Every few months Google rolls out another reminder that the internet is not the Wild West anymore. Used to be a business could toss a five-page website online, sprinkle a few keywords around like Tony Chachere’s, and magically show up when folks typed something into a search bar. Those days are long gone. Today Google...
There’s something strangely human about running a business in 2025. A company can build a great product, deliver a flawless service, impress the socks off a customer… and then completely forget to acknowledge the glowing five-star review that customer spent ten minutes crafting like it was a love letter. Just let it sit there. Lonely....
Running a restaurant in New Orleans takes talent, grit, and nerves of steel. There’s the dinner rush, the lunch rush, the sudden influx of tourists who “just want to look at the menu,” and the late-night crowd that wanders in asking if gumbo is “supposed to look like that.” But in all the chaos of...
Ever notice how impatient people have become online? The modern internet user will abandon a slow website faster than a tourist running from a Bourbon Street thunderstorm. Attention spans are shrinking, competition is growing, and Google’s robots are more judgmental than ever. That’s why website performance—especially speed—has become one of the most important factors in...
Let’s be honest: customer reviews can make or break a business faster than a Saints fan can argue over a referee call. People trust them. Search engines trust them. And if used correctly, reviews don’t just sit there looking pretty on Google or Yelp — they actually boost SEO and paid ad campaigns. That’s right,...
After more than two decades of running a web design and marketing company in New Orleans, I’ve seen small business owners try just about everything to get attention. Some of those ideas worked, some didn’t, and a few belonged in the “what were you thinking?” category. One thing that consistently works—when done right—is the humble...
By Brett Thomas, Owner of Rhino Web Studios, New Orleans, LA In the early 1930s, the world was a mess. The stock market had tanked, banks were folding like cheap lawn chairs, and the unemployment line stretched longer than a Mardi Gras parade. It was called the Great Depression for a reason—because everything kinda...
By Brett Thomas, Owner of Rhino Web Studios – New Orleans, LA Let’s talk about homepages—the digital welcome mat of a business. The homepage is where attention spans go to die… unless the design, layout, and copy do their job. Most visitors give a website about three seconds before deciding whether to click something or...
By Brett Thomas, Owner of Rhino Web Studios, New Orleans, LA Let’s get this out of the way: most websites aren’t broken because they’re ugly. They’re broken because they don’t do their job. And the job of a homepage is not to “look good.” It’s to turn visitors into leads, customers, calls, appointments, or at...
By Brett Thomas, Owner of Rhino Web Studios, New Orleans, LA If you’re running a local business and you’re not paying attention to “near me” searches, it’s kind of like trying to win a boxing match with one hand tied behind your back. And not your dominant hand either — I’m talking the one you...
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