The hemp CBD market is way ahead of the science and regulations. It’s a bit like the Wild West out there, particularly for the plant’s celebrity cannabinoid, CBD. The heaps of challenges range from growing the crop to the point of purchase of a hemp CBD product. Today’s businesses are often new to either the supplements industry or the food and beverage space, and likely don’t know the related rules and regulations. It makes sense, then, that the biggest labeling mishaps happen on new products from new companies coming to the market. And yes, we at New Hope Network see a lot of products cross ..read more

It seems lately I’ve been asked quite often, “Why would I choose a custom WordPress site when another company can provide a SquareSpace site for less money?” Often it is my responsibility to lead a company to the solution that best fits their needs, even if the solution isn’t a custom website built by 360 Webmazing. If I don’t lead them to the right solution, I am putting a long term relationship at risk. Pros and Cons of Custom Websites vs. Templates Custom Websites Unique Design With a custom website, you are allowed and encouraged to show your company culture and personality through design ..read more

WordPress out of the box is great, it can load a webpage in less than half a second! However if you don’t take care of your website, it can become slow, cause random errors and be exploited by hackers looking to take advantage of your audience and resources. Like running a business, WordPress websites need maintaining and improving over time, however WordPress maintenance can be easy once you know how. Backups One of the most important steps you can take when looking to maintain a WordPress website is to setup regular backups to the cloud. However bear in mind that if your site were to be comp ..read more

SEO? At its core, SEO focuses on nothing else but expanding a company’s visibility in the organic search results. It helps businesses rank more pages higher in SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages.) And in turn, drive more visitors to the site, increasing chances for more conversions. When asked to explain what SEO is, I often choose to call it a strategy to ensure that when someone googles your product or service category, they find your website. But this simplifies the discipline a bit. It doesn’t take elements like different customer information needs into consideration. However, it does revea ..read more