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In 2024 Bear Web Design will transition all client to paying their Bear Web Design bill online. Most clients already pay online thru our QuickBooks System (Intuit Payment Network). We are asking for all clients to pay online within the next 12 months (deadline – December 1st, 2024). As a technology company it is just time to go in this direction!

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Do you have a Webmaster?

With modern websites becoming more and more sophisticated in both look and behavior the expectation that a standard web hosting company will take care of everything your website needs is simply not correct.  The game plan of hiring a web designer that builds a new website and then moves it to a hosting company to sit indefinitely is no longer a viable plan for you or your website. Today you really need a webmaster.

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You Now Have 2 Primary Digital Assets!

Just about every company and organization today has a website. Pending how long you have been in business you may have had a company website for 10 plus years. That website has probably been thru several redesigns and upgrades while remaining a constant primary marketing tool and/or e-commerce vehicle for your company.

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What is GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information of individuals within the European Union (EU). … GDPR came into effect across the EU on May 25, 2018.

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Managing Your Website

A company can spend a lot of money, time and resources developing a new website. It is an exciting time filled with great expectations as the internet provides a constant supply of users searching for products and services and a great looking website can really help attract customers. It is easy to think that if you get everything right during this design and development phase you are going to be all set in upcoming years.

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Social Media has become a dominant force in our world ranging from personal socialization to business marketing.  Over the past 5 years or so businesses have been putting more and more effort and resources into using social media in the aim of building their brands and marketing their products and services.  It has clearly been a revolution to be able to add a great photo and a small paragraph or two and be able to share with your friends and fans reaching 100’s or sometime 1000’s of people in real time.

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We had a great time today as Girls That Code visited Bear Web Design in Nashville! As part of the experience, students from Wilson County explored the opportunities available to programmers and developers in the 21st century. Their instructor, web designer/developer Jennifer Folsom, led the visit—and we wrapped it up with a pizza lunch to celebrate their hard work and curiosity.

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How Does Your Digital Profile Look?

Have you recently heard the term “Digital Profile”? It is becoming a key focus area for companies as well as individuals that provide services that are searched for on the internet. That means just about any company that operates today should be paying attention to their Digital Profile.

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Is It Time For A New Website?

You have a website that has been up and running for a number of years. In actual fact many organizations have had 2-3 generations of websites now a days. It looked great when the website was launched (they always do). However, over the years, it has become less and less of a focal point in your companies marketing plans. You don’t really know how much traffic is coming to the website. This is because the reports you used to get stopped coming. Additionally, the big part that bothers you is that you don’t seem to get any inquiries from your website any more.

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I am just flying back from the 2016 Joomla World Conference (flying from Vancouver to LA and then onto Melbourne Australia). I figured with 16 hours of flying ahead this would be the perfect time to recap the conference I just attended. As well as share with our clients and friends. It was the best conference I have attended to date. The leadership of Joomla was so much more focused on the end user experience than I have ever seen before. This is very good for our clients (and their web visitors) as the bottom line to any websites success is a great user experience.

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