Leslie Surel

Leslie Surel the founder of Surelutions, a Michigan-based agency that helps nonprofits with website planning, design, and growth. Leslie has a background in psychology and 20+ years expertise in user-focused design, website technology, and big picture thinking. Her ultimate goal is to make websites easier and more useful for nonprofits so they can focus on their mission.

If you are putting together a blog post, newsletter, or presentation, you probably know how tedious it can be to find good quality stock images for visual appeal. To break up the monotony, here is a fun game you can play. Give yourself 1 point every time you come across one of these images, and 2 … Read more

BuzzFeed published a list of First Things To Happen on the Internet — it’s a walk down memory lane for some of us who are old enough to remember a world with out smartphones. Inspired by this list, I decided to jot down a few of my own firsts, which could also be titled, “How I became … Read more

If you’re a new or small business, and getting a website has been on your “guilt list” for a while now, here is your chance to get started. Surelutions is offering a limited number of spots for people to sign up for a 1-page website, built on the WordPress platform (meaning it will have room to grow … Read more

You can, but the story usually goes like this…. Motivated, smart and creative small business owner has an innate do-it-yourself attitude when it comes to promoting her (or his) business. After all, that’s the stuff it takes to launch your own business in the first place, right? New website? Check. Get a Facebook page and post … Read more

WordPress is used as a content management system for over 25% of the websites in the world [Source]. There’s good reason — it’s simple enough for bloggers to share family recipes while also being robust enough for developers to build complex business websites. But because WordPress is so popular, it give hackers a big pool to play in. Don’t take it personally. They … Read more