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Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman is a web strategist, founder of 18a and fractional Technical Director.

She started her career over 20 years ago as a coder and now is primarily a “communication bridge” between developers (or tools) and clients, explaining complicated web decisions in easy to understand ways.

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Articles by Lisa Freeman

Conversational CTAs: Do you need to make this copywriting shift for brand discovery?

There’s an increasing amount of talk at the moment – especially with ChatGPT ads on the horizon – about conversational ads, AI discovery, and how we need to start writing differently for tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. BUT… I personally don’t think it’s anything new. It’s how I’ve always written for SEO, and how you […]

ChatGPT Ads: 5 things Marketers need to know in 2026

ChatGPT ads are coming, so here’s what it means for your marketing.

AI can read images – so how does that change SEO?

Now AI can read images, can we use words in graphics?

UTM tags in GA4

Measuring website traffic from a specific source

How can you know where your visitors are coming from? How to set up UTM tags and then check traffic sources in GA4.

Where is your domain registered?

How to find out where your domain is registered

It's essential to know where your domain is registered so that in an emergency you can quickly and easily log in to change the settings.

3D Printer

Best entry level 3D printers

A useful round up on the best 3D printer to get if you're just starting out, and what you need to look out for.

Mailchimp releases new bot filtering feature

Don't panic if your open rates suddenly plumet - it ends up they just weren't that good before. Sorry.

Robot shopping

Get your products shown in Google’s new AI shopping feature

Create a Google Merchant Centre feed for free to get your products cited by Gemini's shopping mode and learn what you can about what converts for your business before Google starts charging businesses to be featured by the service.

Looking after your website

Website rules for 2026

In 2026, keep your website fresh, shout about your experience and expertise across as many platforms as possible, and make sure your message is clear.

The big site builder comparison report of 2026

We've carried out a review of the top players in the field of website builders, to see how easy they are to use and what they offer for free.

Wix

Building a free website with Wix: a review

How easy is it to build a free website with Wix and what are it's limitations?

WordPress.org

Is WordPress.org suitable for beginners?

Next in our series of DIY website tools, we're looking at WordPress.org.