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Hello, My name is Sam, and I’m addicted to my phone.  Whew, that was hard to admit. It’s always with me. It sleeps next to my bed. It’s the first thing I touch in the morning, and I’m not ready for bed until I’m finished scrolling for the night. I work on it, I play…

Here’s the thing about the internet—you can have an amazing company with skills no one else has and prices lower than your competitors, but if you don’t show up in a Google search, no one knows who you are. People aren’t using YellowPages anymore and, though word of mouth is still a fantastic reference tool,…

Ah, Instagram—one of my favorite social media channels of all time. The little sister to Facebook, this channel focuses on images and video to share experiences, products and information in a beautiful flowing news feed. But, as a business, just like any other social media channel, we have to think about it in a more…

There’s value in everything you do for your business, but maybe one of the most important things you can do is participate in social media. Not only does this get the word out about who you are and what you do, we as consumers want someone to connect with.  There is a women’s clothing company…

If you’re like me, the number of hours spent on Facebook each day is alarming. Whether it’s for work or personal use, my phone is attached to my hand looking at content. For us constant users, Facebook has been sending notifications about using hashtags to increase reach and adding info about looking at more posts…

As much as it pains me to admit, I am a Millennial. Born at the end of the 80s, I grew up as technology did, and on occasion that makes me a bit of a website design snob. Not that I’m great at making them or anything, but when I go to a website, I…

Sometimes it feels like our phones are another appendage dangling at the end of our hands. Without them, we don’t feel complete. It’s been reported that 29 percent of smartphone users say they can’t live without their phones—which seems like a crazy amount—but I have to include myself in that number. The other day, I…

I’m obsessed with Instagram. Aside from my email, it’s the first thing I check before getting out of bed in the morning. In my eyes, Facebook is for work, Instagram is for fun. As an older Millennial, I use Snapchat as well, but that’s the extent of my social media game outside the office. But…

Having a website for your company isn’t marketing, it’s business. It’s just as important as having a phone number or a product to sell. And I don’t mean a Facebook page that solely holds all your information—I mean a dedicated business website that either completes the sale, provides information about your product or service, or…