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5 Ways to Spot an Email that is a Scam

Our inboxes are constantly flooded with emails and most likely a few of them are phishing scams.  How can you tell if the email is a scam?  Below are a few tips on spotting email scams so you can send them straight to the trash folder. 1. Check if the URLs are legitimate.  Hover your mouse […]

Top 10 Cheesy Stock Photos

Stock photos can be very useful for adding high quality, royalty free images to your marketing and website.  The important thing to remember is to choose your stock photos wisely.  While images typically enhance your message, using the wrong photo can actually hurt your brand.  Below are some of our favorite cheesy stock photos that […]

Gmail Now Allows you to Undo Send an Email (& other Google News)

Have you ever sent an email and instantly wish you hadn’t pressed send yet?  If you use Gmail then you are in for a treat.  Gmail recently announced you can now un-send an email.  How it works is you go into the settings and can decide how many seconds you want to delay sending your […]

Is your Website Secure?

Have you ever noticed that when you visit some websites they begin with https instead of http? The “s” is added in when the website is a secure site, meaning no one can spy on your internet session.  Most respectable online services, especially involving monetary transactions, use a secure site.  However, there are a lot […]

Top 5 Reasons you Should Use Google Remarketing

If your business is running a Google AdWords campaign, (which it should be) then running remarketing ads is crucial piece to your advertising puzzle.  How remarketing ads work is your webmaster places a snippet of tracking code on every page of your website and Google will start creating a list of all of your website visitors […]

Is your Website Outdated?

There are a few elements that could make your website scream “year of 2002” and could turn off potential customers.  Most customers will spend less than 15 seconds on the home page before clicking away, which gives you only 15 seconds to capture their attention. Outdated and unattractive websites can turn away customers before they get to […]

What is Content Marketing?

Chances are you have probably heard the term content marketing quite often. Do you really know what it means?  Content marketing is a tricky term but one of the best ways to describe it is: the creation and distribution of meaningful insights, perspectives, and best practices that are valuable to a specific audience.  The goal of […]

The Future of Snapchat Marketing

Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel recently announced that the app has reached 100 million daily active users.  The privately held company does not need to release data each quarter unlike Facebook and Twitter.  Out of those daily active users, 65% of them are creating content daily.  Snapchat is looking into making it easier for brands to use […]

The Minimalist Approach to Web Design

Minimalism in web design shares a timeless elegance and clear presentation of content.  This artistic style creates an impressive visual website without a lot of extra “stuff”.  Minimalism is achieved when there is nothing more you can take away from the design without getting the meaning across to the user. The six fundamentals of minimal […]