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Can AI write good website copy?
I read it and realised I had read it before. And before that. And somewhere else too. Literally it was identical to dozens of others I’ve been sent. Different business, same words, same phrases, same “clever” sentences.
Olya Black
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Design Values for 2026
This year, I was honoured to be invited to join the VAND International jury board, contributing to the evaluation of work that prioritises meaning, intention, and long-term impact over trends or noise.
Olya Black
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Wix Studio Certification. Officially Hand-Picked by Wix
Just received the Wix Studio certification — now officially hand-picked by Wix.
Olya Black
2 min read
icometrix
Not every day do we get the chance to work on something this meaningful.
Olya Black
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Introducing Studio Collective
Real Talk from Two Studio Founders After wrapping up our first Wix Studio Cohort and receiving incredible feedback from our students,...
Olya Black
2 min read
Site of the week by Wix Studio
Site of the Week by Olya Black We’re always happy to receive an award or two for our clients, but this time, we get to pop the champagne...
Olya Black
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Why Design Without Brand Strategy Is a Business Risk
Brand strategy goes hand in hand with business strategy. Neither of those should be vague. Not if you value efficacy.
Olya Black
5 min read
Celebrating Our Success: Mums Matter Project Wins International Awards
Some news worth celebrating — our Mums Matter project has won two international awards in one day! Recognition of Excellence in Design...
Olya Black
2 min read
Is It Time to Rebrand?
One of the biggest myths about rebranding is that it's just a cosmetic makeover. In reality, it's almost always a strategic move driven by necessity. Brands are not static. Growth creates tension. New goals demand new expressions. When a brand stops reflecting the business it belongs to, the mismatch becomes a liability. It usually starts with the website The conversation almost always begins the same way: "We just need to update our website." It's a reasonable instinct. The
Olya Black
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Is SEO Still a Thing?
We’re currently witnessing a bit of a SEO identity crisis. While no one has it completely figured out, recent research, case studies, and hands-on experience are helping us see what’s actually working.
Olya Black
5 min read


How to Take your Restaurant Online with Wix
Wix Restaurants was initially introduced in 2016 to help customers in the food and beverage industry easily build a website, and it has...
Olya Black
Oct 13, 20223 min read


Google Business Profile Optimisation
If your business serves a local area, then there's no better place to be found than on Google Maps. There are literally dozens of factors...
Olya Black
Sep 14, 20224 min read


Increase Revenue and Boost Bakery Sales with these 8 Tips
“Aroma marketing” The smell of baking is a major driver of sales, so make sure that it spreads throughout your place and surroundings....
Olya Black
Jul 15, 20222 min read


Wix Hotels
By HotelRunner Building a hotel, apartment or vacation rental property website in Wix has never been easier using the Wix Hotels app...
Olya Black
Jul 6, 20222 min read


Dine App by Wix
New WIX application DINE. With this app customers can make an order fast and easy directly from your restaurant.
Olya Black
Apr 19, 20222 min read


Tasteful and Organised Video Content with Wix Video
Since appearing about 20 years ago, video-blogging (a form of web television) has steadily gained in popularity. As we’ve all seen, it...
Olya Black
Mar 16, 20223 min read


Brand Concept and Site Architecture
A brand concept is a system of values and characteristics that position a brand in the market in the most effective way. The goal is to create and convey the (marketing) idea of the product to the consumer. A clearly-worded brand concept serves as the basis for building creative, visual and verbal concepts – the ones we work with while developing a website. We mention this because we often find that many people who ask for a site are not clear on their audience or positionin
Olya Black
Mar 16, 20223 min read


What’s New in the Wix App?
The mission of Wix and the Wix mobile application in particular, is to provide end-to-end solutions for creating, managing and developing...
Olya Black
Feb 24, 20222 min read


Fit by Wix: Built for How Fitness Businesses Actually Run
Managing a fitness business has never been straightforward. Bookings, memberships, payments, communication, merchandise — most businesses end up patching together three or four different tools to handle what should be one workflow. Fit by Wix was built to change that. Developed in collaboration with fitness club owners (not just developers), it's a platform designed around the actual complexity of running a studio, gym, or coaching business — not a simplified version of it. W
Olya Black
Feb 23, 20223 min read


What’s a Web Designer Really Thinking about?
When engaging a web designer, most clients focus only on the visual component of the future site. While we don’t want to detract from the...
Olya Black
Feb 22, 20223 min read


Websites for Mobile Apps
The website for a mobile application is a vital element in its promotion. Search traffic from a website can account for a significant...
Olya Black
Feb 22, 20224 min read


How Fast Your Wix Website is
For many years, the loading speed of websites on Wix generated unfavourable reviews and gave people reason to opt for any other solution....
Olya Black
Feb 22, 20222 min read


Wix Partner Program
Wix Partners or Wix Specialists is a program for freelancers and agencies who use Wix and Editor X to develop websites. Any web designer...
Olya Black
Feb 21, 20223 min read


The Power of Internal Linking for SEO
SEO experts keep claiming that internal links work for helping you improve your traffic and today we're gonna dive into a little bit "why?". An internal link is a link from your site to your site it links your pages together as opposed to linking to external (someone else's) sites or external sites linking to yours. Internal Linking is a part of on-page SEO for better ranking on Google as well as beneficial for users to navigate. There are few types of internal links: Navigat
Olya Black
Feb 15, 20224 min read


Website launch checklist
Did you know that some settings of your Wix website are available only with the premium plan, so you have to go live to be able to configure
Olya Black
Jan 3, 20226 min read


MVP in business and design
The “minimum viable product” (MVP) is a version of a product/service that has a set of features sufficient for its presentation to and...
Olya Black
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Mobile App development with Wix
Wix is making mobile app development easier and more affordable than ever: Branded App by Wix provides users with a solution to build a...
Olya Black
Aug 12, 20211 min read


How Long Does It Take to Build a Website?
It is not about how quickly it goes live. It’s about how long it stays relevant. Fast is fun, but lasting is better.
Olya Black
Aug 8, 20213 min read


Proudly Made With Wix
WIX celebrates its 16th birthday! The number of users grows past 200 million , it’s worth mentioning that its company shares have almost...
Olya Black
Aug 7, 20213 min read


SEO evolution of WIX
Wix has an ever-expanding range of tools for better SEO. In this article I’ll share with you some tools I regularly use for SEO settings....
Olya Black
Jul 22, 20212 min read


Documentaries for Graphic Designers
I want to share with you the list of Netflix movies I recently found. I keep these movies in my bucket list and one day I will see them...
Olya Black
Jul 19, 20211 min read


Page not found…
Customised 404 page What is a “404” error? It occurs when visitors try to access a page that doesn’t exist on your site. If they use a...
Olya Black
Jul 19, 20212 min read


Wix Apps for E-commerce
We've created 50+ online stores with Wix and know that it has enough great features and push selling tools for use in e-commerce. Here...
Olya Black
Jul 14, 20211 min read
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