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Darwin & Social Media

We’ve all seen the Facebook statuses: “Ugh, so totally hating the Facebook updates!!! Mark Zuckerberg is ruining my life!!!” Some of you may be hanging your head in chagrin at this very moment as you realize you’re guilty of such a post. Take a deep breath, slowly back away from the exclamation-point key, and we’ll

Small business employee motivation

As an entrepreneur or manager, I’m sure you’ll agree that motivating employees is one of the toughest parts of your job. You’ve got passion, you’ve got ambition or you wouldn’t be where you are today. But how do you get others to see things your way? Like so many things in life there’s no silver

Getting good testimonials for your online marketing efforts

I stumbled on a testimonial last week for a much loved product that was so effusive in it’s praise it was unnerving. It read: “**this application** is by far the best invoicing and billing application available. Our company would collapse in short order if not for their outstanding service!“ Your company would collapse in short

How to tell if your website is working

The first step in any marketing campaign is to define what success looks like and begin measuring it. Here are a few of the common metrics you may want to use in measuring your website’s effectiveness: Traffic Plain and simple, how many visitors are coming to your site on a daily, weekly and monthly basis?

Why Designers need Developers, and vice-versa

I read a biographical interview today on a popular design blog with a Senior User Experience Designer at Google. Google is a pretty big deal, as you know. They reported over $10B in profit last year. The people that work there know what they are doing. So this very well paid, very highly skilled designer

5 questions to ask when hiring a web designer

Learn 5 important questions to ask when hiring a web designer that will help you separate the wheat from the chaff.

Small business data backup made simple

Learn about the 3 types of data failure and what you can do to protect against them. If you’re currently losing ANY sleep at all about your backup system, this post is for you!

Tucson Internet Marketing

Are you Looking for More Sales for Your Tucson Business? Making your website standout from everyone else is key to generating more revenue and receiving better qualified leads. One of the biggest problems for small to mid-sized business is developing a presence on the web. With millions of other sites, it can be easy to

A Loss at How to Win?

Nobody likes to lose. We all want to win. It is built into our system. Everyone wants to be the biggest, the best, the smartest, the prettiest, the “everything-est.” With that in mind, it’s hard to accept sometimes, especially for people of a ferociously competitive nature, that losing can actually sometimes be a good thing.

Web Design Gilbert AZ

Looking for a local web designer or web developer in Gilbert, Arizona? The other day I was curious who was out there, so I did a little bit of Googling. Skyhook Internet Marketing is on the front page.