Running an online contest is a great way to increase traffic to your website, grow your followers, and increase engagement with your audience. Today’s consumers are bombarded with promotional content, offers and advertisements, so well-designed contests are a clever way to delight and provide value … [Read more...] about Running an Online Contest
Whether you've just started your business or you've rebranded and got a fancy new website, odds are you'll want to share it with the world in hopes to drum up some business. The best way to do that? Through social media, of course! Why Social Media There are a lot of people that spend copious … [Read more...] about Social Media
The ability to leverage the right content to connect with your customers is arguably the most important marketing skill of our time. Per dollar spent, content marketing generates about 3x as many leads as traditional marketing. So what is content marketing? According to the Content Marketing … [Read more...] about Content Marketing
As the internet continues to help businesses grow, companies all over the world are improving their website with search engine optimization (SEO) in mind. The good news is that producing high quality content and an easy-to-use website not only improves your search engine ranking, it also helps your … [Read more...] about Optimizing and Maintaining Your SEO
Inside the community of web designers, debunking the myths related to “the fold” has been a consistent labor of love for years now. Most folks understand that the concept of “the fold” comes from print, and that there are different screen sizes, and that it doesn’t directly translate. There’s … [Read more...] about “The Fold” in Web Design, Explained Simply
In my last post, I covered how to be smart with your images and avoid negative reactions by properly engaging sympathy and empathy. I mentioned that seeing another human face has psychological effects on its own. Let’s unpack that a bit. A basic understanding of the power of another person’s face … [Read more...] about Power of Images: Faces
This past weekend, I drove by a billboard with a massive human toe on it. It took up about half the width of the billboard and went over the top of the rectangular sign. It was a huge toe … with serious toenail fungus. As you can imagine, the target of the billboard was people with toenail … [Read more...] about Power of Images: Empathy & Sympathy
Every company wants a great looking website, right? Good web design conveys credibility, professionalism and brand personality. Those qualities can help a business make the short list of a buyer who has begun searching around to solve some need. But when that buyer starts carefully comparing … [Read more...] about Strategic Writing for Business Websites
