What to check on your website before launching ads
Before launching a campaign, check whether a visitor understands the offer after the click, can send an enquiry quickly and whether it reaches the right person.
Read articleWebsite accessibility in Germany since June 2025
Who the German accessibility act covers, what has to be accessible, five checks you can run yourself and what usually fails.
Read articleHow to tell a video is not working and what to do about it
Low views do not always mean a bad idea. How to tell a problem in the opening seconds apart from a problem with the topic, and when a video is better left alone than reworked.
Read articleWhat an ad creative costs and how it differs from a regular post
An ad video and a feed video solve different jobs, even when they look similar. What an ad creative's price is made of, and why an organic post cannot simply be dropped into a paid campaign.
Read articleWhat to post first when there is almost no content ready
Most businesses start with three or four ready ideas, not forty. What makes sense to post first so the account does not look empty, and what to film before anything else.
Read articleWhy the same video cannot just be copied across every platform
Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn expect different treatments of the same material. What actually needs changing when a video moves between platforms and what can stay the same.
Read articleFilming social content on a phone without a professional shoot
A good phone video comes from light, sound and one clear shot, not expensive gear. What actually affects filming quality when there is no production budget.
Read articleHow many Reels a week a small business actually needs
More Reels do not mean more customers. What posting frequency actually depends on, and why two strong Reels a week usually beat five weak ones.
Read articleBuilding a monthly content plan without posting for the sake of it
Start not with a post count but with the business's offers, the questions customers actually ask and the topics that genuinely need explaining this month.
Read articleData processing agreements with your providers
Who needs an agreement, who does not, who is liable towards the visitor and what to check in one you already signed.
Read articleBuilding a contact form that meets the GDPR
How many fields you need, what belongs next to the button, when a consent checkbox is required and how to stop spam without leaking data.
Read articleA consent banner that actually works
What needs consent under German law, why refusal must be equally easy and how to check whether the banner really blocks scripts.
Read articleThe Illia BizTech articles section covers practical questions that companies and self-employed professionals in Germany run into when working with a website, advertising, social media, and inquiries. Here you'll find articles on preparing a website before launching an ad campaign, forms and handling inquiries, content planning, ongoing collaboration with a service provider, and related technical tasks. The articles are built around a specific question, not general marketing advice. If an article is about advertising, it looks not just at the ad account but also at the landing page, the offer, and the form. If the topic is about inquiries, it also covers what happens after a form is submitted and where the customer's data ends up next.
The articles may include examples from Meta Ads, websites built on modern CMS and frontend technologies, contact forms, CRM, REST APIs, webhooks, online booking, notifications, and automation services. On the content side, they cover Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, short videos, carousels, and other formats businesses use in practice. A given article doesn't mean a company has to use the specific service named. If a website, CRM, or ad account already exists, it's usually worth assessing the existing setup first and only then deciding what to change. That approach connects individual recommendations to a company's actual work, rather than to an abstract set of tools.
