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When a person needs a website, they often look for the fastest, cheapest solution possible. One of the most popular options is a DIY cookie-cutter website. In fact, the internet is full of “free” website building services offering an easy fix for your all your online needs. Sounds simple right? Not so much… While “free”…

Continue Reading Why You Should Reconsider Building Your Own Website

Like everything else, first impressions are everything. Web design is no exception. That’s why making sure your website is well-designed, and up-to-date is essential. If a website is visibly outdated or hard to navigate, visitors are more than likely to skip to a competitor’s site. Don’t make the mistake of neglecting your online presence in…

Continue Reading Affordable Web Design: Why An Updated Website Is Important

We live in the digital age and we’re constantly bombarded with new technologies, conversations, and other demands on our time. It gets to be a real challenge at times to focus! For myself, I have to keep work and home life as separate as possible so that when I’m at the office, I’m dedicated and…

Continue Reading Focusing on Focus

It has been a busy year here at Thrive! We’ve welcomed the addition of two new employees (Hahn and Katie), we’ve developed and deployed a number of new and exciting projects for our clients (with more in the works), and we’ve begun the process of over-hauling our Thrive Web Designs website. Beyond all of this…

Continue Reading The Importance of Work/Life Balance

In the beginning stages of having your site designed it can be easy to want to throw in everything you’ve ever seen on the web that’s even mildly eye-catching or visually persuading.  This is your baby, your business, your presence on the web, and of course you want it to be the best.  You want…

Continue Reading Three Website Design Considerations in 2016

It’s pretty amazing how quick the days, months and years fly by. And it’s really fascinating in an industry of constant movement, that web design continues to evolve year after year. Here at Thrive, we work extremely hard to make sure our team stays up to date with the newest trends, latest and greatest tips,…

Continue Reading 2016 Website Design Standards – Pt. 1

  As of July 2015 mobile media time had moved past desktop usage. What does this mean for you and your website? If your website is not responsively enabled, then you’re potentially missing the opportunity to connect with your audience through mobile devices and tablets. Sure, your non-responsive website is still accessible over a mobile…

Continue Reading Responsive Web Design Checklist

As we just completed our re-design for Thrive (still an ongoing process), it’s fun to look back at some older versions of our site, even if we shrug in disbelief along the way 🙂 As a designer, as painful as it can be, it’s important to remember where your designs started which also helps you…

Continue Reading The Evolution of the Thrive Web Designs Site

Its been a well-known fact from the beginning of the .Com times, that websites age. As years go by, technology advances, standards increase and the need for a re-fresh of your brand online is essential. But before you assume it’s time to re-engineer the looks and feel of your website, it may be important to…

Continue Reading 5 Signs That It’s Time for a Re-Design

In today’s age of web development, customers looking for a website have a lot of decisions to make when it comes to the best choices available for their business. There are numerous avenues for getting a website developed, everything from having one custom designed & developed, choosing an already-designed theme, or choosing to build your…

Continue Reading The Appeal of Custom Web Design

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