There are some things in life that let you know when it is time to replace them. For example, my nearly eight-year-old laptop has been used almost every single day for multiple hours a day, and after years of heavy use, it no longer holds its battery like it used to....

If you are skeptical when it comes to putting your private information online, no matter what the reason be, you are not alone. A majority of Americans are hesitant to buy things online, submit their email or personal address, type in their phone number, and...

There are lots of places you can choose to advertise your business. Perhaps you have given Google a try, or you have done email marketing and seen success. If you are looking to improve your sales, drive more traffic to your website, and increase awareness about your...

Having an SSL certificate on your website ensures four main benefits: Authentication – SSL helps to make sure that the server your computer is talking to is who they claim to be. Without SSL, your customers may unknowingly be submitting sensitive data to an unsecured...

One of the most overwhelming things about starting your first advertising campaign is how overwhelming it can all seem. If you do not quite know what you are looking for or where to start, it can be difficult to start at all! This is where the team at Your Web Pro LLC...

Did you know that Facebook is the largest social networking platform in the world? With nearly two billion active profiles and over 80 percent of all Internet users on Facebook, it eclipses the other social networking platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. Even 65...

I have always been cautious of things others say I “need.” When I get a new phone and the salespeople try to convince me I need a warranty, Apple Care, special screen protectors, a car charger, a wall charger, and a protective case that would amount to much more money...

If you are in the majority of all Internet users, you most likely do not notice whether a website address starts with “http://” or “https://.” In fact, most of the time, the part of the address you see when you are visiting a website does not even show the http:// or...

Have you ever been talking about something with a friend only to have an advertisement for that exact thing show up on your social media feed a few days later? I have. In fact, I am one of those people who regularly clicks on these advertisements. My sister and I...

When your website is designed with Your Web Pro LLC, you do not have to worry about your site being mobile responsive versus mobile friendly down the road. You will not have to worry about whether or not your website is optimized for a mobile device and therefore able...

When it comes down to it, everyone wants to be at the top of Google’s search engine result page. However, making it to that spot via your organic SEO ranking takes time, and in a world that moves fast, sometimes you need it to work faster. There are many benefits to...

For a long time before I bought an eReader, I switched between a desktop application and my cellphone when I was reading the electronic version of a book. This idea worked just fine in theory, but the further into a book I got, the more I realized that what I saw on...

My mom has always told me that if I see something that seems to be too good to be true, that is probably the case. If I found something that should have been much more expensive than it was or was on sale for more than half off, her first comment was, “What is wrong...

Do you know how to tell the difference between if someone is being friendly or they are being responsive? Most of us learn at an early age what is friendly versus responsive. For example, when I was walking down the hallway as my mom tutored students after the school...

There are many things in life that you can know but do not help you until you learn how they work. For example, when I was little, I knew that the inside of the oven was hot and that the heat baked cookies and chicken casseroles, but until I rose on tip-toe to see the...

Nine times out of ten when I am looking something up or browsing the Internet, I am not on my computer. Instead, I am sitting in the passenger seat of my sister’s car or sitting at a table somewhere, and what I have handy when something comes to mind that I want to...

When you enter a search term or keywords into the Google search bar and wait for the results to pop up, you might see that the first result has fine print beneath the name. “Paid Ad by Google,” it will probably say. You might be wondering how this company landed the...

My computer has seen a lot of me over the past few months of quarantine. Between working from home, looking up information on COVID-19, and online browsing and shopping, I have been on a lot of websites in the last ten weeks! Something I have looked for on every site...

I have always been inclined to do things the difficult way. While I know deep down that I genuinely prefer the easier process, I somehow regularly find myself taking extra steps, going the long way, or doing in one day what could have taken me 15 minutes if I had...

There are plenty of things that people will try to sell you under the guise that it is a need. For example, when I was getting a new phone after mine stopped working, the salesman tried his hardest to convince me I needed AirPods, an Apple Watch, a protective phone...

When the team at Your Web Pro gets a new project, the first thing that is done after the proposal is accepted is put together the actual build of the website. Whether we are working on a redesign, a site that is based around an older one, or a completely new website,...

Now that you know what SEO means and what it does, there is a whole other side to search engine optimization. It does you no good to know that you need to use SEO on your website if you do not know how to do it or what it means to optimize your website for search...

At Your Web Pro, we use WordPress to build websites, and there are plenty of reasons why: the software is user friendly, there are lots of options for building and customizing sites to achieve exactly the look a customer wants, SEO is at the forefront of the platform...

SEO, which stands for Search Engine Optimization, is one of the most important things you can do for your website and your business. When done well, SEO helps to increase the quantity as well as the quality of traffic to your website by way of search engine results....

When it comes down to it, spam in your inbox is a small problem, but it is an annoying one. Unsolicited messages can crowd your inbox and leave it cluttered, and sometimes they contain phishing schemes that can steal your personal information. Fortunately, there are...

There are far more people who have email accounts than have social media accounts across all platforms. Statistics even say that you are more than five times more likely to receive a click from a promotion that arrives via email than on Facebook or Twitter! Email...

Based in Midland, Texas, and serving the communities of West Texas including Lubbock and its surrounding areas, West Texas Plumbing offers plumbing services of all kinds to west Texans. Though West Texas Plumbing is a new company founded in 2020, owner Nathan Cullum...

If you are anything like me, you rarely go more than half an hour without at least glancing at your email inbox. During the work day I am constantly checking my email to see if I have missed anything or if anything important has come through, and when I am not...

Finding creative ideas for marketing and advertising your services while most everyone is at home and many businesses are only offering curbside or online services can be challenging, but this is the perfect time to make use of the resource that is at the fingertips...

Pools West has been serving Lubbock and its surrounding communities for 45 years. Family owned and operated since 1975, Pools West is known for its excellent products and customer service. Their goal is to help you stress less. Summer is supposed to be a time for fun...

Is your email littered with annoying, unwanted emails from companies you never gave your information to? Are you receiving spammy messages with clickbait in the subject line and wasting time going through to delete them every time you pull up your inbox? While spam is...

During a time when many businesses are closed to the public and only online shopping or curbside options are available, email marketing may be a great choice for you to keep up your sales while using new ways to reach your normal audience and also extend your reach...

There are times when recognizing a spam message in your inbox is easy. The subject line is something that is of no relevance to you or seems like it may be clickbait (“He Lost 78 Pounds in One Month!!” or “Doctors Do Not Want You to Know This Secret to Immunity”), and...

Have you ever “fallen for” the subject line of an email and been convinced to not only click on the message, but also visit the site and perhaps even make a purchase? I have been known to give in to several with headlines such as “Insider, You Have Early Access to 40%...

Every few months, I get fed up with the fact that the bulk of my emails are what I would consider to be spam: I signed up with a company one time assuming I might use their “sign up” discount or get inside access to new products or sales, and since then, I have...

The reality is that the last month has been a wild rollercoaster, and many of the tactics companies used to market their services or products are no longer effective due to a myriad of reasons. For example, a storefront sign is not likely to be the best method of...

After the month of March, you now know just how search engines function from crawling your website for relevant new content to algorithms to indexing. How exactly, though, can this information go from being something that you simply have knowledge of to something that...

At Your Web Pro LLC, we know how important it is to have a consistent presence online in a world that is increasingly online, especially as much of our marketing and shopping has moved to the Internet due to the coronavirus. During social distancing and...

If you can think back far enough, you will remember a time when things were not all organized for consumers on the Internet. If you were looking for a plumber or someone to fix your roof, you would scroll through the phone book or Yellow Pages, or if you had a fact...

Some business owners and operators are still resistant toward creating and maintaining social media pages for their companies. It can seem like a lot of work to get going and even more to sustain momentum, and not everyone has the tools or time to curate social media...