Every now and again, you run across something that just gets to you… it really sticks. Whether it be a poem, motivational quote, a book, or maybe a story of business success, often times, these bits of inspiration stay with us and help keep us entrepreneurs moving forward. Today, while scrolling through Facebook (as us…
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How Poor Website Design Will Affect Your Business
Many small business owners neglect their company website. For whatever reason, web design gets overlooked when it comes to marketing strategy and social media seems to be the primary focus because it’s free. For someone working in the industry, this is a “#SMH” moment as web design is one of the most effective services you…
Business and Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from March Madness
Growing up, almost every kid dreams of playing for their favorite childhood team and winning a National Championship. However, most kids don’t get to live out those dream… unless your are Ryan Achidiacono, who grew up eating, breathing and sleeping Villanova Wildcat basketball and then led his team last night (Monday, April 4, 2016) to…
Carpe Diem
I ran across this video today and this “poem,” if you will, that really intrigued/spoke to me. It got me thinking, what IS my digital legacy? What will I leave behind? I suppose this website is a great start. I want my digital shadow to be of my digital followers of like mind who also…
How Nintendo is Killing Their Brand
Although this post isn’t exactly about marketing, SEO, graphic design, or other entrepreneur type topics, I feel it’s still semi-related to the field in a sense because of branding and poor marketing choices. According to TechTimes, Nintendo announced last month that more than two million copies of their new Mario Kart 8 for Wii U…
9 Tips to Checkmate Google
For years Google has dominated the internet and more or less held a monopoly on consumer searches. Not only used as a noun, but also a verb. Nobody ever says, “Yahoo those song lyrics.” However, with rapid changes in social media and new trends in online consumer behavior, webmasters face difficult challenges when it comes to…
Mobilegeddon is Coming!
The world’s biggest search engine shakes up its algorithms… again. Although Google updates it’s algorithms regularly, a revision of this size is rare. The last “big” revision happened in 2012 when Google altered it’s algorithm to weed out misleading websites. Due to the uproar this caused in 2012, Google has tried to soften the blow…
Social is the Future of Customer Experience
More and more, customers are turning to social channels for customer service from their favorite (or least favorite) brands. Is your company ready? A recent infographic from Facebook Marketing Partner Sprinklr found: 78 percent of companies now say they have dedicated social media teams, up from 67 percent in 2012. 47 percent of Americans say…