In the early days of online marketing, websites were online brochures for companies. They contained all the relevant information about a business, its services or products, logo for branding purposes and contact details - maybe an email address. Fast forward to the present, your site can now do so much more than being a simple placeholder for corporate information. It can be a marketing website -…

If you don’t have the technical capability or website design background, creating a cute website may seem challenging. Aesthetic is an indicator of website credibility and trustworthiness so you cannot just have a one and done online space for your brand. What makes an appealing and functional website? Site design matters When users were asked to discuss their first impressions of websites and f…

The Audience page now has tabs for easy access! View different parts of your audience easily. As always, you can filter for specific sites, or use a custom filter. By the way, our Membership feature is still in beta! Please email support@strikingly.com if you'd like to try it out.

Modeling agencies are always on the lookout for fresh new faces and talents. If you’re an aspiring model, getting scouted by an agency can be the break that you’ve been waiting for. Creating a model website can help you improve your chances of getting scouted. With agents constantly on the lookout for the next supermodel on the internet, an online modeling portfolio is an absolute must-have these…

While you don’t need to be a professional website designer to build a website on Strikingly, it would help if you dabbled a bit in webpage design to create a unique website and make your page stand out. You want to put your personal brand on your site and make it reflect your own style and image. The best way to do this is to explore the many webpage design tools that can help you turn your free …

For most businesses and digital marketers, social media is an important aspect of an online marketing campaign. Some might even argue that a social media page might be more effective than a website. But if you can have the best of both worlds and add your Instagram or Facebook feed on website content, you’d be crazy not to adopt the strategy. Business websites and social media pages can work seam…

Web design may sound so complicated especially for somebody who doesn’t deal with it on a daily basis. But if you have to build a website - be it for personal use or to create an online space for your brand, you have to understand basic website design in order to create one that will effectively fulfill your objectives. Leave the technical stuff with a website builder In the past, if you want to…

In this digital era, a wedding RSVP website sounds more like a necessary component of planning a wedding than an optional reminder. Paper invitations are still commonplace but most couples are also putting up a website for this special day to get guests excited for the event. Luckily, you don’t need technical experience or a background in website design to get your own wedding website up. Striki…

A CTA website button guides web visitors towards a goal conversion. This could be anything from signing up for a newsletter, adding to cart for online stores or downloading an ebook. It’s an integral part of any landing page because it indicates what you want the user to do on your website. CTAs vary according to the website style and the goal conversion for which they are made but all CTAs have …

Building a coach website is usually the least of your priorities as a professional coach because you probably have your hands full with handling clients. But having a professional website can actually help you land new clients and market your services to a wider audience. When done correctly, a coaching website allows you to expand your business and reach a bigger client base. Strikingly’s coach …

Religious groups are non-profit organizations that subsist through the contributions of their members so it is understandable that they may not always have a sufficient budget set aside for building a website. Church website templates made it increasingly possible for religious groups and congregations to build their own websites. The barrier to entry is lower, allowing users to create sites for …

We're super excited for our initial release of Site Memberships! Allow registrations on your site, and create members-only pages. This is a huge update and lets you do so much more with your Strikingly site. Tie Membership to Store Products We're releasing Site Memberships to select users now (Pro users & up). Please contact us at support@strikingly.com to get early access & add membership to you…

Creating websites has become much simpler with the help of website builders. With the use of website templates free download for apps and other features, it’s possible to create fully-functional and beautiful websites without learning how to write code. Many argue that using pre-designed site templates run the risk of ending up with a generic looking website. As an internet company, Strikingly a…

It’s a situation we’ve seen many times before. A salon website built and then left to its devices, never to be updated. We get it. A social media page is much easier to manage than an actual website. Who has the time to build a site and update it regularly when you can create a following for your hairstyling services through your social media networks? But did you know that most clients look for …

User experience or UX refers to the interactions a person makes with your website, mobile app or online service. It can refer to anything including completing a purchase, creating a user account or submitting a form. In this era when people are already so used to using the internet and information is readily available virtually everywhere, users are so easily turned away with a bad website visiti…

As an internet company, Strikingly aims to empower small businesses and startups by providing free website builder and hosting services that enable them to build their online presence in the most cost-effective way. Our freemium plans equip you with all the right tools to create unique and beautiful websites that will represent your brand. When you create a free website with free domain name and…