You mean I have to pay for my website to be designed AND pay for ongoing maintenance? You better betcha! Your website does many wild and wonderful things, but it doesn’t have a mind of its own. Like the Great and Powerful Oz, you need a man (or woman) behind the...
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Facebook’s Libra: What It Means for Your Small Business
There's a maze of cryptocurrencies available through the Internet, and new ones seem to appear every week. Their values rise and fall wildly, and people are understandably wary of them. But now there's something new: a cryptocurrency brought out by a major business...
Do You Behave Better or Worse When You Are Being Watched?
Do you mind if your Internet Service Provider sells your search history so that advertisers can see what you do on your computer and then target you with specific ads? If you do mind, keep reading! Can You Put a Price on Privacy? Internet users have always had to...
The New LinkedIn: What’s Changed?
Now 15 years old, LinkedIn has entered social media adolescence. A more polished user interface is trying to look more like its social media peers. Still independent in its ideas, it has ditched the clunkier elements of its design to intentionally be sleeker and...
3 Hacks for Outsmarting Spam Filters
You may have a great list, but if your emails aren’t getting into subscriber inboxes, you’ve lost the game. As any business owner knows, it takes a lot of time, money and energy to pull together an effective email campaign. No business can afford to let this effort go...
Google Changes Mobile-Friendly Rules: Does your website pass the test?
There’s nothing Google likes more than to change things up. In its latest update, Google launched “mobile-friendly” labels in search results, which highlight sites that are well-optimized for mobile devices -- and it’s throwing a...
A Beginner’s Guide To Pinterest
The social landscape in the last two years has really added resonance to the old adage “A picture is worth a thousand words.” The popularity of image-sharing platforms, like Instagram and Pinterest, clearly illustrate that people...
Breaking News: If You Manage a Facebook Page – Must Read
You may have noticed recently that the organic reach of your posts have slowly been declining the past few months. For months we've been telling our clients that Facebook is quickly becoming a pay-to-play platform; that you will need to start buying ads to maintain...
Get Social With Your Restaurant Marketing
Social Media has been around for over 10 years, and if your business or restaurant is not on it - then you are 10 years behind! In this latest Marketing Minute video, filmed all the way in Alaska, Pia Larson talks about the...