Brightbox Digital

08/21/2026

And the winner is....

08/20/2026

Deleting a rogue WordPress administrator isn’t enough when malicious code is recreating it.
A recent multi-site attack pattern points to the Elementor Pro file-upload vulnerability affecting 4.2.1 and earlier, followed by persistence hidden in themes or disguised plugins.
Patch first. Preserve evidence. Remove the persistence. Then delete unauthorized users, rotate credentials and WordPress salts, and test again after fresh page loads. Follow my link in bio for a guide on how to fix it!

08/18/2026

I’M GIVING AWAY A FREE WEBSITE!

I’m picking one business and building them a brand-new website completely free.

The winner will get:
• Up to 5 pages
• Mobile-responsive design
• Basic on-page SEO
• Contact form
• One round of revisions
• Website launch
• 1 YEAR of hosting included

You’ll just need to purchase and maintain your own domain name.

I live in Fort Wayne and can happily meet in person, but you DO NOT have to be in Fort Wayne or even Indiana to enter.

TO ENTER:
1. Follow this page
2. Like this post
3. Comment below and tell me what your business does
4. Fill out the form at the link attached below

I’m accepting applications through Thursday, August 20 at midnight ET.

I’ll go through the applications and choose one business that I think would genuinely benefit from a new website.

If you’re selected, you’ll need to be available within 24 to 48 hours for a quick kickoff call or chat so we can talk about your business and what you want on the website.

We are located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but you do NOT have to be here to win.

Share this post with someone you think could use a free website!

One business will receive a custom website, launch support and one year of hosting at no cost. Applications close August 20, 2026.

08/18/2026

I’M GIVING AWAY A FREE WEBSITE!

I’m picking one business and building them a brand-new website completely free.

The winner will get:
• Up to 5 pages
• Mobile-responsive design
• Basic on-page SEO
• Contact form
• One round of revisions
• Website launch
• 1 YEAR of hosting included

You’ll just need to purchase and maintain your own domain name.

TO ENTER:
1. Follow the Brightbox Digital page
2. Like this post
3. Comment below and tell me what your business does
4. Fill out the form at the link in the last post at the top of my Brightbox Digital page

I’m accepting applications through Thursday, August 20 at midnight ET.

I’ll go through the applications and choose one business that I think would genuinely benefit from a new website.

If you’re selected, you’ll need to be available within 24 to 48 hours for a quick kickoff call or chat so we can talk about your business and what you want on the website.

We are located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but you do NOT have to be here to win.

Share this post with someone you think could use a free website!

08/03/2026

Google is retiring the standalone Local Services Ads dashboard and folding it into Google Ads as a specialized Performance Max campaign.

If you're a plumber, HVAC company, electrician, roofer, or run any home service business using Local Services Ads, this affects you starting this month.

The good news: pay per lead, Search and Maps only placement, and keywordless targeting all stay exactly the same. What's changing is the dashboard itself, manual bidding, how budgets are structured, and the BBB callout.

The one thing worth doing now, whether or not you've gotten a migration notice yet: export your historical performance reports. Google's own documentation says they will not transfer automatically.

Full breakdown, including a question I keep seeing come up that Google hasn't actually answered yet, below in the comments.

07/27/2026

It's that time of year again! CommunityVotes is going on again and it's currently the nomination period. We won last year and would love to have the opportunity to win again.

Official 2026 Community Voting Awards Platform for Fort Wayne, IN. Where the community votes for their favorites every year.

07/22/2026

One of my Fort Wayne clients spends about $15 a day on Google Ads. Last month that brought in 12 leads at roughly $37 each.

A small budget can absolutely work. When it does not, the problem is almost always the setup, not the money. Display network left on by default, ad clicks going to the homepage instead of the right page, no conversion tracking to show what is actually working.

If you are spending on Google Ads and not sure it is doing anything, I will take a look and tell you what I find: https://brightboxdigital.io/blog/does-a-small-google-ads-budget-work/

07/16/2026

For all of you that's been working with ai, did you know you can build your own dashboards? This is on the nerdier side of things, but you can create dashboards for your terminal that lets you talk to your ai. This is Claude, and there's still a lot of work to do because I want to have my agents as different pokemon, but it's pretty cool!

03/01/2026

You can use tools like Google Search Console to see what queries people are typing in to find your website.

You can also see your top pages, what countries people are visiting from, what devices they’re using, and a lot more information.

It gives you real data on what’s actually working instead of guessing.

If you’re not using it, you’re missing out on useful insight.

02/28/2026

Do you constantly get calls from people saying they can get your business listed on voice searches and recommended through voice assistants?

You don’t need to pay someone for that.

Just make sure you’re listed on the core five platforms: Google, Bing, Apple, Yelp, and Foursquare.

Most voice assistants pull data from those sources. If you’re listed correctly on those, you’re already covering the majority of voice search.