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More Than A Pretty Picture
Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently had the pleasure of giving a presentation to the CBRG (Collaborative Business Referral Group), which is a Saint John networking group that focuses on passing qualified referrals to its members. The main chunk of the presentation was dedicated to the importance of having a mobile friendly website. As we all know, the usage…
5 Free Tools To Optimize Your Image
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a website developer, I am always concerned about optimizing every website my team and I create. This includes everything from writing clean code to optimizing images for faster download. When the Internet was younger and we had to support users on dial-up modems, image optimization was absolutely critical. Today’s high-speed networks allow us to…
Controlling Your Email In 3 Easy Steps
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re anything like me, your inbox can get overloaded on a daily basis, and it can easily get away from you. I used to struggle with this until I made a conscious decision to control my email instead of letting my email control me. If your inbox is wildly out of control, here are…
How’s Your Schedule?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI read a great story the other day in Success Magazine about Ron Howard. The article was titled How To Be The Nicest Guy In Hollywood, and talks a lot about his career, his fairness when working with others, and how he deals with conflict. But one of the things that really grabbed me was…
How Many Of Your Customers Are Mobile?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow Many Of Your Customers Are Mobile? As we know, the amount of Internet users that use mobile devices is growing at a fast pace. Adults access more media on mobile devices than newspapers and magazines combined, and more and more users are using their mobile devices to access your website than ever before. If…
How To Add A Google Alert For Your Business
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you are in business, you want to know when people are talking about you, good or bad. In this day and age, these conversations are increasingly happening online. If you have someone saying awesome things about you or your business, wouldn’t it be nice to know about it quickly and be able to thank…
Are You Making These Mistakes On Your Website? (Part 2)
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour website is one of the most important marketing tools your business can have. It is your 24/7 salesperson that never sleeps. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most ignored parts of your business. Last time I talked about the issue of having an outdated website. This is the second of a series…
For Paper Lovers
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a recent post, I talked about using an online application for your “To Do” lists. By far the majority of my lists, scheduling, correspondence and even note-taking is done on some sort of electronic device … mainly my Mac, iPad or iPhone. The majority of my bills are sent/received electronically, my banking is 95{f6f7d31e87099d0d6b7ac3a4bf513410b4bc7fc64f9a286f558d07e02807de3e}…
Are You Making This Mistake On Your Website?
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour website is one of the most important marketing tools your business can have. It is your 24/7 salesperson that never sleeps. Unfortunately, it can also one of the most ignored parts of our business. This is the first of a series of articles that discuss common website mistakes, and how to correct them. An…