Archive for the ‘Online Marketing’ Topic

Liquor License Connection: Revolutionizing the California Liquor License Industry

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

New business is changing the way liquor licenses are bought and sold in California by giving license owners and buyers a more transparent, efficient and inexpensive process.

Tags: online business, website development
Posted in Content Management Systems, Ecommerce, Online Marketing, Outsourcing, SEM & SEO, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology |

B2B Homepage Animation: Flash is Dead. Blame the iPad.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

B2B folks specifically don’t want Flash for their homepage animations anymore. Here are the top four reasons I’m hearing in my conversations with consultants, business owners and online marketers.

Tags: animation, flash, html5, ipad, jquery
Posted in Online Marketing, Technology, Web Design | 3 Comments »

Reputation Management “Sucks”: Domains, Wikileaks, BofA & Fear

Friday, January 7th, 2011

It sounds like a bad joke, but Bank of America bought domains that contain their CEO’s name and the words “blows” and “sucks.” And they didn’t buy these domains because they wanted to. They bought them because they HAD TO.

Posted in Investor Relations, Online Marketing |

Get Fortified: San Francisco Web Design Shop With a Difference

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

You may be wondering why I’m giving San Francisco-based web design shop Fortified Studios a shout-out when they seem like competitors to Workbox. But, we’re actually very different.

Posted in Online Marketing, Shameless Self-Promotion, Web Design |

Brain Food: 5 Interesting Startups and Web Services

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Get your innovation gears going by checking out some interesting new online businesses that could succeed – or at least provoke more ideas. Are they cool – and why or why not?

Posted in Fun, Online Marketing, Technology, Web Design | 4 Comments »

WordPress Plugin: Track Clicks to Downloadable Files in Google Analytics

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

New WordPress Plugin: Allows Google Analytics to track clicks to downloadable files without having to code each specific link. Please try it and let us know what you think.

Posted in Content Management Systems, Online Marketing, SEM & SEO, WordPress Plugins | 4 Comments »

Online Publishing: Lindsay Lohan vs. Immigration Reform – Which Is More Valuable?

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Web analytics confirm what good publishers and editors have always known: you need an assortment of content to attract, engage and retain an audience. But breadth and depth cost.

Tags: google analytics, Online Marketing, SEM, SEO
Posted in Online Marketing, SEM & SEO |

Gilt Groupe Gets It

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Online coupon and discount websites are gathering a lot of attention, and for good reason – consumers love them! Gilt is one of my favorites, so I thought I’d outline some of what makes the service and site so engaging and successful, and why it represents good practices for any ecommerce business.

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Marketing, Web Design |

Note To The Boss: 4 Ways To NOT Screw Up Your Website

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Admit it, you super-Type-A personalities out there, sometimes you just can’t help yourself! So, I’ve put together a quick list of four things you (the big cheese) should keep in mind when your company is designing or redesigning its website.

Tags: Online Marketing, Web Design, website basics
Posted in Back To Basics, Online Marketing, Web Design |