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Attention business owners and digital marketers! Looking for a way to skyrocket your business growth? Look no further than the integration of ChatGPT in our Webware app. This advanced AI technology offers numerous benefits that will help you achieve your business goals.

Faster Results, More Opportunities:
Say goodbye to slow and inaccurate results. With ChatGPT, you'll receive real-time answers to your marketing questions, allowing you to take advantage of new opportunities as they arise. No more missed chances to engage with your audience, or lost opportunities to promote your brand.

Increased Efficiency, More Time for Growth:
ChatGPT makes it easy to handle multiple marketing tasks, freeing up your time to focus on other important aspects of your business. You can receive campaign ideas, get help with online reputation management, and even have content written for you, all in one place. This increased efficiency will give you more time to focus on growing your business.

Streamline Content Creation, Attract More Customers:
ChatGPT takes the hassle out of content creation, allowing you to attract more customers with high-quality content. Have blog posts, emails, and entire campaigns written for you in a fraction of the time? This increased efficiency will allow you to focus on other aspects of your business, while still delivering high-quality content to your audience.

Take your business to the next level with the integration of ChatGPT in our Webware app. With faster results, increased efficiency, and streamlined content creation, you'll have more opportunities for growth and success. Book a demo today to see the benefits for yourself.

Webware 2 is here and we couldn't be more excited to unveil the latest updates to our platform and new app! As the CEO and Founder, I, Cory York, want to personally introduce you to the new features and show you how they will help take your online presence to new heights.

Our team has been working hard to improve the service based on customer feedback and we're confident that you'll love the changes we've made. Webware is once again getting ahead of the competition with the latest features and is more user-friendly than ever before.

WEBWARE APP:
One of the main new features is the new, simple-to-use Webware App. This will make it easier than ever for users to manage their online presence and stay on top of their Webware projects. With a streamlined interface and intuitive navigation, users will be able to access all of the features and tools they need in one place, making it easy to stay organized and stay on top of their online presence.

WEBSITES THAT TARGET YOUR IDEAL CLIENT:
Another important update is the new website updates, which include target customer-focused home pages that convert better. This will help users to better connect with their target audience. By focusing on the needs and interests of their target customers, users will be able to create more effective, engaging websites that drive conversions and grow their online presence.

MORE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT:
Another great feature is the new social media content creation process, which is all done for you. This will save users time and effort when it comes to creating and sharing high-quality content on social media platforms. With this new feature, users will be able to easily create and schedule posts, track engagement, and stay on top of their social media presence without having to spend hours creating content from scratch.

WEBWARE FEATURES CHATGPT:
The AI-driven marketing content will help users to create more effective and personalized marketing campaigns. With this integrated ChatGPT feature, users will be able to take advantage of advanced algorithms and machine learning to identify and target the most receptive audiences and create highly effective marketing campaigns that drive conversions and grow their online presence.

LIVE SUPPORT:
The new live support option will provide users with quick and easy access to help and assistance when they need it. With this feature, users will be able to connect with Webware support staff in real-time, get answers to their questions, and resolve any issues they may be experiencing with the platform.

WEBWARE INVOICE:
The Webware Invoice is a new feature that will allow users to easily create, manage, and track invoices for their web-based projects. With this feature, users will be able to streamline their invoicing process and stay on top of their financials, making it easy to stay organized and manage their online presence.

REQUESTS ON DEMAND:
The new submit requests on demand feature will allow users to submit requests for new features and improvements to the platform. With this feature, users will be able to provide feedback and suggestions to Webware and help shape the future of the platform, making it an even better tool for growing their online presence.

Overall, these new features of Webware 2.0 will empower our clients to take control of their online presence and make it easy to create and manage effective websites, social media campaigns, and other web-based projects. With Webware 2.0, our clients will be able to save time and effort, stay organized, and create more effective campaigns and projects that drive conversions and grow their online presence.

If you're already a client of Webware, we cannot wait to serve you even better in 2023. And if you're not yet a client, we're excited to tell you that we're ready to take you on as well, just book a demo here. 

We look forward to helping you take your online presence to new heights with Webware 2.0!
 

As a small business owner, having a website is crucial to your success in today's digital age. If you don't already have a website, or if your current website is outdated or hard to use, it's time to consider investing in a new one. Here are 5 reasons why your small business needs a new website:

1. Reach a wider audience: With a website, you can easily share information about your products and services with potential customers from all over the world. This can help you expand your customer base and increase sales.

2. Improve your credibility: A professional-looking website can establish your business as an expert in your field, which can help you attract more customers and build trust with potential clients.

3. Save time and money: A website can streamline your customer service process by allowing customers to find answers to common questions on their own. This can save you time and money, so you can focus on running your business.

4. Stay competitive: In today's market, having a website is increasingly important for small businesses. Without a website, you may be at a disadvantage compared to your competitors.

5. Gain valuable insights: A website with built-in analytics can provide valuable data about your visitors, such as where they are coming from, how long they stay on your site, and what pages they visit. This data can help you understand your audience better and make informed decisions about how to improve your website and marketing efforts.

In conclusion, a new website is a crucial investment for any small business looking to stay competitive in today's digital age. With a new website, you can reach a wider audience, improve your credibility, save time and money, and gain valuable insights about your customers. Don't let your small business fall behind, take the first step towards a modern and effective website today by scheduling a demo with Webware. Our team of experts will work with you to understand your business needs and create a website that will help you reach your goals. Don't wait, schedule a demo with Webware today and take your small business to the next level!

Digital marketing is constantly evolving, and as we move into 2023, there are several trends that small business owners should be aware of.
 

Video Content:
One of the biggest trends in digital marketing is the continued rise of video content. More and more businesses are using video to engage with their audience, and this trend is only set to continue in 2023. Whether it's live streaming on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, or creating engaging videos for YouTube and Vimeo, video is a powerful tool for reaching and engaging with potential customers.

Personalization:
Another trend to watch out for in 2023 is the increasing importance of personalization. As consumers become more savvy and more selective about the content they engage with, businesses will need to find ways to tailor their marketing messages to individual customers. This could involve using data and analytics to create personalized email marketing campaigns, or using AI and machine learning to personalize the customer experience on a business's website.

Influencer Marketing:
In addition, the use of influencer marketing is also set to grow in 2023. Influencer marketing involves partnering with social media influencers who have a large following in your target market and using their influence to promote your business. This can be a powerful way to reach a large audience and build trust with potential customers.

Chatbots:
Finally, the use of chatbots is also set to increase in 2023. Chatbots are AI-powered software programs that can simulate conversations with customers in real-time, providing quick and convenient answers to common questions and helping to improve the customer experience.

In summary, digital marketing in 2023 is all about video content, personalization, influencer marketing, and chatbots. Small business owners who want to stay ahead of the curve should consider incorporating these trends into their marketing strategies.

Need help with website and digital marketing for your small business? Join over 4000 business owners like you that are a part of Webware. Book a Growth Session with us and let’s look at your current efforts and if Webware is the right fit for you.

How AI is Driving Growth and Success for Webware Clients
Webware is excited to announce that it has already launched over 100 websites using its latest AI-driven website content creation feature, powered by ChatGPT. Leveraging the power of AI, Webware has been able to create high-quality websites and digital marketing content that is more likely to attract and convert target customers.

How AI Content Creation Can Improve SEO and Attract the Right Customers
Using AI-driven content products can give websites greater results with SEO and target the right challenges that are being searched for by the most likely good-fit customers. This means that businesses can attract the right customers and see an improved online performance.

The Benefits of Using AI for Website Content Creation to Save Your Time
In addition, using AI content creation means less work for business owners. Instead of spending time and resources on producing content, businesses can let AI handle it for them, freeing up time to focus on other aspects of their business.

Webware is thrilled to have launched over 100 websites using its AI-driven content creation feature powered by ChatGPT and looks forward to continuing to use AI to drive growth and success for its clients.

For more information about how AI can benefit your business, request a demo with one of our digital marketing experts at Webware today.
 

Dear valued customers,
 
In light of the escalating situation regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Webware is taking various steps to manage and respond to the evolving circumstances around this pandemic, while following the guidance of local health agencies who are monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
In order to assist in the prevention of further spread of the virus, Webware is currently undertaking social distancing measures to ensure the safety of our employees and continuity in service to our customers through employing a ‘work from home’ strategy. 
 
Webware will strive to ensure that these measures cause little to no disruption in expected service levels, but ask for your patience as we transition into this temporary working arrangement.
 
The team at Webware also requests that our customers and partners look to see how they can be good corporate citizens going above and beyond to assist your customers and partners to the best of your ability in these challenging times.
 

View a message from Cory York, CEO & Co-founder - Webware

At Webware our greatest asset is our people and in an effort to be of greater assistance to our customers, we are going to unleash the power of our people through the COVID Support Hotline.
 
In the last 24 hours we have established a 24 hour/7 day a week hotline for Webware customers who may require assistance during this time. If the service can be performed over the phone or internet, we are here to help. 
 
Whether it’s arranging a doctor’s appointment, getting updates on the Covid virus in your area or waiting on hold to change travel arrangements we are here to assist. If you have any questions or require our assistance, please feel free to reach out to covid19@webware.io or on our Toll Free Support Line at 1.844.WEBWARE ext. 5
 
As circumstances evolve, please know that Webware is doing everything we can to manage and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the safety of our employees, customers and partners in mind. At Webware our goal is not only to deliver the same level of great service that our customers have become accustomed to, but to go above and beyond to assist you.

Webware is always working to improve our Digital Services Plan to help our clients reach more potential customers and improve their bottom line through Digital Marketing.

This week, we are excited to announce Instagram images for your blog posts.

Starting in March 2019, all Webware Digital Service clients who participate in the blog program will receive social media images they can use on their Instagram account.

The Instagram images will include a professionally designed social media image that includes the title and the main points of the blog post. We will provide one main image for a post and subsequent images breaking down the blog post points for your Instagram story. For example, the image seen below.

By adding this feature to our blog program, you’ll be able to reach a larger audience by posting your blog link on Instagram with an eye-catching image and share your blog post through Instagram stories. Click here to view an example of how this new feature will look on your Instagram.

This new blog feature is included for all Webware clients participating in the blog program as part of the Digital Services Plan.

Webware will start rolling out Instagram images over the next couple of weeks so keep an eye out for them in your blog draft email soon!

If you haven’t taken advantage of our blog service, now is a great time to get started! Once you receive your monthly blog email, choose a topic and fill out the form to get started!

This feature is only available to Digital Service customers. If you are not enrolled for our Digital Service Plan, click here to join.

If you have any questions, please email support@webware.io

At Webware, we create and send out thousands of email campaigns a month for our customers. After building newsletters on the usual email marketing platforms, we felt the options available out there were too complicated. So we decided to make our own. 

Today, we are announcing the launch of "Newsletter".

"Newsletter" is the easiest email marketing platform you have ever used and it's available for free to every Webware customer right now!

Say goodbye to using those other complicated email marketing tools. Webware’s Newsletter platform makes it easier than ever to send out beautiful, engaging email newsletters. Stay in touch with your customers using our user-friendly newsletter platform right from the Webware dashboard.

First and foremost, it's simple to use. With "Newsletter", you can select the customers you would like to send an email to, write your email, upload images, style your text and click send. You can use an existing template or build your own format with "click and drag" boxes. Or if you know HTML, you can customize away. 

Once you've sent out the email, you can track the success of your newsletter. With Webware’s Newsletter, it’s simple to see if your newsletter is reaching clients and how effective it is. Easily keep track of how many people have opened your newsletter, clicked on the content in the email, or unsubscribed. Easily create a follow-up campaign to customers who showed the most interest by creating a new list based on clicks.

To learn more about how to use Webware's "Newsletter" email tool, please click here. To learn more about Webware's complete digital toolkit for business, please click here. 

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One of the things that makes Google the most popular online search engine is its endless mission to put users first. Their goal is to give you, the user, the most reliable, accurate and up-to-date information available anywhere on the World Wide Web.  Google’s steadfast commitment to the user-experience has sparked another update to its Search Engine Results Page (SERP) ranking factors. 

Google recently announced that starting in January 2017, websites with interstitials will rank lower in search engine results than websites without. 

What’s an interstitial?

Interstitial is the official name for a full-page (or mostly full-page), intrusive popup that prevents a website visitor from accessing the webpage content underneath. Many of them come in the form of advertisements or email newsletter signup prompts. Other types include interstitials that are required by law for age verification, “You must be 18 to enter this website” or to inform visitors that a website uses cookies. Interstitials for legal purposes will not affect search ranking results. 

Google firmly believes these annoying popups hinder users’ access to information. This is especially true for mobile devices where screens are generally smaller. This new update should urge websites to eliminate popup ads to keep their ranking high in search engine results. 

According to Google, “Here are some examples of techniques that make content less accessible to a user:

• Showing a popup that covers the main content, either immediately after the user navigates to a page from the search results, or while they are looking through the page.
• Displaying a standalone interstitial that the user has to dismiss before accessing the main content.
• Using a layout where the above-the-fold portion of the page appears similar to a standalone interstitial, but the original content has been inlined underneath the fold.

By contrast, here are some examples of techniques that, used responsibly, would not be affected by the new signal:

• Interstitials that appear to be in response to a legal obligation, such as for cookie usage or for age verification.
• Login dialogs on sites where content is not publicly indexable. For example, this would include private content such as email or unindexable content that is behind a paywall.
• Banners that use a reasonable amount of screen space and are easily dismissible. For example, the app install banners provided by Safari and Chrome are examples of banners that use a reasonable amount of screen space”.

If your website uses a popup to gather email newsletter signups or likes on social media or something else, this new ranking signal is directed at you. Though it won’t come into full effect until January 2017, now is the best time to get rid of those popups to give your customers the best possible user experience.

You can read the full update on the Google Webmaster Forum here.

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The trend of mobile search shows no signs of slowing down soon. Following the path that Google began in April of last year, the mobile-friendliness ranking signal will be updated in May 2016 to further improve mobile search results.

According to TechCrunch, “Google’s search chief Amit Singhal said for the first time this summer [2015], more Google searches were completed on mobile devices than desktop computers”. There are 100 billion searches performed on Google each month with more than half happening on mobile phones! 

With more and more people relying on Google’s mobile search, this update to further penalize non-mobile friendly websites is the next natural step for the search giant. 

From the official Google Webmaster blog,

“Getting good, relevant answers when you search shouldn’t depend on what device you’re using. You should get the best answer possible, whether you’re on a phone, desktop or tablet. Last year, we started using mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal on mobile searches. Today we’re announcing that beginning in May, we’ll start rolling out an update to mobile search results that increases the effect of the ranking signal to help our users find even more pages that are relevant and mobile-friendly.”

With this update to its search algorithm, Google continues to confirm the mobile-first industry standard. If your business website is not mobile friendly, now is the best time for a redesign. Not sure if your website is mobile-friendly? Click here to test your website.

This is great news for Webware customers! Our mobile-friendly, responsive designs will continue to be favoured by Google and give our customers great search results ranking. 

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