So you finally got a WordPress site. Or maybe you’ve had a site but decided to finally put some time into making it work better for you. There’s just one problem… what are all those updates on the plugins and themes and the actual WordPress software itself?
It’s all part of a comprehensive strategy to keep your site working efficiently, staying secure, and maintaining a safe environment in which your website can live. Below we will detail a few of the most important items to keep an eye on and maintain when you have a WordPress website for your business.
SSL, or secure socket layer, expands the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS), adding encryption and an extra layer of security. In layman’s terms, that means that if someone is on a website and makes a purchase over HTTP, they risk their information being exploited. However, if they purchase on a website that has an SSL certificate installed (which makes their site secure), their purchase will be protected from exploitation. Whether you are selling anything on your site or not, your site and its visitors are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation without this very important certificate. It’s crucial to install an SSL certificate on any new website but it’s also just as important to update your existing site to have an SSL installed. Any good hosting provider will provide you with a free SSL certificate. However, some providers only provide the option to purchase and/or install the certificate yourself.
Strong Passwords
Don’t we all dread having to come up with a new password for every single account on the planet?! It can seem so frustrating to not only come up with new passwords but also have to remember them all. And then what do you do with them? Do you write them down? Or save them in a password protector app? Or tape them to your forehead? We know how annoying it can be to be unable to use the same password for everything and not be able to just use the ol’ “password1” as the actual password. Unfortunately, it is one of those necessary evils. There are bots who are constantly trying to break passwords and then use those to access your information. So when it comes to your website, you want to use a strong password. We go a step further by recommending that you update it periodically. If someone were to break into your account and access your site, they could cause a lot of damage quickly. And then you would have to deal with the mess of getting the site back up and running or pay someone to do it for you. It’s much easier, and smarter to just use a strong password to begin with and try to avoid any issues.
BackUps
Another component of the comprehensive security strategy is backing up your site. Again, any good hosting provider will offer you daily backups. It’s not a “need to have” but definitely a “nice to have.” We recommend at least one backup per month. Most backup plugins will allow you to set a schedule so you can “set it and forget it.” Think of backups as a safety net. 99% of the time you won’t need it. But in the case that your site gets infected by malware you will be so very glad you scheduled those backups. If your site were to get infected, your live site would have the malicious code, so you would need to have a clean site backup to restore it. We’ve had cases where we had to restore from backups that were a few months old because clients did not have current backups. The good news was that the site was restored to a clean copy, the bad news was that those clients had to re-do the work they had done to the site in those months after the backup was created. This is where daily or even weekly backups would have been most helpful.
Malware
So what is malware? In the website world, malware is typically anything malicious designed to harm your website or its users. The way that it can get into your site files is by exploiting vulnerabilities in your site’s plugins, themes or WordPress core fires. Plugin, theme and WordPress updates are done not only to improve those items but also to patch security vulnerabilities that are found after use. Malware can also steal, delete, edit or encrypt data. It can inject malicious code into your website as well without you knowing and then your users can click on that code and it will take them to nefarious sites or other malicious things can happen. The best way to prevent malware from accessing your site is by scanning for it often with a security plugin. Security plugins will alert you as to what is going on behind the scenes of your website so you can fix it as soon as they find it.
Monthly Website Maintenance
All the items we listed above are a small part of monthly website maintenance on your site. Monthly maintenance is an important part of making sure your website is safe and secure. Google recently released a list of the top ways sites get hacked by spammers, and much of what we discussed here is in that list. It is important to ensure you do all you can to keep your site safe and secure. Not only does your business depend on it, but your users do too. G3 Creative is here to help with your monthly maintenance needs. If you aren’t sure where to start, you can do 2 things right away. You can reach out to us to discuss your specific website needs and you can get your site hosted on a secure hosting provider.
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To ensure your WordPress site stays secure, optimized, and running smoothly, regular maintenance is key. Whether you need help with website design, development, or ongoing maintenance, G3 Creative is here to support you every step of the way.
Contact us today to discuss your website needs and explore how we can enhance your site’s security and performance. Let’s make your site work better for your business!
At G3 Creative, our local digital marketing services are designed to empower your brand with innovative strategies and results-driven campaigns. With expertise across various industries, we craft customized solutions to help your business stand out in the digital landscape. Whether you’re a startup looking to establish your presence or an established business aiming to amplify your impact, our team delivers unmatched creativity and precision.
G3 Creative’s Digital Marketing Services focus on empowering businesses with a solid online presence by combining expert strategies, innovative tools, and high-quality content. The foundation of our successful digital marketing service lies in creating well-optimized, visually engaging websites that support search engine optimization (SEO) and paid advertising efforts. Our services include SEO content marketing to boost search engine visibility, Google Ads management for targeted advertising, and drip email campaigns to foster audience engagement. Additionally, we offer social media marketing and YouTube video production to diversify outreach channels and connect with audiences effectively.
Our approach emphasizes producing original, impactful content tailored to each client’s industry and target audience, ensuring meaningful connections and measurable results. By integrating technical expertise, creative innovation, and data-driven insights, G3 Creative delivers customized strategies that maximize brand visibility, increase web traffic, and drive sustained growth across all digital platforms. Our goal is to help businesses be competitive and thrive in today’s dynamic digital marketing landscape.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
A high-performing website starts with visibility—the cornerstone of online success. At G3 Creative, our SEO strategies are designed to get your business in front of the right audience and position your brand as a leader in your industry. Through advanced techniques and innovative approaches, we ensure your website gains the visibility it deserves by focusing on:
On-Page Optimization: Fine-tuning content, metadata, meta tags, website speed, and site structure.
Content Marketing Strategy: Creating compelling and valuable content to attract, inform, and engage your target audience while establishing authority in your industry.
Local SEO: Targeting your local market with location-specific keywords and Google Business Profile optimization.
Technical SEO: Improving website speed, mobile responsiveness, and indexing to enhance search engine rankings.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising
Our PPC campaigns are strategically designed to maximize your ad spend while delivering measurable and impactful results. By focusing on high-converting opportunities and precise targeting, we ensure your investment translates into tangible business growth. Our PPC services include:
Google Ads: Capturing high-intent users with strategic ad placements.
Display Advertising: Engaging your audience with visually impactful banners and ads.
Remarketing: Reconnecting with website visitors to drive conversions.
Social Media Marketing
We harness the power of social media platforms to create meaningful connections with your audience while ensuring a unified and professional web presence. From crafting visually cohesive social media account designs to aligning every element with your brand identity, we help your business present a polished image across all platforms. Services include:
Content Creation: Curating posts that resonate with your target audience.
Engagement Strategies: Building brand loyalty through consistent interaction.
Paid Social Ad Campaigns: Boosting visibility with targeted ads on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Email Marketing
Nurture relationships and keep your audience engaged with personalized email campaigns designed to captivate and convert. Our emails are meticulously crafted with visually stunning designs and compelling content immediately grabs attention. By blending creative elements with strategic messaging, we ensure your campaigns engage your audience and deliver excellent open rates, click-throughs, and conversion metrics. From automated sequences to promotional newsletters, our email strategies keep your brand top-of-mind and deliver results you can measure.
Content Marketing
Deliver value to your audience through insightful, compelling content that builds authority and trust. At G3 Creative, we use in-depth keyword research, industry analysis, and competitor insights to ensure your content resonates with your audience and drives measurable results. By identifying gaps and opportunities, we craft content that positions your brand as a leader in its field.
Blog Posts: Educating and engaging your readers with relevant topics.
Video Content: Capturing attention with dynamic visuals and storytelling.
Case Studies and White-papers: Demonstrating your expertise to drive conversions.
Analytics and Reporting
Understanding performance is key to success. We provide detailed reports to track progress and refine strategies:
Website Traffic Analytics: Monitoring visitor behavior and trends.
Campaign Performance Metrics: Evaluating ROI for all marketing efforts.
Goal Tracking: Aligning outcomes with your business objectives.
Why G3 Creative Stands Out
Proven Experience:
With decades of expertise, we’ve worked with businesses across various industries, delivering results that drive growth and long-term success.
Tailored Solutions:
We understand that no two businesses are the same. We craft personalized strategies aligned with your goals and market demands.
Data-Driven Strategies:
Every decision is backed by data, ensuring your campaigns are effective and efficient.
Collaborative Partnership:
At G3 Creative, we see ourselves as an extension of your team. Your success is our success.
Let’s Build Something Great Together
Ready to take your brand to the next level? Contact G3 Creative today to discover how our tailored online marketing services can drive real results. Combining strategies like SEO, engaging social media campaigns, and high-performing PPC ads, we ensure a cohesive approach that amplifies your impact and aligns with your industry’s unique needs.
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Tim Britain
Director of Online Marketing
Tim Britain has over two decades of experience as a front-end developer, SEO specialist and online marketing professional. Tim’s skills combine technical development with a deep understanding of search engine algorithms. He stays on the cutting edge of the ever-changing complexities of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing SEO.
Vince and the team at G3 are incredible at what they do. Website, graphic design and...driving more traffic to your business. Our company used them to promote a clinical trial on a novel cancer treatment. Vince patiently spent many hours brainstorming and working out details for every possible avenue to drive traffic to our business. I highly recommend G3 for their professionalism, dedication, and high quality production.read more
G3 creative understand websites and the ins and outs of Google. Their team takes the time...to explain so you have understanding and they help you build a plan for you website.
They have improved my web presence which has helped my business grow.
CEO of Valiante Tax and Financial Managementread more
Amazing organization to work with…great turnaround time, super eye for detail and...creative ideas were an unexpected value added feature. Have worked with firm over 10 years!read more
I am very pleased to offer my very enthusiastic review and recommendation of G3 Creative....My interaction with Vince, Tim and their creative staff has been amazing and incredibly beneficial to my employer, Irvine College of Law. ICOL is a small, private law school that operates in California under the authority of the State Bar of California. As such, ICOL is just completing a comprehensive transformation from a traditional on-campus program of legal education to one now offered wholly online. The creative expertise of G3 has been a significant part of that process. We needed an entirely new logo and website and needed to refocus our online SEO efforts to market our new program. To achieve each of these goals, the entire staff of G3 worked extremely effectively and efficiently to learn and understand what ICOL is, what it does, and who we hope to attract and enroll as students. Everyone, especially Vince and Tim, immediately understood what we needed in a very competitive market, doing so by listening to our needs and desires in how we wanted to ICOL to appear online. The results were excellent, even stunning in terms of originality and creativity. Our new logo offers a bold and effective new image, while the new ICOL is both extremely well designed, very appealing visually and easy to navigate, far superior to what many if not most of our competitors use. During the entire design process, everyone at G3 listened and quickly "got" what we wanted to say and depict. I could not be more pleased with all of the creative results we received. As for our ongoing efforts to improve our online marketing efforts, Tim's expertise and efforts in managing our Google leads have been very effective and helpful. Thus, overall, I know that ICOL has greatly benefitted from the creative and technical expertise from G3. Lastly, it is a pleasure to work with everyone there, so I hope we continue our creative collaboration for quite a while. Dean Lealread more
Vince and his team at G3 Creative are amazing and not only understand graphic design, web...design, and print, but also understand how to drive more business to you. I have worked with Vince and his team numerous times over the last 20 years on different projects and will continue to do so for many years to come.read more
G3 creative is amazing! We hired them about 4 years ago and it's been the best thing for...our business. They are our secrete sauce. Tim our main point of contact is amazing and is always available to help and strategize. They have also managed our website and designed it and we love that as well. They have been one of the best decisions for our business. They are a must hire and worth every penny.read more
We have been on board with G3 Creative since 2018 and couldn't be happier. They are the...best of the best. G3 Creative is an Expert SEO and Google Ads Management company. Our company is thriving successfully and we are loving it. We rest assured that our business is been looked after, cared for and in the best of hands. Everyday we look forward to a bigger, better and lavish tomorrow. Thank you G3 Creative for contributing to our success.read more
The Shine Company Inc, was a large product photo shoot I did with Lifestyle and Props,...and Lifestyle with People. This was a referral from Vince Giuseffi, owner of G3 Creative, who has worked with them for several years. He has vast experience working with larger companies, in creating their logos, graphics and design for their packaging and/or printed collateral, branding, website design, and SEO. Vince has an amazing wealth of knowledge and provided valuable collaboration as I needed it to successfully deliver great images to my client. He was instrumental in finding the perfect location and models for the photo shoot. Vince is experienced and talented when he takes on the role of Creative Art Director for his client’s photo shoots. He provides real-time solutions to issues that arise and was invaluable on my photo shoot with the Shine Company. Vince Giuseffi I greatly appreciate the collaboration and creative art direction you provided on the photo shoot for the Shine Company. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge and experience in working with large businesses.read more
I was lucky enough to discover Vince and his team at G3 Creative. They exceeded all...expectations on my marketing and website designs! It was the expertise that I needed for my business. I will be recommending to all my clients and colleagues!read more
G3 Creative created a huge boost to our company. Even in these uncertain times, Aqua...Cleanse has grown 50% in revenue in our cleaning department since the launch of our new website. We couldn't have asked for more with g3 Creative. Thanks guys!read more
Vince is a true professional and an incredible graphic designer. My law office relies on...G3 Creative for all our branding, design, marketing, and printing needs. Their work is exceptional, timely, and fits within our budget. I highly recommend G3 Creative!read more
G3 Creative is the real deal! This is the true definition of an integrated graphic design...and marketing agency; from amazing, high-end graphic design (Vince is a true artist), SEO & SEM with a hands-on custom approach for each client, to website design and managing your company's digital reputation. G3 is a one-stop shop, so if you're looking to re-brand, enter into the complex world of SEM/SEO, and need a clean, high functioning website, G3 is the perfect solution for any emerging business.
I've recommended G3 to many of my friends and colleagues and Vince has never let me down.read more
I’ve been providing copy writing services to Vince and his team at G3 Creative for about...three years. During that time, I’ve created content for websites, blogs, and direct mail pieces. It has proven a highly productive collaboration, with Vince’s marketing knowledge, SEO expertise, and creative vision playing a major role in our consistent record of success. Thanks to his contributions, we have achieved page one Google rankings for key clients, as well as excellent response rates from direct mail campaigns. Vince is a pleasure to work with, and I’m sure his clients feel the same way.
Recently I've had the privilege of getting to know G3 Creative through a 50th Anniversary...Committee for the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce. Their professionalism and "step up" attitude was beyond amazing not to mention their impressive graphic ability on posters, invitations, programs and other materials essential to the project. I also intend to explore ideas with G3 Creative on online marketing for our businesses. I would definitely recommend them.read more
I was introduced to Vince through a colleague (MC) and am happy to know that g3 exists....Vince created a much needed update to our brochure and it was a hit! Our company is excited to take the next steps in our brand building process and looking forward to working with g3 in the future.read more
It's nice to have an tech support office so close to my home. I found them on Yelp and...called them. Out of the 3 companies I called this morning G3 Creative is the only one to pick up their phones. The other two companies I had to leave a message and after 2 hours I didn't receive a call back.
When I walked in I met Vince and Roxanne. I'm not tech savvy and they we're able to explain my issues with my website. I was unable to log in to my word press admin account.
They charge me a very fair rate and resolved my issue in a single visit. I'll definitely use them again resolve any future problems.read more
WOW Vince, thank you so much for creating the best website design in my industry. Without...your creative expertise, this would have never been accomplished. The entire process seemed overwhelming at first but you made it so easy for me from start to finish. The work and effort of your development team and yourself was worth every penny invested in this website. My new website is everything I wished for it to be and more. I would recommend anyone looking to grow their business and build an effective, responsive website to go directly to g3 Creative. They are simply the best in web design and online marketing. Thanks Vince!read more
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