Category Archives: MARKETING

Freelance Web Development: 9 Tips for Better Project Management




The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.
T… Continue reading

Posted in business, Business Lists, Channels, code, contract, design, dev, developement, features, Lists, MARKETING, mashable, programming, Programming and Web Development Lists, project, style, Web 2.0, web development series | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Freelance Web Development: 9 Tips for Better Project Management

15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

In the same way that bar codes don’t have to be boring, quick response codes can also be creative. Thanks to a 30% tolerance in readability, you… Continue reading

More Galleries | Comments Off on 15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

In the same way that bar codes don’t have to be boring, quick response codes can also be creative. Thanks to a 30% tolerance in readability, you… Continue reading

More Galleries | Comments Off on 15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

How Schema.org Will Change Your Search Results & What it Means for Marketers





Algorithms aren’t going away anytime soon now that websites have a better way to directly describe their content to major search engines. Ear… Continue reading

Posted in Bing, business, Channels, contributor, features, google, MARKETING, Schema, schema.org, search, SEM, Web Development, Yahoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on How Schema.org Will Change Your Search Results & What it Means for Marketers

10 Creative Bar Code Designs [PICS]

On this day in 1974, Clyde Dawson made history as the first consumer to buy a product that had been scanned into a till by its Universal Product Code.… Continue reading

More Galleries | Comments Off on 10 Creative Bar Code Designs [PICS]

Chocolate Website Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Browser

If marketing leaves a bad taste in your mouth, take a bite of this: Portuguese brewery Sagres has fashioned a website entirely out of chocolat… Continue reading

Posted in Beer, business, chocolate, MARKETING, Sagres, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Chocolate Website Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Browser

Want To Edit Out All the Ads in Times Square?

Online creation tools company Aviary has teamed up with digital marketing and creative agency The Barbarian Group and journalist Morgan Spurlock… Continue reading

Posted in ads, Aviary, MARKETING, morgan-spurlock, New York | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Want To Edit Out All the Ads in Times Square?

How WWE Conquered the Social Media Arena

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is known for its burly performers, lewd females, outrageous story lines and epic drama, but behind the scenes there’s a serious fight to engage its audience. At WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT, a group of innovative marketers and strategists are working hard to pump out the content that gets its viewers […] Continue reading

Posted in branding, business, facebook, MARKETING, social media, social media marketing, trending, twitter, wwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on How WWE Conquered the Social Media Arena

Facebook Turns Friend Activity Into New Ad Format

Facebook is rolling out Sponsored Stories, a new ad format that turns your friends’ actions into promoted content. Sponsored Stories is “a way for marketers to sponsor activities that happen throughout the News Feed,” Facebook Product Marketing Lead Jim Squires told Mashable. Companies can choose to take certain user actions — such as checkins or […] Continue reading

Posted in advertising, business, Channels, facebook, MARKETING, News, Promoted Tweets, Sponsored Stories, Top Stories, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Facebook Turns Friend Activity Into New Ad Format

Behind the Race to Build a Better Banner Ad

If you’re fed up with online advertising, you’re not alone. A recent survey of 100 advertising agency executives found that their clients are losing patience with digital advertising. When asked why, advertisers noted that such ads don’t work very well. Special ire might be reserved for the banner ad, which, 15 years or so after […] Continue reading

Posted in AdGenesis, AdKeeper, advertising, banner ads, business, features, IAB, MARKETING, online advertising, social media marketing, trending | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Behind the Race to Build a Better Banner Ad