Austin Web Design Category

The Ugly Truth About Marketing

by Ally Hugg
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

As much as we would like to think that we are special and that everything revolves around us and our company, the truth of the matter is – it doesn’t. Many people feel bombarded with marketing that all sounds the same “we’re great, shop here!” and “our special product is the best – buy it!” […]

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Descriptive Email Subjects

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, August 30th, 2010

As you write your next email message to a client, coworker, or connection, think about how you can make that person’s workday more efficient by having a clear descriptive subject line. Many people receive an overwhelming amount of emails, including those unfortunate spam messages. They often rely on the from address as well as the […]

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Domain Purchase Tricks

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Did you recently get an email about a “dispute” for your “trademarked domain” in another top-level domain? I have seen a lot of these types of notices received by our customers, boldly urging the owner of a .com domain about the “pending purchase” of a similar domain with another country’s extension – such as “mycompanyname.cn” [&hell

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Blog Inspirations: Do An Interview

by Ally Hugg
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

With Blog Inspirations, we help you find topics to maintain your business blog. Incorporating an interview into your blog post is a great way to create a unique, entertaining, and informative article. It is ok if you are at a loss for words – just get somebody else to do the talking! Are you planning […]

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This Summer, Visit Your Website

by Ally Hugg
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

It is officially summertime: A time to relax, a time to renew, and most importantly – a time to market your business. For many small businesses, summertime translates to a slow business season. So, why not take this extra time to plan ahead? As much as we might like summer to last forever, we all […]

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Blog Inspirations: Write About An Event

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

With Blog Inspirations, we help you find topics to maintain your business blog. What industry-related conference did you recently attend?  Write a short commentary on one of the presentations. What local charity did your company recently sponsor?  Write about your involvement at their fundraiser. Where did you recently notice some of your products?  W

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Transparent Little Dropdown Menu

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

So you have some dropdown menus on your website, but you would like to make them a little fancier.  With just a little effort in your stylesheet, you can add a nice transparency effect to the background of the dropdown list. The CSS is usually applied to the style id created for the drop-down div. […]

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Minimizing JavaScript

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Sometimes a little bit of JavaScript is necessary to control certain features in a website, such as a simple slideshow element on a page, which was a better choice over the heavy Flash animation.  But as organic SEO becomes more prominent, we must learn to minimize the presence of javascript among our web page code, […]

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