One of the biggest decisions you'll make in terms of your online business is choosing the domain name. You may want to call yourself "Todd's Widgets," but if that name is already taken, you'll have to get creative and choose something else. For instance, your website may have to be "Todd's Widgets NC" or some [...]

If you have your own business, you’ve likely dipped a toe into the waters of digital marketing. Digital marketing is how small businesses not only survive, but thrive. (And not just small businesses either.) What is the most effective form of digital marketing? A landing page. A landing page is a solitary web page created [...]

I can’t believe I’m talking about this, but as you’ve likely heard, due to supply chain shortages, customers are being asked to start their holiday shopping early. As in, right now. Otherwise, they run the risk of their gift not arriving on time. "When the world's manufacturers came back online, there was a surge in [...]

Google, that wily company, instituted a change back in March that you may be unfamiliar with. These days, Google is only indexing mobile websites. What that means is if you don’t have a mobile-friendly version of your website, you’re in trouble. Google has a Googlebot that trawls the internet, finding out what pages exist and [...]

January is the perfect month for out with the old, in with the new. Unless you like the old, in which case disregard this blog. However, if you’re revved up and ready to make this year the best one yet for your business, we have some tips for you. Read on. Depending on where you [...]

It’s October so you know what that means! Halloween! In honor of the illustrious holiday, we at Web Symphonies decided to do a roundup of scary website mistakes. As a Charlotte web design company, we’ve seen them all, but don’t worry, what was once alarming can quickly become alluring. We’ll show you how. The number [...]

So you're ready to create a new website: congratulations! But if you want to do it yourself, which website builder do you choose? There are so many options available, which one is best? Especially if you're not an experienced web designer like Web Symphonies, it can be tricky to parse out. Below we tackle some [...]

So you have your own business. Congratulations! Now what? As small, Charlotte web design company, we understand how hard it can be to stand out in a crowd. You want to be the person who wears prints in a sea of neutral colors. Luckily for you, we've rounded up some high-tech and low-tech solutions for [...]

  Happy new year! The start of the year is when people often set goals for themselves – whether that's exercising more, eating better, or picking up the guitar. But what about checking in on your web security? Did you know there is a hacker attack every 39 seconds? The cost of data breaches increased [...]