Aren’t you amazed at how large of a backlog you can amass after only three workdays plus a weekend out of office? This is the situation I found myself in after SXSW Interactive 2013. During the event, I was lucky enough to sit in on several outstanding presentations. One of the most intriguing sessions I enjoyed […]
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Today, I am excited to unveil a brand new website for Return On Now. This redesign has been in the works for some time now, and we are happy to have it live in time for this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi). The new site is improved in many ways, several of which
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Today I came across the following video while conducting some SEO research. Based on the title, you might think this holds all the secrets to Google’s algorithm. After all, it features their head of web spam, Matt Cutts. On the contrary, this is not at all a useful resource for search engine optimization. Matt Cutts:
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Social media continues to grow in use and acceptance. Meanwhile, it is becoming more complicated. Let’s look at the rationale for rolling out a social media policy within your company. Social Media Complication Brands are especially impacted by growth. Once companies expand beyond 50 or 100 employees, new problems enter the picture. For example: Social Media for
Today we bring you another guest post from Linda Phillips, who represents YarraWeb out of Melbourne, Australia. Feature Image Courtesy of Andrew Mager on Flickr. Web designers and their clients have a famously strained relationship, and this is largely due to communication problems. Web designer must often second guess what the business owner wants, while
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As we get a couple of weeks or so into 2013, most of the “predictions” columns, articles, and blog posts have made their way out onto the web. This annual tradition is one that most of us either love or hate. I tend to take a non-biased view to start, but there does come a
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Coming out of the holiday season, it is a great time to reflect over how the past year went, what plans and aspirations are in process, and what the coming year has in store for us. Many of us encapsulate this as New Year’s resolutions. It is very refreshing to look at the next year
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The following blog post comes courtesy of George Kent of Pentech Consulting. In this post, George provides seven insights that should help you improve the conversion rate of your landing pages. How many people have signed up to your mailing list in the last 30 days? Have you considered the benefits of designing your landing
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I remember the days when you could launch a website and get back to business as usual, knowing that it was likely to provide some value just by existing. These days, websites remain the key to successful marketing strategies However, online marketing includes much more. This post outlines a framework for mapping marketing objectives to a
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Bloggers are an interesting bunch. Some of us do it just because we need an outlet for the millions of ideas and thoughts in our heads. Others are blogging to build relationships and have meaningful discussion. You will find those who are marketing a business product or services, and those who are simply looking to
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