Designing websites for business is a balance between user experience - providing a site which is simple to use and effective - from any device, and, maximising the business’s conversions, whatever they may be.  2017 will continue to see the numbers of users accessing the web via mobile increase, here are some of our predictions for the direction of web design in the coming year.

A business blog remains an essential part of any content marketing strategy for 2017. 

Your blog is an essential part of your inbound marketing strategy and contributes hugely to organic SEO.  Many smaller businesses may still struggle to see the benefits of blogging when offset against the time it takes, but as the content hub of your business website, the SEO benefits of a regularly maintained blog are well documented.

So what are the likely trends for business blogs in 2017?