Technology - Michael Reynolds

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6 Mar 2010

Blogging is hard. I get that. It’s not easy to consistently create new content and make the time to tweak and publish it. However, blogging is one of the best ways to build deeper relationships with your constituents and reach deeper into their networks as well.
Often when I talk about blogging with others, I hear [...]

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Tags: blog, blogging, email, facebook, linkedin, Marketing, networking, social media, twitter, website

Don’t use consumer email for business

In: Marketing| Technology

19 Feb 2010

I frequently attend networking events during which I meet a variety of business owners. Often we exchange business cards and I continue to notice a trend which disturbs me: the use of consumer email as a business email address.
I often see email addresses using the domain “sbcglobal.net”, “yahoo.com”, or (shudder) “aol.com” listed on a business [...]

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Tags: branding, email, networking, spinweb

How does building websites change the world?

In: Design| Lifestyle| Marketing| Productivity| Technology

14 Feb 2010

At SpinWeb, we create professional websites and online marketing initiatives. We’ve been doing it since 1996 and have gotten very good at it. We’ve gotten so good at it that it amazes me how fast and how well we deploy new websites on time, on budget, and with amazing design quality.
Sometimes, however, I think we [...]

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Tags: Design, indianapolis, Marketing, spinweb, website

Your call to action should be a click

In: Design| Marketing| Technology

6 Feb 2010

I get a lot of email promotions. Some are newsletters I have asked for, while some are spam from Indy Chamber members who have decided to subscribe me to their mailing lists against my will. In any case, one thing I notice about many of these email campaigns is that no matter how well-designed or [...]

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Tags: Design, Marketing, website

I’m tired of social media

In: Lifestyle| Marketing| Productivity| Technology

20 Jan 2010

Gasp! There, I said it. I have a suspicion that others are thinking it, too. At this particular moment I am tired of social media. I have taken a few days to focus on other things and it has been great. I didn’t post anything to Twitter for a few days, I didn’t spend much [...]

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Tags: blog, blogging, facebook, indianapolis, linkedin, Marketing, michael reynolds, social media, twitter

The truth about credit card safety online

In: Technology

12 Jan 2010

E-commerce has been around for a while now and to most of us, it is a normal way of shopping and purchasing products. However, I occasionally encounter someone who is uncomfortable using a credit card online. I’d like to clear up some misconceptions and provide some insight into what happens when you use a credit [...]

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Tags: credit card, e-commerce, ecommerce, encryption, fraud, website

In a ROWE, every day is a snow day

In: Lifestyle| Productivity| Technology

7 Jan 2010

Remember snow days? As a kid, the first big snow of the season was an eagerly-anticipated gift because it could mean that school was canceled, which would be followed by sleeping in, sledding, and other recreational hi-jinks. As we got older, snow days started to affect us in different ways. As employees, snow days could [...]