Suzanne Scacca

Suzanne Scacca is a freelance writer by day, specializing in web design, marketing, and technology topics. By night, she writes about, well, pretty much the same thing, only those stories are set under strange and sometimes horrific circumstances.

What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?

Online security shouldn’t just concern the consumers who feed their information into websites. It’s something the…

Is Medium in a Downward Spiral?

For a few short years Medium was the place to post content online. Now, as disillusioned users migrate content away…

Are Design Conferences Dead?

Globally, design conferences are in crisis. With even established and successful events wrapping for the final time,…

Freelance to Agency: Hiring Your First Employee

Many of you will eventually get to a point where it makes sense to hire an employee to join you. Just be careful,…

Does Your Choice of Web Host Affect Your Website?

When you design a website for a client, you’re in charge for the most part. You’re the one that’s mastered the art of…

It’s Time to Talk About Testimonials

Word-of-mouth marketing is one of the best ways to get new business — and high-quality business at that. But unless…

Does Your Web Design Business Need a Rebrand?

How long ago did you start your design business or side gig? Three months? Three years? And how long has it been since…

How to Take Your Website Viral

It’s no surprise that some businesses are convinced that all they need is a Facebook page and some awesome paid posts…

Design Your Website to Sell While You Work

Design work is very time consuming. But it’s not just the labor you put into building websites that takes time and…

5 Steps for Successfully Offboarding Web Design Projects

As you draw closer to the finish line with a website, does your client see it just as clearly as you do? Or are they…

7 Steps to Successfully Onboarding Design Clients

You’ve done the hard work: you’ve taken a lead and turned them into a paying customer. Congrats! Now, you have to build…

How to Sell Web Design Services

It’s becoming easier to design websites, what with Wix, Squarespace, and even now WordPress providing DIY site builder…

The Best Payment Gateway for Your eCommerce Site

There are so many decisions you have to make as a web designer and it can sometimes be a tricky balance trying to put…

Should You be Building Progressive Web Apps?

Take a close look at Monetate’s Ecommerce Quarterly Report for Q2 2018 and you might not be happy about the state of…

7 Spring Cleaning Essentials for Web Designers

It’s the first day of Spring! As you look to clean up other parts of your life (e.g. your home, your refrigerator, your…

Enhancing Website Design with UX Writing

As a UX writer, it’s my job to know how to create web copy that convinces readers to take action. That said, it doesn’t…

Is Social Media Hurting Your Web Design Business?

Social media is an interesting thing. As web design professionals, it can be a great opportunity to share your work and…

How to Increase Mobile Engagement with Simpler Contact Forms

Contact forms are a necessity for websites. Without them, your clients would be relegated to handling website- or…