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Next available date Have you got the Wix Bookings app on your website? Well we have great news! You can set how far in advance, and how close to a single session, your clients can book all within your booking policy. Additionally, you can also set restrictions on how close to your services your clients can cancel or reschedule. Say for example you want to limit the booking window to seven days in advance but not less than 48 hours before the session. If a client goes on your website and tries to book 6 weeks in advance, they see instead a message explaining when they can book the session. Find out how you can set this up on your site, by following the instructions here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-bookings-setting-your-booking-policy?utm_source=email_mkt&utm_campaign=em_blast_agencies_educational_august-edition_02082022_en_en&experiment_id=text_link_1_resp Limit last-minute bookings You can also now limit last-minute bookings - ideal if you have a lot to prepare for a session or you need certain details or information from attendees before an event/session. To limit last-minute bookings: Go to Booking Policy in your site's dashboard. Select how many days, hours, and minutes before a session a client is able to book under Limit late bookings.

It is very rare for a web design (or any design for that matter) to be perfect on the first attempt (we have achieved it a few times, but most of the time design is a process between the designer and the client). That is why we and many web designers offer one round of edits free per page to make sure we can get a design you the client are happy with. Communicate effectively To avoid multiple rounds of edits, it is important for the client to make sure they first of all have a very clear idea of what they want their site to look like, what they want it to accomplish and how they want it to function. Second, the client must communicate these in a way that can be understand by the designer. Constructive feedback Designers have thick skins and do not take requests for edits personally, instead they want to work with you to produce a design you are happy with. So it's better to be honest about something if you don't like it, but also explain why you don't think a design is working for you. Constructive feedback is a lot more helpful than just "it's not what I was thinking" or "I hate it". Explain to your designer, what you like and what you don't like and why that is. Include as many details and examples as possible so your designer can understand exactly what you are looking for. Sending feedback At TP digital, we do not accept site feedback or editing requests via the phone. Instead we ask for a written, marked up format of the changes requested. This is to ensure greater accuracy and also so we can share them with our team/team member working on your site changes. We prefer to receive changes either using the great Wix Get Feedback function, that is available on the Get Feedback link we send to clients when asking them to review a site, or via email. The Get Feedback tool is great as it allows clients to quickly pinpoint which part of the site or area of the screen they want changed, mark it and then provide a comment/feedback. We then receive these in our dashboard and we have tools to mark them off when they are done. Another tool similar to this is called Markup Hero - a free screenshot and annotation tool made to increase productivity and improve communication. It allows you to screenshot the page you want changes on and then annotate it ready for you to send direct to your designer. Summary: Things to remember when providing feedback It may be obvious to you what you mean in your feedback, but make sure your feedback is as clear as possible Visual feedback in form of drawings attached to emails or markup tools like those mentioned above, make editing much quicker as its easier to identify exactly where changes need to be made (drawings help us greatly and don't worry we are not expecting some masterpiece, even a quick doodle can make it clearer for us what you want changed and where). Make sure you clear your cache and refresh your browser if you are having problems viewing latest changes. If you are using a Word document for text changes, make sure you allow track changes so your designer can quickly and easily see your latest round of changes and not waste hours checking through long documents for the latest edit requests. When edits are not made as you requested, explain in further detail to your designer exactly how you wish them to be made, there may have been a misunderstanding in communication of your edits. Factor in editing time in your website build schedule - sometimes what can seem to be small edits can actually take a lot longer to implement due to various factors from making the functionality work as you envisioned, to making sure it is accessible to all. Don't forget to check the mobile version of the site and send any edits to your designer if there is something you are not happy with. If your designer is also setting up your SEO make sure you ask for details of the on-page SEO setup so you can check it against the keywords you are using for your marketing and advertising. Then feedback any changes to them before the site is published and Google crawls it.

New this month! Coupons for subscriptions You can now offer your customers coupons that can be applied at any time to one-time or recurring subscriptions at the checkout - perfect for your summer promotions to attract new clients and boost sales! Find out more here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/pricing-plans-creating-discount-coupons Give guests the option to pay what they want for tickets Perfect for charity fundraisers, you can now open your event to a wider audience and allow them to pay what they want for a ticket to attend your event, or you can also set your minimum ticket price. Find out more here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/creating-tickets-for-your-event

We've put some top tips together to help you keep your zoom meetings safe and avoid any unexpected participants from joining in. Enable a waiting room - this allows you to preview the participants coming in and choose who to allow into the meeting Keep meeting info private: this means only those invited to the meeting can join. Go further: Select Only authenticated users can join meetings or Require a password when scheduling new meetings. Adjust default security settings: Click Settings > Profile > View Advanced Features and turn off Join Before Host. Manage screen sharing: You do not want random people in your public session taking control of the screen and sharing unwanted content with the group. You can restrict this — before the meeting and during the meeting in the host control bar — so that you’re the only one who can screen share. If you disable screen sharing, the Whiteboard setting will be automatically disabled as well. Don't forget to set screen sharing to Host Only, too. Avoid using your Personal Meeting ID (PMI): Your PMI is basically one continuous meeting and you don’t want outsiders crashing your personal virtual space after your designated meeting is over.

Wix has recently introduced a round-the-clock phone assistant feature to aid companies in managing call volumes and enhancing customer service. The cloud-based conversational AI platform, Goodcall, which is now available in the Wix App Market, helps with call recording, spam prevention, and analytics. Currently it is only available to users in the U,S. What does it cost? Businesses who receive up to 600 calls per month will pay $19/month or can have unlimited calls managed for $49/month. Small businesses that receive less than 60 calls per month will have access to the phone assistant service for free. The aim of the app is to recover lost revenue opportunities brought on by neglected customer calls. “We’re always searching for partners who share a vision to equip small businesses with the tools they need to succeed. The latest offering is game-changing for businesses that struggle with large call volumes and complements our platform, where they can manage their business from one central place online.” “Partnering with Goodcall provides business owners with a unique tool that strengthens customer relations and maximizes productivity which can ultimately boost revenue,” said Ronny Elkayam, SVP Mobile, App Market and Strategic Products at Wix. Read more here Source: https://www.bollyinside.com/news/technology/wix-uses-ai-to-provide-users-with-24-7-customer-service

If you are looking for some ways your business can show its support for the people of Ukraine and condemn the violence, we have listed some ideas below: Donate some of the proceeds of each sale from your products over the next [set period of time] to go towards Ukraine support charities If you have a business that makes, produces or sells products such as medical supplies, camping style food with a long shelf life, bullet proof vests etc and things that support organisations are looking to send to the people of Ukraine, consider making a donation. You can find local Ukrainian support groups in your area and ask them what supplies they need most right now. Consider some fundraising activity that your employees can choose to get involved with and donate the proceeds to a charity Show you support with a badge or icon from Wix on your website: https://www.wix.com/stands-with-ukraine Some official websites that are raising support/donations for Ukraine include, but are not limited to: International Committee of the Red Cross: https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine National Bank of Ukraine: https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-rahunok-dlya-gumanitarnoyi-dopomogi-ukrayintsyam-postrajdalim-vid-rosiyskoyi-agresiyi Come Back Alive: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/ **Please note we recommend you research thoroughly any fundraiser/charity/organisation that is accepting/taking monetary donations before you donate to make sure they are legitimate and your money reaches those who need it most.**

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions this year is to start a blog, we have some great top tips to help you get started using the Wix Blog: - choose a good design/layout. Play around with the different blog page and post settings to see what works best for your subject matter and tone. - do your research. Find topics you can discuss that might be trending or topical at the moment and create a discussion with your readers - mix up your content. Think of different types of blog posts you could do: educational, topical/discussion piece, reviews, diary style, personal reflection etc - get into a good routine and blog regularly, ideally a few times a week - schedule your posts. Get organised and use the scheduling tool in the Wix Blog dashboard so you can schedule your posts in advance - make sure to add lots of images, and even gifs and videos to really make your blog post come to life and make it appealing and visually stimulating to read - stick to one blog style regarding fonts. Don't use a different font each time, instead try and stick to your font style and colour scheme from your site design. This will make it look professional - switch on the social media sharing buttons on the posts so that your blog followers can share and promote your blog for you on their social media channels - switch on the comment and like counters. Engage with your readers and allow them to comment and like your posts. This will give you a great idea of the content they enjoy and create a real discussion with them - make use of Wix Multilingual features if you want to blog in multiple languages - promote your latest blog posts in your newsletters and emails and on social media. Be sure to use key hashtags on social media to promote its key topics so people can find it - check the statistics. See which types of posts are doing well and not so well and tailor and change your content accordingly - consider adding ads to your blog to make money from advertisers - consider monetizing your blog so your regular readers pay to read your latest blogs. You can do this by selecting the monetize option in the blog post settings when writing the post - use apps like Wordtune to help you write the content and check for grammar and best ways to phrase things - don't forget to share your blog with friends and family and your personal social media - this is a great way to get started building your audience and followers

Ever found yourself struggling for the right word or phrase to use in your Wix website content writing or while writing your latest Wix blog post? Well Wordtune is for you. Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you’re trying to say and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling and authentic. It can help you perfect the wording and grammar on your site, give you some helpful suggestions when you’re creating a blog, and even help you to write catchy product descriptions for your online store. Simply select a piece of text and click the Wordtune icon beside it (once you've added the Wordtune app to your site from the Wix App Market) to get suggested ideas and improvements. The full list of Wordtune app features that will help you create better content for your site: It can: Rephrase your writing in countless ways to express exactly what you mean Generate more content, faster by letting Wordtune expand on your ideas Adjust the tone of your text by making it more formal or casual Shorten or lengthen your writing to suit different formats Fix spelling, grammar & fluency errors. Check out the Wordtune app in the Wix App Market to get started. A couple of important things to note about Wordtune : You can use Wordtune to edit text in your site's dashboard, for example your Wix Blog posts or Wix Bookings services. Wordtune does not currently support editing elements in your Editor, e.g. text boxes. This app is only available in English. The free version gives you 20 free rewrites per day, after which you will need to upgrade to their premium package. Adding the Wordtune app to your site You can add the Wordtune app to your site in your site's Editor or your site's dashboard. Note:To use Wordtune for your Wix site, you need to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. To add in your Editor: Open the App Market: Wix Editor: Click the icon on the left side of your Editor. Editor X: Click the icon on the top bar. Type "Wordtune" in the search bar and select Wordtune from the drop-down menu. Click Add to Site. Click OK. To add in your dashboard: Go to the Wix App Market in your site's dashboard. Type "Wordtune" in the search bar and select Wordtune from the drop-down menu. Click Add to Site. Click OK.

We thought we would put a checklist together for you to help you prepare your website for the upcoming holiday season: Set up any special Christmas or Holiday sales, promotions or discounts Consider adding a festive touch to your website with some holiday graphics to get into the Christmas spirit. If your business is to close for the holiday season, use a banner or a welcome bar to announce how long you will be closed for and when you will be reopening. Send out a newsletter wishing your customers a Happy Christmas/Happy Holidays/Happy New Year. Consider adding a special coupon or discount voucher they can use in the New Year to attract new purchases. For this you can use the Email Marketing tools found in your Wix site dashboard - they even have some great Christmas/Holiday templates ready for you to use! Alert Customers to any posting delays caused by the shutdown over the holiday season Make sure your contact details are up to date and your contact form is working and consider adding Wix Chat app (found in the Wix App Market) to your site so that people can easily get hold of you. The Wix Chat app can have a notice added to it mentioning your are closed over the Christmas season and you will get back to them on your return etc. Don’t forget to add your out of office to your email accounts if you won’t be picking up your emails over the holiday period. This lets your customers know when to expect a reply from you when you return.

Two new features have been launched in Wix this month - perfect additions for your New Year website additions and general use. These will in particular be of great use to the entertainment and hospitality sectors. Recurring events: Save yourself time and energy, use Recurring Events to schedule multiple occurrences of the same event all at once. - Perfect for those events that take place at same venue over multiple dates such as concerts, festivals and conferences and more. Learn more Branded restaurant app: Build customer loyalty with an intuitive app that lets them quickly place orders, make reservations and more - the perfect extension to your Wix website. Available on Google Play and the App Store. Get Started

So we've had the #SpotifyWrapped and this week, Google launched it’s Year in Search , allowing an interesting look at exactly what the world was searching for this year of 2021 by topics like culture, economy and environment. Google says: “Google Trends gives us a unique look at what the world is searching for, and what it seeks to better understand. At the end of every year, Trends data becomes the backbone of Year in Search and reveals some of the top questions, moments, and individuals the world searched for throughout the year. These searches reflect specific moments in time and illuminate our shared experiences, helping us to understand the societal issues and cultural events that mattered most around the globe. "In a year in which the world continued to face a devastating pandemic among other global challenges, a theme emerged from the search data: the global pursuit of healing and finding a way forward. Whether searches were personal (like “how to recover from burnout” or “how to maintain mental health”) or related to issues like climate change (“impact of climate change”, “how to conserve”), 2021 was a year of seeking out reassessment, reflection, and growth.” Some interesting facts we found in the Year in Search that we feel could be of particular interest to business owners and bloggers: Searches for affirmations reached an all-time high worldwide this year https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/affirmations/ The world searched for how to start a business more than how to get a job in 2021 https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/start-a-business/ In 2021, how to move with plants was searched more than how to move with kids and how to move with pets globally https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/move-with-plants/ The world searched impact of climate change more than ever before in 2021 https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/climate-change/ Sustainability was searched at record highs this year worldwide https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/sustainability/ How to maintain mental health was searched more this year globally than ever before https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/mental-health/ The world searched for body positivity in 2021 more than ever before https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/stories/year-in-search-2021/trends/body-positivity/ Ok so these stats are all very interesting but just how can these trends results be used/help in your business planning for this year and next year? Not only do these stats and insights give us key insights into what people are focused on/concerned about for 2021, but also these concerns are likely to be also there in 2022 too with the ongoing pandemic and climate change discussions. By looking at what people are searching for not only could you use this to think of new products, new blog posts topics, but also perhaps look at your business practices. Is your business environmentally friendly and sustainable? Is this something your customers know about and could you increase your customer base to include more of those shoppers who are concerned about the environment and want to make more sustainable choices when they shop? Have you advertised the fact that you are a sustainable or environmentally business? Do you blog about it and post it on social media and in your newsletters? Think of ways your business could solve some of these problems or answer some of these key questions people have been searching for. Write blog posts on the topics and share them on social media or even make a YouTube video and channel and share your experiences. Does your brand for example focus on body positivity or ways people can help improve their mental health? Do you use affirmations in your marketing materials or perhaps on your products? Is this something you may want to explore doing for 2022 and capitalise on these trends. You can also use some of these keywords in your SEO if they directly relate to your business, write blog posts on them and even tailor whole ad campaigns around these key trends. By looking at the trends of the last year, we can also predict what might be popular next year especially with regards to common global concerns as well as gain insight in how people may react to key events and issues. Read more about Google Trends and how you can make better use of and intrepret the data here: https://medium.com/google-news-lab/what-is-google-trends-data-and-what-does-it-mean-b48f07342ee8

Who doesn’t love a good freebie that you can actually use for your business? Well this Friday we found some great FREE fonts with desktop licenses. This means you can use them for unlimited commercial and personal projects, for web app and website usage, games and design or print on demand applications (for further info, click here) . Non-plussed font: FREE! We think this would be great to use as headline text font on your strips and slideshows on your Wix sites and would also look great for email newsletters and social media posts and ad campaigns. Get this free font now, while you can here. Monday picnic font: FREE! Licence type: Desktop We love this font for that handwritten style vibe - great for bloggers, food businesses and social media marketers in particular. This reads well both in upper and lower case fonts and so can be widely used for quotes on your Wix websites, to headlines and title texts, as well as quotes of the day style posts on social media. A great font to add to your collection, get it now here. Blurred Backgrounds: FREE! Licence type: Personal We love these backgrounds for desktop or mobile phone backgrounds as the license is for personal use only.