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Collecting Payments on Your Website

For online payments, we can implement both one-time and recurring payments. We also help both for-profit and nonprofit companies.

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If You’re a Hammer – Is Everything a Nail?

Just because we have the capability to deliver a specific product, doesn’t mean we should do that every single time. Every customer’s needs are different.

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Costly Mistakes Local Companies Make With Their Website

Most businesses know their website can be improved. Learn about the costly mistakes local businesses make with their website.

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ECommerce Web Design Questions

Today, someone asked me if it’s possible to add a shopping cart to an existing website.It is possible, and I want to go over what that will look like if you have a WordPress website.

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We Can Improve Your Existing Website

Here at Graticle, we don’t just create brand-new websites. We also work on existing websites.

Logo Design Services in Longview, Washington

Everything we do goes back to making our customers lives better and easier. Whether that’s designing a fresh new logo that they are proud of or returning their phone call or email the same day.

Your Success Our Success

There's no question. Our customer's success is our success. If they do well, we do well. If they don't do well, we don't do well.

(Video) Common Web Design Questions

In this video, we cover common questions that we hear from prospective web design customers. We take care of everything for our customers.

(Video) Free Website Review

We offer a free web design review for anyone that asks. We run your website through our 35-point checklist to make sure it's up-to-speed and following industry best practices.

(Video) Why You Should Hire a Professional Web Designer – Poor Website on Do-It-Yourself Platform

Sure, do-it-yourself web design platforms will create a website, but will that website do anything for your business?

Restaurant Menu Design Refresh

In this video, I show you the restaurant drink menu that we designed for El Ranchero Family Mexican Restaurant in Longview, Washington.

(Video) Business Card Re-Design

In this video we go over a before and after business card re-design we did for one of our long-time customers.

(Video) Web Design on Shopify

In this video I show a before and after web design on a default template vs. custom design on a Shopify store for Epic Popcorn in Dyer, Indiana.

The Only Thing That Matters: Your Customers

If you’ve been in business or marketing for any length of time this shouldn’t be a new concept. But often it’s a hard concept to remember.

Longview Washington

I've called Longview, WA home for the past five years. It's a very nice community with a lot of great people in it and have enjoyed being here.

Words of Advice

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to a couple local high school classes. I spent a lot of time thinking about what would be useful for these kids to know as they journey into the next chapter of their lives to and after college.

Mistakes People Make When Hiring a Website Designer

In this post, we want to go over those red flags so you know what to look for when hiring a website design company.

Is your website working for your business?

Let me guess, you have a great looking website. It hits all the marks. It's clear, concise and has great calls to action. But do you have any idea if it's actually working for your business?

How a good-looking website is actually hurting this business.

Watch as I evaluate a real-world website, demonstrating how its visually appealing design is actually detrimental to the business's success.

The Value of a Website

I speak to a lot of small business owners. It's very common to see a small business have a very limited online presence. If they do have a website, it's completely outdated and looks like state-of-the-art 1990.

Web Design Tip: Live Chat

Streamline customer interactions on your website with live chat. Our latest blog post shares crucial design tips for adding this powerful tool.

Web Design Tip: Keep Blog Current

Web Design Tip: Keep Your Blog Current

Have a blog/news/articles on your website? Be sure to keep it current or remove it.

Google Web Design Tip - Google Your Business

Web Design Tip: Google Your Business

Make sure to Google your business every so often. Go through at least the first five pages of results. You never know what you may find.

(Video) Web Design Tips for Antique Stores

In this video, I review two antique store's websites and offer improvements ideas.

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Is your website at its best? Our free website audit will guide you through boosting performance and wowing your visitors.

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