4 Tips for Growing Your Small Business Owning a small business can sometimes feel like you're caring for a temperamental child. Sometimes, business is booming and everything feels fine. Other times, your business can seem to drag its feet on bringing in fresh ideas and fresh clientele. When you hit one of those valleys, it
Starting in the business of web development, even if it's only on a personal scale, can be intimidating. There are platforms to consider, coding to tee up, and design concepts that are unheard of outside of web design. The good news is that there are a plethora of courses that have been created to help
“Every person watching here should always be spending between 5 to 20 percent of their money—if that’s what you’ve got—or you’re time, if that’s what you’ve got—on new and innovative things, because they need to be prepping for 2016, 2018, 20, 22.” -Gary Vaynerchuk, Serial Entrepreneur MARKETING BUDGET BASIC: ROI, NOT METHOD The current competitive
“Keep it short. No one reads more than the first paragraph. You have 10 seconds, make it count.” -Eric Miller, “The five C’s of effective social network marketing” WHY SHORT BLOGS? Study after study show that Americans have increasingly short attention spans. Apparently goldfish have a longer attention span than we do. How are you
“One word, love: curiosity. You long for freedom. You long to do what you want to do because you want it. To act on selfish impulse. You want to see what it’s like. One day you won’t be able to resist.” Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirate and Master of Using Others’ Impulse for His Benefit IMPULSE
“Design is in everything we make, but it’s also between those things. It’s a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy.” --Erik Adigard, designer and media artist STORYTELLING? IN WEB DESIGN? REALLY? Yes. Storytelling can make or break a business. Whether or not you have heard a formal story from a major brand, you
“A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both.” -Lemn Sissay, Author & Broadcaster RISE OF BLOGGING It’s safe to say blogging is on the rise. As of July 2016, the official count
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher METADATA IS CONTENT Purdue University recently published a report from Donald T. Hawkins. Indexing and Indices: An Essential Component of Information Discovery addressed the effect of linguistics, vocabulary, and search engines on the ever-changing way searches are conducted. Basically, there is
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“In Social Media the “squeaky wheel” gets the oil. You have to put yourself out there, to find people who will relate or even debate with you, depending on what you are looking for.” -Jessica Northey, Multimedia Personality and Digital Consultant SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING SOCIAL MEDIA IS HERE TO STAY Social media continues to rise
