evans of Intuitive Freedom where she asked if my business purpose/ mission statement or ‘manifesto’ was still relevant? She has her finger on the pulse that woman and has insights that always surprise me. It’s been 3 years since we set our ‘why’ and purpose and wrote […]
How much should a website cost?
You get what you pay for. You don’t know what you don’t know until you experience something different. Late last year I was introduced to the amazing world of eyelash extensions. Instantly a convert I had my re-fills religiously every 3 weeks and experienced the benefits of no mascara, no morning-after smudge. Not to […]