As this bizarre, difficult year comes to a close, I’m thinking about what it’s taught me. Last week I did my annual review, and was actually pleasantly surprised by just how much I managed to get done. So here are my biggest take aways…

A list of some of the best data privacy resources I’ve found. Either explaining the laws themselves or services that help you generate the right notifications.

For better or for worse, our lives are digital now. Anyone can throw up a website. Trust on the internet is low. For good reason; there are plenty of people out there ‘selling air’.

There are a ton of website platforms out there. The most known being Wordpress, Squarespace, Wix and Shopify. If you've never built or launched a website before, knowing where to start can be really hard.

A natural impulse is to treat your about page like a resume. It’s tempting to go on at length about your professional history, talk about your life story attempt to prove yourself to a potential client by listing all of your accomplishments and credentials. This is all wrong. 

If you’re thinking about creating a new website, you’ll need to consider what it needs to do. In other words, what are your website requirements. Website requirements are, simply put, any functions, capabilities or qualities your site needs to have.

What business problems are driving you nuts? What are your big biz dreams? Consider these when thinking about your new website, you’d be surprised by the simple ways it can help.

I was itching to get under the hood of Lisas Shopify store. With her permission I made some changes. I swapped out the theme, configured it to align with her branding. Lisa had some lovely imagery so I created a hero image slide. Now when visitors arrives at her site, bam! they get an enticing feel for all the stylish bling Lisa Maresa has on offer.

Are you ready for your website project? Are you sure? Below are 12 steps to take before you dive head first into creating a new website.