Practical advice on web design, SEO, WordPress, and growing your business online. Written by Kim and Chuck from real project experience, not recycled content.
I Got Burned by My Last Web Designer. Now What? If dealing with your web designer feels like being at a used car lot where everyone’s smiling but nobody’s giving you a straight answer, you’re not alone. Getting burned by a bad web designer is more...
Love From Levi Building a national digital engine to honor a local legacy and spread brightness to pediatric patients. https://lovefromlevi.com/ A Digital Beacon for the Iowa City & Coralville Community In the heart of the Iowa City and Coralville corridor, the...
Client: Weets Home Improvement Location: Clinton & Camanche, Iowa Scope: Rebrand, Full Stack Development, Local SEO Strategy Tech: WordPress, Divi, Custom JSON-LD, PHP The Challenge: High Capability, “Rented” Digital Land For years, Corey and Tera...
Case Study: Sigourney Tree Care From “Invisible” to “Online & Fast”: Modernizing a 30-Year Legacy Client: Sigourney Tree Care (Zeb Webb) Location: Sigourney / Hayesville, Iowa Industry: Tree Service & Property Management Services...
Most people think clicking “Install WordPress” means the job is done. It doesn’t. That button gives you a default configuration that is slow, insecure, and SEO-blind. At Team 218, we’ve deployed WordPress for over a decade, and the difference...
Case Study: The Rental Guys How a Local Equipment Expert Beats the National Chains Client: The Rental Guys (Moline, IL) Industry: Heavy Equipment Rental, Sales & Service Key Strategy: Insider Industry Knowledge & Brand Personification URL: qcrentalguys.com The...
If you watched the Super Bowl last year, you probably saw the ads. A celebrity builds a stunning website in 30 seconds using a DIY builder like Wix or Squarespace. They hit “publish,” and suddenly their business is booming. It looks easy. It looks...
The Corn-Fed Reality of Search in 2026: It’s More Than Just Keywords If you’ve been running a business here in Eastern Iowa for as long as we have, you know that things don’t stay the same forever. Remember when having a Yellow Pages ad was enough? Then we moved to...
Running a nonprofit in Iowa requires a specific kind of fortitude. It takes good old-fashioned corn-fed dedication to stretch a dollar, organize volunteers, and serve the community. Every dime raised—whether it’s a pancake breakfast or a major grant—needs to go...
Our Top 10 Tech Gifts on the 2025 Wish List Every year around this time, the office discussion shifts from WordPress updates to holiday shopping. I (Kim) am always on the hunt for gifts that are thoughtful, beautiful, or just plain fun. Meanwhile, Chuck is usually...
Stop Buying Junk: The Team 218 Tech Gift Guide (2025 Edition) My calendar might have been stuck in the past for a minute there, but let’s get this right: It is December 2025. You are panic-buying. You’re standing in the aisle of a big-box store looking at a coffee mug...
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