Two new leads came in this afternoon and I thought my conversation (and emails) would be great for the blog. It’s an insight into the process, as well as my own personal thoughts regarding the web world (and search engine optimization in particular). Hopefully too, it helps you – our audience, our clients, and potential [...]

Atilus’ cofounder and CEO, Zach Katkin, has been featured in this month’s issue of Florida Gulf Coast University’s Pinnacle Magazine! Zach has been named the Alumni of Distinction for 2012 from FGCU – the highest award the university can bestow upon a student. “Though only 27, he hasn’t let age stop him from opening doors [...]

I just finished Mike Monteiro’s Design is a Job – the 7th book in the A Book Apart Series – “Brief books for people who make websites.“ I loved it. I hated it. – I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you buy this book. As Sarah Parmenter elegantly put it… This book is basically all the mistakes I learnt over [...]

In this final training session, we tackled more addons – both free and paid – and other built in features of ExpressionEngine to finalize our new site and improve the backend. Here are some more default features in ExpressionEngine. Default Contact Form The user guide has instructions on how to implement a default contact form [...]

Monique Olivera, previous owner of Extra Media Marketing, Inc.  joins Atilus as Senior Web Developer this past June. Monique is originally from Brazil but her heart belongs in Florida for the past ten years. She graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and soon after fell in love with all things [...]

This training session has hit the bread and butter of ExpressionEngine and we went over several built in features. What a relief – so far I had thought EE was a skinny skeleton. Built in Search Functionality Simple Search Capability EE offers built in search functionality. It’s a straightforward process, just a matter of adding [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “ZINCUBATE.COM MAKES TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BUSINESSES” BONITA SPRINGS, FL, Atilus, southwest Florida’s leading web development and design firm is proud to announce the launch of www.Zincubate.com. Nearly half a dozen writers and a slew of technologists have launched Zincubate, “Tech for Business.” The website, a brainchild of Atilus CEO and Co-Founder Zach [...]

Neil Patel: Kissmetrics.com If you want to know WHO is visiting your website, WHY, and HOW, Neil Patel’s Kissmetrics.com is a measuring system that tracks metrics that are IMPORTANT to your business and shows you how to improve those numbers. A main point that is made across the website is “Goodbye vanity metrics.” With Kissmetrics, [...]