Crowdfunding has given birth to a creative golden age of products that might otherwise have not seen the light of day or otherwise reached their full potential. Whether it’s one of my new favorite video games of all time, truly creative product ideas or The Oatmeal’s artwork brought to life by blowing up kittens, crowdfunding … [Read more…]
What happens when I’m on Twitter and Alex Wilhelm of TechCrunch notes an unsuccessful attempt to turn T’was the Night Before Christmas into a poem about net neutrality? A new Christmas classic is what happens. I took up the offer and this is the result. Enjoy! Tw’as the night before Net Neutrality, the eve … [Read more…]
Disclaimer: Before this turns into a console war, I don’t own an Xbox One or PlayStation 4. My PC and Wii U take up enough free time as is, and there aren’t really any games for me to justify a PS4 or Xbox One right now. If that makes me biased, you can take off now. It’s been a year … [Read more…]
I have bad news for business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs. Not all web designers and developers are created equal. I regrettably spend a lot of time “rescuing” less-tech savvy clients from unscrupulous web companies: Self-proclaimed “developers” charging premium rates while using free site builders like Wix or Weebly, shady web hosts preventing you from canceling … [Read more…]
If you’re a small or even medium sized business, designing your own website is a lot harder when you actually sit down to do it. It’s one thing to look at a competitor’s website and say “Yeah, that looks like an amazing website.” Unless you come from a design or creative background, it suddenly becomes … [Read more…]
Social marketers have been abuzz today about Facebook’s surprising new update. It’s been a turbulent first quarter for marketers as Facebook adjusted its algorithm to decrease overall brand reach, but this latest update will give pages more reach than ever before.
Public relations doesn’t have to be awkward or painful. The Valve Corporation shows us how.