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Workology 3.0 – An Adworkshop Jig Super-User Perspective

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Kari Hoffman, Operations Manager As a digital marketing agency, many of our blog posts are focused on well… marketing! What a concept, right? Last week, while my colleagues were deep in creative and strategic thought in Lake Placid, I was deep in the trenches of Workamajig’s Workology 3.0 conference in Chandler, Arizona.read more

Find Your Channel – Build Your Following

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Emily McGuire, PR, Content & Social Supervisor The digital domain is a complex and cluttered space. New media platforms proliferate and the channels for reaching a desired audience are seemingly endless. However, before you establish a presence on every possible channel, understand that an expansive digital footprint is not always beneficial to your bottom line.read [...]

The Power of Technology – and a Morning at Adworkshop Without It

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Anne Rast, Senior Art Director / Creative Advisor (Written last week during a power outage)read more

Custom Conditional Actions in Drupal 6

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Chris Panza, Programmer Conditional Actions is a default component of the Ubercart core in Drupal 6. The actions created by this component are used in varied ways: email notifications on completed checkout, user role assignments, order status updates, and shipping total calculations.read more

Mandatory Timeline for Facebook Brand Pages – What To Do Next

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Rebecca Steffan, Senior PR Manager/Content Developer In December, we eagerly tested Facebook’s latest innovation for our personal profiles: Timeline. Initially just for our personal profiles, it seemed like a few crafty page pirates found a way to adapt their business pages to Timeline before the social media giant actually gave them this option in February.read [...]

"Mobilize" Your Marketing Strategy With Mobile Landing Pages

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Kelly Frady, Account Supervisor I recently read that in 2014 mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage. This is happening because basically it’s easier to grab your smartphone than find a computer. Face it – don’t you panic a little bit when you’re out and about and discover you don’t have your phone with [...]

DrupalCon Denver 2012 – The Tangible Community

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Ben Hamelin, Senior Interactive Developer On Monday I arrived at DrupalCon Denver, the first of the biannual conferences for the Drupal community, held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Since then, the same message has resounded throughout. Drupal is not just an open source content management platform, it is a community of developers, coders [...]

User Centered Design (UCD)

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Geoffrey Sanford, Senior Interactive Designer & UX Strategist More than a philosophy but an in-depth process defined by new generation websites that are fast becoming the model for efficient web deliverables. Adaptive and Responsive sites have pushed the clear focus onto the content of the website.read more

Will Google Soon Know You Better Than Your Best Friend?

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Darcy Norfolk, President With each update, the Google search algorithm becomes a little more sophisticated—and as of last month, a little more personal. Google has announced that it will be incorporating even more personal data into its search results based on a user’s previous actions, search queries and online behavior. As a marketer this is [...]

The Social Media Jungle – Are You King?

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Emily McGuire, Account Executive With the growing number of social media platforms popping up it is not surprising that businesses are scratching their heads and are frazzled by the daunting task of engaging and utilizing these platforms for their business.read more

Building a Brand Takes Courage – An Account Executive Perspective

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Jim Duhaime, Account Executive Building a brand takes thought and planning. The process involves many aspects, some of which include brand reputation, brand trust and brand promise. Your identity as a brand hinges upon solidifying these concepts into one cohesive initiative—and then consistently communicating that unified message at every touch point.read more

Part II: How We Achieve Responsive Websites for Legacy Browsers

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Andrew Carolla, Digital/UX/Interactive Designer Earlier this week, we posted part I of “Responsive, Adaptive, Fluid…” an exploration into “what is responsive web design?” Now in part II, we’re diving a little deeper into how to achieve responsive websites for older browsers, and why responsive web read more

Responsive, Adaptive, Fluid, (Your Adjective Here) Web Design…What Does It Really Mean?

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Andrew Carolla, Digital/UX/Interactive Designer Recently, Adworkshop’s Senior Digital/UX/Interactive Designer Geoff Sanford and I had the opportunity to attend An Event Apart in Washington, D.C. At the conference we heard several leading experts in the field of web design discuss the exciting features of the new HTML5 and CSS3 specifications.read more

Direct Mail For Your 2012 Marketing Plan

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Apryl Dervay, Account Executive As 2011 comes to a close and marketing plans are finalized for 2012, there is a lot to consider for the future. However, while drafting your marketing plan, don’t forget about an important print creative piece that is simple and effective –and often overlooked: direct mail marketing.read more

Giving the Gift of Nature – Season’s Greetings from Adworkshop

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Darcy Norfolk, General Manager As an employee of Adworkshop in Lake Placid and a resident of the Adirondack Park, I am surrounded by extraordinary nature. Our marketing agency is fortunate to be able to represent the very place(s) we breathe.This time of year we like to say thanks and this year we are giving the [...]

Managing your Online Reputation, Apple’s Siri, and Consumer Reviews- Part II

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Kate Monohan, Publicist & Editorial Content Coordinator As a follow up to Part I of a recent post on Apple’s Siri and the importance of reputation management, I want to share the various ways you can leverage consumer reviews to help your business—and tell you why you should be worried if you’re not taking advantage [...]

Apple’s Siri Reinforces Importance of Reputation Management

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Kate Monohan, Publicist & Editorial Content Coordinator The release of the iPhone 4S with new voice-search technology called “Siri” caused a stir among the search marketing world. But, what are the implications for business owners?read more

Media Choices and the Mix

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Doug Tulin, Media Manager With the ever evolving choices in today’s media world, it takes constant vigilance and a tremendous amount of research to even attempt to stay current with all of the new trends and options.read more

Search Audits – The First Step to Gaining the Right Web Traffic

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Jessica Kleppang, Search Engine Marketing Specialist The Value of a Search Audit Why can’t I find my website on Google or Bing? How can people find my website? What is my website missing? These are questions that someone managing a website may ask at one time or another. As is common in life, there is [...]

National Employee Ownership Month – An Employee-Owner Perspective

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Rebecca Steffan, PR Manager/Content Developer October marks National Employee Ownership Month for thousands of ESOPs and employee-owned companies across the United States. Here at Adworkshop and Inphorm, we are mid-way through a month of festivities, ESOP awareness and community outreach.read more