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7 Jun 2010

Personal branding is becoming more important today as people are becoming more interested in relationships and personal communication. Sales professionals, job-seekers, and professionals in a variety of industries are finding that how they relate to people and how they are perceived in the marketplace on a personal level makes a huge difference in how successful [...]

Smart, simple solutions

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30 May 2010

There is an abundance of complexity in the world. It occurs pretty much everywhere. Companies create products with way more features than we need, bosses over-complicate policies and procedures, and our government passes ridiculously complex legislation that no one even has time to read.
We do it to ourselves, too. We think we need big, complicated [...]

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Tags: abstraction, branding, complex systems theory, complexity, complicated, computational complexity, Design, Marketing, online tools, simple solutions, smart, solutions, spinweb, usability, website

Better usability in conference websites

In: Design| Marketing| Technology

26 May 2010

As a speaker, I attend and present for a lot of conferences. As an attendee, I register for events online and consume information primarily online via the conference website. As a speaker, I submit proposals for presentations with the intention of presenting at the conference.
As I analyze conference websites, I see a lot of opportunities [...]

Law firm marketing plans and how video can help

In: Marketing| Technology

22 Apr 2010

I was in Reach class (which is life-changing, by the way) yesterday engaged in a lively discussion with CJ McClanahan and the rest of the class about how to differentiate our businesses from the competition. One of our class members, James MacAbee, is an attorney and we were brainstorming some ways that attorneys can [...]

Nonprofit web design and why it matters

In: Design| Marketing| Technology

15 Apr 2010

Modern websites should follow some standard best practices in design and usability in order to be effective as marketing and communications tools. Smart businesses understand that following these best practices leads to increased sales and revenue.
However, nonprofits also need to understand how design and usability affects their revenue. Nonprofits are interested in many of the [...]

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Tags: blog, blogging, charityvillage.com, communication, communication tools, Design, donations, invest, Marketing, non-profit organization, non-profit technology, nonprofit, nonprofit status, nonprofit website, nonprofits, usability, web designs, website

Money, time, or magic?

In: Marketing

11 Apr 2010

I talk to a lot of business owners who are looking for ways to grow their businesses. It seems that everybody wants to be more successful and is eager for advice on how to do it.
However, I’m surprised at how many of these business owners are looking for magic.
Magic can come in many forms. How [...]

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Tags: blog, blogging, business, business cards, business owner, corporate finance, facebook, google, grow, invest money, lot, magic, Marketing, money, networking, social media, website

Associations: Is it time to eliminate the newsletter?

In: Marketing| Technology

26 Mar 2010

As we all know, paper is getting less relevant. Many associations are scrambling to “go green” with their newsletters in an effort to reduce costs and make use of electronic means of delivery. Kudos for this!
However, what most associations are doing is simply emailing out a PDF version of the newsletter they used to print. [...]

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

Stop making excuses and start blogging

In: Marketing| Technology

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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How does building websites change the world?

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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 [...]