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Featured essay· Apr 10, 2026

Your Technical Web Development Team, On Demand

Most agencies hand you a project manager and a timeline. Social Catnip embeds a senior Webflow development team directly into yours — partners who move fast, speak startup, and build like they own it.

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Apr 10, 2026 · 5 min read
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Woolworths Was Capturing 40% of Its E-Commerce Events. We Got It to 94%.

When Universal Analytics sunset, Woolworths' GA4 migration left big holes in the data — only ~40% of e-commerce events were landing cleanly. We rebuilt the legacy data layer, re-implemented enhanced e-commerce tracking, and lifted event capture from 40% to 94%.

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Stop Spam Before It Starts: A Honeypot for Your Webflow Forms

A no-backend way to block spam on Webflow forms — trap the bots with a honeypot field, turn away the free-email junk, and keep your inbox full of leads worth chasing. Setup steps, custom attributes, and the GitHub repo.

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How to Capture and Cookie UTM's then pass them to an Iframes Source url

How to capture UTMs and pass them to an Iframe(frame Source)

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How We Drove 159 Phone Calls for Zeeks Plumbing by Buying Leads, Not Cheap Clicks

A cheaper click that never calls you isn't a win. Here's how we ran Google Ads for Zeeks Plumbing around qualified leads instead of cheap traffic — 159 phone-call conversions, a 25.9% conversion rate — and why we'll happily pay more per click to get there.

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Pros and Cons of Using Webflow Templates

Webflow templates ship a site fast and look sharp, but scaling on one gets expensive. Here are the real pros and cons before you build. Let's talk.

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Aug 24, 20239 min

Is Webflow Good for Blogs? An Honest Evaluation

Is Webflow good for blogs? After 7 years building on it, here's the honest answer — where the CMS shines, where it bites, and who should pick something else.

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