I'm just going to say it: I think people get way too caught up on perfection and don't just start things. How many people do you know who are waiting on redoing their logo, designing a website, reprinting their business cards, whatever before they start blogging? I...
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Website Launch: Tucker Mountain Log Homes
Tucker Mountain Log Homes was a fun build for us. From the moment we first spoke with Judy, it was clear that everyone on the Tucker Mountain crew is dedicated to the business and delivering a quality product that their customers will love. We even got to sit down...
50 Ways To Know Your Server
Ok so not exactly 50 but I’m hoping some of you comment with your lines and reasons and I can rewrite this post with 50 someday. I just had to invoke that song which I LOVED as a kid! (Back in the day, we had to listen to whatever our parents were listening to in the...
Tech Thursday: Running an Instagram Contest
This week, we thought it'd be fun to chat a bit about Instagram contests! These are great ways to increase your exposure as a business and letting people connect. There are a few different types of contests you can set up: 1) Challenges (either "one and done" or...
Crystal: Creepy Or Helpful?
I listen to a few podcasts related to technology, one of them being "Note To Self" (formerly called New Tech City). The last episode I listened to, it talked about a service called Crystal Knows. When you go to email someone, Crystal analyzes things they have written...
PimplePopper, Stretchmarks, NoMakeup- Normalizing The Human Body
At first, I think some of us were worried the internet was going to give us all unrealistic body expectations. Photoshopping, #thinspiration, and just the amount of images there are have done some of that. Listening to a WNYC program about what the internet/social...
Money for Nothing and Apps for (Almost) Free
The ability to send someone money online has been around for a few years now, but there are still interesting innovations being made on a regular basis. There's crowdfunding apps that we've discussed before (GoFundMe and Kickstarter, for example), but even these are...
Tech Thursday: The Art of the After-Party (How to Follow Up Post-Event)
As a business or individual, you may find yourself throwing an event. A lot of energy gets put into the preparation and actually hosting the event, so by the time it's over, most of us don't want to do anymore work. But, to take your event from "good" to "great,"...
Tinder: A Case Study
Note: this post is purely for fun, and all social observations are based on a very small sample of the population. Actually, just 2 people. A couple months ago, I was visiting my family in the midcoast Maine area and went out to lunch with my cousin JD and one of his...