On Thursday, July 30 I'll be giving a presentation to the Atlanta Web Design Group about "Marketing by Design." I'll talk about how to: Remove Distractions Optimize Your Navigation Effectively Place Calls to Action Omit Needless Words Focus Your Audience I'll also cover 5 more points that will help you get most out of your [...]
I will be speaking to the Internet Professional's Society of Alabama on Thursday, July 9. I will be talking about online marketing with an overview of some of the content in my book Online Marketing Inside Out, as well as an overview of online marketing industry trends and some Q&A at the end. The presentation [...]
Authorize.net, along with several other major online companies, was down for up to 15 hours after a fire at the Fisher Plaza, a “world class” datacenter in Seattle, Washington Thursday. Sometime around 11PM on July 2 an electrical short in a parking garage beneath Seattle’s Fisher Plaza caused a small fire that set off fire [...]
Authorize.net, one of the largest payment gateways in the world, was down for 15 hours after a fire at Fisher Plaza, the Seattle, WA based datacenter where they were hosted. I was at Starbucks working on an email newsletter with an Independence Day promotion for 2BigFeet.com, and was just about to send it to our [...]
Yesterday I was in Mobile, AL speaking at the monthly Mobile Bay AAF chapter meeting about Social Media. Specifically, I was talking about using Social Media, namely Facebook and Twitter, for businesses. I was expecting a crowd of about 35-40 people, typical of most monthly Ad Fed meetings. We had a great turnout, and approximately [...]