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Local Website Managers in South Dakota

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Table of Contents The Website Management Jungle What You Get with McQuillen Creative Group Don’t let sub-par service get you down What are Quality Local Website Managers Worth? Website managers are a dime-a-dozen, but finding reliable, responsive, and local website managers can be a huge challenge. Looking for local website managers based in Aberdeen, South Dakota can be difficult, because some will rip you off or lock you in a contract and then stop responding… Read more »

Need A New Website, Tune-Up, or an Overhaul?

4 Questions for New Websites

Table of Contents How should your new website look and work? What’s the cost of building a website? What should you invest into hosting and security? How much is site visibility worth? New Website, New You, New Questions If you’re an avid podcast listener, you may have heard ads for website builders that are so easy a child could use them! There’s nothing wrong with taking a DIY approach to your website development, especially considering… Read more »

Responsive Design: A Perfect Solution for Websites

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Table of Contents About Responsive Web Design Website & Mobile Statistics MCG’s Work Responsive design for websites means that users can view your site correctly on any screen as more people are using mobile devices. One of the biggest mindsets that business owners need to adjust is that a website is a “one and done” kind of deal. Imagine that you moved in to a previously owned or newly built home. At a certain point,… Read more »

5 Major Steps to Avoid Phishing Scams

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Avoid phishing scams by focusing on digital security You can avoid phishing scams when you pay attention to who is sending you emails or calling your phone. Just know that one slip-up can spell doom for your business. If your website is hacked, you may be down for good. Unless you have tremendous, personal support from a provider, chances are your crisis won’t be readily addressed. But the team at MCG is here to provide… Read more »

Website Maintenance: Affordable vs Cheap

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Table of Contents What We Do Cheap vs. Affordable Choosing McQuillen Creative Group Website maintenance that’s affordable without being cheap. Let’s talk about a scenario where website maintenance can create a huge headache for business owners who might not be savvy with their website. You just noticed that your website is down either because you tried visiting it yourself, or you’ve started getting calls about it. This can be a big crisis. So now you… Read more »

What it means when your website says “connection is not secure.”

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Table of Contents How is your site affected? How does HTTPS work? What MCG can do for you What does it mean when your website says, “Connection is not secure?” It simply means that you are using an insecure HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) rather than the protected Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) to transmit data between your website and its server. Connection is not secure errors: why does it suddenly matter? Lately, all major… Read more »

McQuillen Creative Gives SPURS a FREE Website

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Non Profits Need Effective Websites. It’s almost unheard of now days to run into a company or organization that doesn’t have a website of any sorts. Usually a company will have a crude, late 1990s website or one they cobbled together on a free website platform. Or they have one that the boss’s nephew’s son created, but has since joined the Peace Corps. We were made aware of the fact that a local non-profit didn’t… Read more »

Is Your Local Marketing Difficult?

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Advertising is Changing. Local Marketing is Different. You may be realizing that the way to market and advertise your business is a bit different these days. We have been in the marketing game for over 25 years, and we have striven to stay ahead of the game. Fortunately, our company gets how small businesses work. We’re not here to chew through your local marketing dollars. Instead, we are here to help you target local shoppers… Read more »

Schwab Audiology Brand Development

Schwab Audiology Brand Development

We recently had the pleasure of creating the brand for Schwab Audiology. As a native of Aberdeen, Dr. Elizabeth Falk Schwab returned to the area to open her own hearing healthcare clinic. Elizabeth brought us on board to help with designing her logo, stationery items, and print advertising as well as developing her website. Schwab Audiology Brand Development in Review When creating the logo, it was important that I avoided the “easy option” of using an ear as the symbol. Instead, I… Read more »

Stop Hackers: 3 Effective Strategies from MCG

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[efsthumbnail sdsd src=”https://mcquillencreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/protect-website-from-hackers-mcquillen-creative.jpg”] Stopping Website Hackers: A Short Guide Criminal activity on the internet such as spamming and website hacking is, unfortunately, a fact of life. The reality is, if you have a website, it WILL be attacked by hackers or automated hacking software at some point. There are many reasons for this. In most cases, criminals like spammers and identity thieves are trying to add malicious code or files to your website so they… Read more »