22 Killer Outreach Emails That Worked “Outreach” is not “Broadcasting” - Tim Soulo from Ahrefs All online marketing campaigns are going to include email outreach to influencers, bloggers, or editors within publications. A well written outreach email can produce backlinks, new clients, exposure to a new audience, turn a dissatisfied customer into a super fan, and more! Unfortunately, most people …

Here are some data that might make you rethink/start to think about your mobile strategy. 1. Forbes: 10% of all internet traffic is mobile in June of 2012 (from only 1% in the end of 2009, 10 times in 2.5 years). Mobile traffic has already surpassed desktop in India. 2. Mashable: 21% of small business already have mobile optimized web presence by early 2011. Growing rapidly. 3. TechCrunch: Androi…

“To Steve Jobs, Simplicity was a religion. It was also a weapon.” – Ken Segall, co-writer of Apple’s Think Different Campaign (Steve Job’s Narrated Version) This quote of Leonardo da Vinci was never as precise as describing the ongoing design revolution in the Mobile Age. Although mobile brings more people online, you have much less time to do your sales. All data shows that the number of website…

We’ve just rolled out the ability to add “mobile actions” for Pro users. You can now let your viewers take action directly from their phone! Here’s what it looks like on a mobile view of ViralGains.com: The main navigation slides out on mobile as well: And here’s the same site on desktop and tablet. Or, just see it for yourself at viralgains.com!

Check out the new Minimal template we just released! We’re also announcing an upgrade of your online branding on Strikingly. Starting from April 16th 00:00 PST, the public links of your websites will be upgraded to use subdomains of Strikingly. For example, if your website’s URL is http://www.strikingly.com/mybrand… After the upgrade, it will become http://mybrand.strikingly.com. Do I have to d…

This is a first in a series of blog posts about Strikingly users. We’re having a chat with Sam Mazumdar, founder and CEO of Y Athletics. Learn about his background and how he got started with his activewear company, and of course, check out his Strikingly website here! 1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Arbab Sam Mazumdar and I’m the founder and CEO of Y Athletics, a premium acti…

We think a lot about web trends here at Strikingly. When we try to predict the future, there are often more questions than answers. What will be the next big thing? Who will rule the world? What is the concept of time, even? Indeed, the answer to all these questions is not in the future, but in the past. Today we are announcing an ambitious new undertaking. A brand new product that will change th…

Strikingly Articles You want your website to rank higher on Google’s search result pages, but are not sure what are the key inputs you can do. So, we’ve put together this is list of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices. SEO is important for website owners to increase their exposure on search engines. It might seem complicated at first, but our list is here to help. Search engines rank …

Having interned at UBS and Goldman Sachs, Walter works as a marketing executive at a German logistics firm. But his story is far from conventional: he has around ten percent of a normal person’s vision, just about enough to read one word if it filled up a computer screen. “For a while my mother doubted whether if I would go on to university, or find work after ninth grade.” However, excelling at …

Today, we’re looking at Hustle & Play, a startup design company from Austin, Texas. We’ll let cofounder Kevin Rustagi tell his story! 1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi everyone. I’m Kevin Rustagi, a young entrepreneur who loves creating and working the most exciting and useful consumer products I can find. In the past, I’ve gotten a chance to learn with and from some incredible people –…

Today, we’re with Dan Rubin, a designer, photographer, and creative director based in London, England. Dan wears many hats – co-founder of The Photographic Journal; speaker and workshopist; consultant for RedBull, Starwood Hotels, and more. Here’s Dan’s story! 1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My story could fill a book, so I’m told, so the shortest version is that I’ve been a designer — p…

Today, we’re picking the brain of Trevz, a Brooklyn-born filmmaker who started traditional filmmaking in 2005, and is now recognised as a “Next 100” video blog pioneer. We’re curious about how he got here, where he’s going, and how Strikingly fits in with other mediums — his book and video series. Trevz edits his Strikingly website, thevideographers.org, by the pool. Q: Tell us your story. How di…

This week we continue with Part 2 of our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices. In Part 1, we listed 3 best practices to increase your site’s exposure on search engines: connect your domain, actively share your site on other websites, complete page descriptions and meta tags. In this article, we share with you 4 additional tips to improve your search rankings. 4. Write a descriptive tit…

A letter from David Chen, CEO of Strikingly. Every day, every one of us wakes up with the ability to create something. Creativity is intrinsic to human nature. It’s present in the games that we made up as kids. It exists when we postulate, “If only….”. We all have the potential, the ideas, the energy, but many of us lack the resources to express it, to put our ideas into motion. However, this is …

LinkedIn is a potent tool that allows you to reach out to influential people in your industry. But let’s face it – the user interface is ugly and not personalized. The social elements can distract readers from your individual expertise. It’s not optimal as a profile of your professional experiences. You need an one-page online resume that gives an overview of your career trajectory. Looking for a…

Want to drive traffic to your Strikingly site, get to know your audience better? We hear you. We’re now announcing an update to the Strikingly iOS app, for you to easily manage your website on the go. The central belief of Strikingly is to “build from mobile.” We consider the appearance of each Strikingly template on mobile devices at the very start of the design process, instead of trying to cra…