May 21
As business owners, marketing is a necessary evil. Some of us set a budget. Some of us just answer the phone and decide if we’re going to advertise based on the sales pitch. Before you start throwing money at your marketing, get focused.
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May 12
Sometimes selling your work is the easy part. Nightmare clients. You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones with unrealistic expectations, who never seem to listen and think they know more about web development than you do. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone. If you’re experiencing it right now…you’re in the cycle and
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May 07
It’s darn near impossible to get a zero bounce rate for your website, not to mention quite unrealistic, especially if you’re doing email marketing, social media, blogging... basically any form of online marketing. These things generally result in your bounce rate going up, not down. Regardless, the likelihood of every single website visitor going to more than one page is extremely low...virtually non-existent in fact. So, your website’s unfortunately not as cool as you think it is.
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Apr 20
In light of Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s April 10th congressional hearing, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Facebook data breach. If you’re starting to wonder what’s up with all the Facebook chatter you’ve been hearing, let us catch you up to speed.
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Apr 16
Hey, I’m Dana, the new Social Media and Content Coordinator for MayeCreate Design - which is definitely the longest job title I’ve ever held - and slightly ironic, since a lot of the cool things I get to write are under 280 characters long.
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Apr 12
We can all agree the internet is not a passing fad. While asking for a business card is still a conversational cornerstone at business meet and greets, “Is your website on here?” is the next question on the list. If everyone you want to work with expects you to have a website — it better be good.
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Apr 10
Sam & his son Dave had been helping not-for-profits create trustworthy, focused & transparent environments for years. As a new business, Strategic Services needed a professional website to promote their credibility & showcase their competencies in helping not-for-profits transition smoothly into a promising future. As big not-for-profit supporters, we were psyched to aid them with their mission.
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Apr 05
Planning out how you’ll brand a new division of your company is a tricky task. You may be tempted to use it as an opportunity to re-invent your company’s identity: new logo, colors, website - the whole ball of wax. Or, if you’re like me, you just groaned at the very idea and favor just adding a little line of text under your current logo. Either way, misnaming your business’s new division can confuse people and create a marketing hurdle you’ll have to overcome in the future. But how do you know when to rebrand or when to keep what you’ve got?
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Mar 28
Google. A word that is now synonymous with “look it up” and to every business owner also doubles for “opportunity” and “what the heck”. Your listing in Google is the often the first encounter people have with your business. You want your Google listing to be as influential as possible. But with all the kinds of listings how does Google determine who gets what?
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Mar 01
Did you know there are ways to write and format your blog posts that not only help to engage your readers and hold their attention but can also boost SEO for your website? Say what?! Yeah. No joke.
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