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The Center For Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA) is kicking off a cool new series of speakers this fall. First up is Ethan Marcotte who is a senior designer at the acclaimed Airbag Industries. The topic of Ethan’s talk will be "Comps vs. Code: Couples Therapy". High-end design and standards compliant [...]

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Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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Energy (not fuel, enthusiasm)

Where does the energy come from to create a successful business, blog or project? I think it comes from the people that are joined together in the endeavor. The best way to get focused is to get passionate about your idea. Of course the people you work with are the [...]

Entrepreneurship, General

Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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Online marketing for beginners article gets it right

I came across this article after writing my previous post. It’s an excellent summary of the things that are important in SEO and web design. The article is written from the often frustrating point of a client-agency conversation and outlines how important a long-term view is for search marketing success. [...]

Digital Marketing

Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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SEO and design resources for agencies and studios

AgencyTool has launched and it’s included a very comprehensive list of web and search resources. It’s a little overwhelming but very useful.

Digital Marketing

Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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Which metrics to track for SEM?

Tracking keyword ranking is mostly a waste of time yet almost every site owners obsesses over them. So if keyword ranking has little or no value, what does? There has been much debate in the search marketing world about Google’s decision to prevent automated tools like Web Position Gold and [...]

Digital Marketing

Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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Best productivity blogs and virtual business success

Right now I’m winding down a week long vacation on Cape Cod. The thing that’s nagging at me as I contemplate going back to the office is productivity. What has surprised me a little is the level of interaction that’s required with my team to ensure things run smoothly. It’s [...]

Entrepreneurship, General

Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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What’s the “Why” in your business?

Every business needs a big reason to exist. I’m not talking about being the lowest cost provider or the most convenient brand, I’m talking about a reason to exist. Something that you can get passionate about. Passion drives people to do great things and deliver a much higher level of [...]

Entrepreneurship, General

Aug 4, 2009 by Alex
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One Platform for Contacts

Just a few hours ago, we were discussing how we wish we had access to one central database that held information about all of our clients so that we could send out things like birthday cards and have up-to-date contact information for everyone we’ve worked with – past and present. [...]

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Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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No more dropped calls with iphone 2.1 software update

On Friday, September 12, 2008, Apple removed their cone of silence and released the iphone 2.1 software update. Since downloading this software, I have not had one dropped call and I have had full bars with the 3G symbol next to it. I no longer feel like a Vista User. [...]

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Aug 4, 2009 by Richard
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Site testing on a budget

The problem with most websites is that they have so many pages it’s impossible to know where the leaks are. The truth that nobody wants to admit is that they don’t know what’s happening on their site. For bigger sites this might be something they think they can solve with [...]

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