It’s easy to publish a blog post, a tweet or a status update. Sometimes too easy. As a business owner (and bloggers are business owners, too) you have a responsibility to publish facts. Readers don’t come for fiction, or to be taken on a breezy diversion of gossip and rumors. They come to your blog and follow your social media profiles to learn something from you. You can seriously damage your brand by doling out misinformation as if it’s accurate, so take your time to get it right. Be certain you’re publishing facts. To Kill Your Credibility Fast: 1. Jump on a Non-Scoop...

When you actually sit down and map it all out, optimizing a website (even a small one) takes a lot of work! Once you’re done with the actual on-site SEO, there is still link building to contend with, and I would argue that link building never really ends if you want to succeed in the long run. For site owners looking to manage their own SEO, it can get very overwhelming very quickly! But there is no need to panic. Here are 3 ways you can keep your SEO from overrunning your day. 1. Weigh time vs. return. This is a...

Did you know that, with CSS, you can create a counter? This can be especially useful for instances where the count is purely needed for presentational purposes. I’ll show you how to use counter-increment in this useful quick tip. Screencast Choose 720p for the best picture. How Does it Work? It’s really quite simple. We’re not even talking CSS3 here; the counter-increment property has been around for a while now. It’s just that many of us aren’t familiar with it, or haven’t found a use for it. We begin by applying the...

Though hundreds of Print Ads are made each year to promote various products, not many can be considered successful based on the response of both the critics and the general public. People have seen so many advertisements that they’ll be quick to blast unoriginal or overused concepts. They also expect witty and powerful copy. For budding graphic artists trying to make a name for themselves in the field of advertising, it is essential to  find out what particular formulas have worked or failed in the past. And of course, the only way to do so is check out other works...

Social media marketing has moved out of the “Let’s try it and see what happens” phase and has matured into a powerful marketing tool. With millions upon millions of users across wide vast spectrum of social networking sites (not just the Big 3 of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn), companies turn to social media to help them connect with their consumers on a new level, build their online brand presence, create a company voice and more. While most companies (big and small) realize that they have to be involved with social media in some way, many are still fine tuning the...