Ron Karr’s Top 10 Tips for Increasing Sales in 2012

Ron Karr is acclaimed by business leaders as "America's Business Transformation Expert." President of the business consulting firm Karr Associates, Inc., Ron is a captivating speaker and in-demand business consultant. Karr Associates, Inc. specializes in helping organizations and professionals generate remarkable sales and operational results with … [Read more...]

The unspoken rules of graphic design

1. Your fonts will default to the worst possible font available on the machine you are showing your work on. 2. If you have two versions of a photo, the wrong one will make its way to the printer. 3. The less time you have the more useless your computer will become. 4. Promises made by the sales staff have no basis in reality. 5. The … [Read more...]

25 Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic/Web Designer

You’ve almost rear-ended the car in front of you because you were analyzing a font on a billboard. You get pissed when a free Photoshop brush you download is less than 1000px in size. You’d rather study the paisley pattern on your boyfriend/girlfriend’s shirt than listen to what he/she has to say. You can use keyboard shortcuts at light … [Read more...]

Top 5 Myths About Social Media for Business

Social media is quickly become THE way to market your business. In the US, more than two thirds of all adults who are active online are also actively using social media today, However, there is still a whopping 57% of businesses who, for one reason or another do not understand the real impact that social media can have on their businesses. Gaining … [Read more...]

5 Steps To Begin Your Business Video Blog

A business vlog, or video blog, is a continual online video series about your business. It allows for a fun and entertaining way for your business to engage with your customers, to market products, share ideas, spark conversations, and build deeper relationships. If your business isn’t blogging or vlogging, you are missing out on an incredible … [Read more...]

Video Concept Development: How to Develop Video Content that Stands-Out

As seen on http://www.digitalaccomplice.com Author: dfrederiksen Video Production is everywhere these days. You Tube, Facebook, Twitter, iPhones, iPads…we are drowning in a sea of digital media. In fact, as I was typing this sentence more video was posted to You Tube than you can watch on your lunch break! The consequence of this video … [Read more...]

Best digital cameras for students

By Liam McCabe, Reviewed.com Reprints & Permissions Digital cameras remain one of the most popular holiday gift items, especially for high school and college students. We've rounded up some of this year's best shooters for any kind of student shutterbug—whether they're social media butterflies or artists in training. The Samsung … [Read more...]

Social media, mobile devices help video games grow

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Updated 3/1/2011 10:38:49 AM | Talk about game changers. The popularity of games on Facebook and other social-networking sites coupled with the proliferation of games on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices is powering a mini-explosion in the video game industry. More people are … [Read more...]

Why are more and more SMEs turning to social media channels to market their businesses?

An increasing number of SMEs are now turning to social media platforms in order to market their businesses. The latest report by marketing specialist, Constant Contact, confirms that an increasing number of businesses have now adopted the medium and see it as one of the more useful ways to interact with their customers. However, the study, The Fall … [Read more...]

Targeted local SEO for the holiday season

The clocks have gone back, so you can already guess what’s coming next. Yes, that’s right. Christmas will be here soon, and with it the mad rush to buy things you don’t need for people you probably don’t even care for that much. It beggars belief really why we do such things, but we always do unfailingly. Obviously because many of us are … [Read more...]

Images are crucial to local search success

Local search and local seo are important considerations for all businesses no matter what the size. It’s widely acknowledged that businesses need to establish a strong local marketing strategy, particularly when times are tough: thinking big and targeting the national market is all well and good, but most business success is built on firm local … [Read more...]

Elementary Local SEO guidance

The primary source of internet traffic for the majority of smaller business will be local. Therefore, if these businesses want to thrive it’s important for them to optimise their internet output for the local market: in other words they need to apply some basic local seo principles to their websites to compete with the other local … [Read more...]