Author Archives: David McKillen Asheville NC Office

The pro-using-a-Facebook-Page-instead argument: The nice thing about Facebook is that the “social” part is integrated already into it’s system. Afterall the very reason we post content online is to get others to consume it. We have direct access to about 1 … Continue reading

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It’s an age old debate at this point and folks have differing opinions depending on their situation. Web developers might be inclined to immediately defend their continued employment backing the need for websites; architects of the growing social media community might … Continue reading

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So at this point you have just about pulled all your hair out and are kind of getting a little nervous that the client is going to have problems with their site not being able to handle heavy server loads … Continue reading

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Have an eCommerce site and are active on Facebook too? Why not combine the two? It’s fairly common knowledge that the best internet marketing strategies are primarily an extension of ourselves. That’s to say if you are great at writing … Continue reading

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The beauty of the Internet is that not only does it provide a seemingly infinite fountain of knowledge, but it also provides and ever increasing number of way of digesting this information. Wikipedia is an extraordinarily useful tool for finding … Continue reading

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At WebStrategies we tend to design websites with a 1024px resolution with an infinite background. Why? – because we want to try and ensure the lowest common denominator of users are able to view the site at the smallest resolution which happens to be 1024px for our sites. I thought it might be time to review these stats with the new year only a few days away. I decided to examine our Google Analytics account and discovered something interesting – its seems we might not be out of the 1024px woods just yet. Continue reading

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The benefits blog casting are two-fold. Not only can I reach many of my friends and associates on social sites I use outside of blogging, but there are also some positive SEO ramifications. Carefully worded and content rich blog posts (with useful linking and video content too perhaps) automatically become back-linked to my blog and (if incorporated) my website. Continue reading

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What IS a Mobile website A mobile website is a website specifically designed for mobile phones. The width and general graphical dimensions are optimized so that they fit perfectly on a small screens. A mobile website has 3 important features: … Continue reading

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It is the dawn of the mobile age. Your competitor has created a nifty new website that is actually viewable on his phone (and depressingly just as well on your phone and EVERYONE elses). You decided it’s time to make … Continue reading

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I think I’ll go crazy if I have to manage one more social media tool Unfortunately the world we live in (at least the business world) requires us to be accessible via multiple devices, protocol, messengers and time machines. (OK … Continue reading

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