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repurpose content

Repurpose content to accomplish more by doing less

It takes much less effort to repurpose content in different formats than to create new content. Content creation can be very time consuming. As a smartist, I strive to be efficient and find as many ways as possible to repurpose content I have created, be it for myself or a client. My client IRC Wealth recently held…

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social networking

73% of online adults now use social networking

The Pew Research Center’s Internet Project has just released a new report on social networking site usage and adoption. Read the full report here. While Facebook is still the dominant platform, people of all ages are diversifying onto other platforms. But, contrary to an erroneous viral rumor that spread recently, they are not leaving Facebook….

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targeted landing pages

Targeted Landing Pages

Ok, you built it and they have come.  Now what? You have less than two seconds to interest a visitor and get them to do whatever you want them to do (click for more information, sign up for e-mail notices, purchase a product, etc.).   A landing page is a web page created for the specific…

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large format graphics

Think BIGger – large format graphics

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a really really really gianormous picture worth? Printing technology has evolved to where we can print on pretty much any material, at any size, for any application.  Seriously.  If you can think it, it can likely be done. Reality is such that people do…

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Roll with the Changes

I have been a designer for over 20 years.  During this span, industry technology has changed wildly.  When I graduated from Univ. of MI School of Art & Design, the Mac was somewhere between its infancy and adolecscence.  There was a small computer lab where we shared 5-6 computers with grayscale monitors, 1 scanner and…

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mobile marketing

Mobile marketing — phone and text, broadcasts and surveys

Outbound marketing via phone and text, broadcasts and surveys generates inbound leads Over coffee with Kashi Seghal from Gigabark Broadcast Solutions, I learned about how non-profits, retailers, SMBs, schools, clubs and associations, political orgs and legislators and others are successfully using broadcasted phone (recorded audio messages) and text messaging, to generate donations, survey feedback, inbound…

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