A couple weeks ago, Pax Dickinson got fired from Business Insider very quickly for some very sexist and racist remarks on his Twitter feed. For those of you not coming to this blog for vulgarities, I'll include this tame one as an example: In related but unrelated...
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A Few Reasons That Didn’t Work
You know that thing you did... the one that didn't work? No, I don't know about it exactly. I just know I have a few things I've done that didn't work and assumed you had at least one too. So why didn't your last commercial/coupon/event/blog post/insert-thing-here...
Why I Worked At Your Wedding Before Planning My Own
I got a bunch of concerned emails when I posted on Facebook that I helped cater a wedding this summer. People thought I was hard up for money. Not that. At all. There are a few reasons I've done a few stints with Bar Harbor Catering Company: 1) I met Mandy the owner a...
New Site Launch: Abbe Museum
The Abbe Museum contacted us about a year after their new website had been designed. They realized their website also needed a mobile counterpart in an increasingly online and on the go culture. They were thrilled of the work of their web designer but the firm didn't...
What’s Your Blogging Motivation?
When I saw the Ramit Sethi quote below, I laughed very hard and very alone in my office for about five minutes: For 99% of people, starting a blog is a terrible way to make money. You might as well take your money, shred it, spend a year sewing it back together by...
Goodbye Zion
Some of you who know me know I have a cat. Well had a cat. Really he was Derrick's cat but when we blended our families (him and his cat, me and my dog), we were all a unit. Zion had what most cats wouldn't really like: his own dog. They loved each other, often...
Set Up Your Intern For Success: A Cautionary Tale
I will say that interns are a great resource. We've had some here and for the most part, it has gone well. The backstory as to why I'm writing this now? I spent a total of two days of billable hours fixing the work of a Client X's intern from this summer. This wasn't...
Is Someone Copying Your Blog?
As a blogger, I've long had my eye on content scrapers, which are people who steal content from your website and, with little or no changes, put it on theirs. Search engines love blogs so in an effort to get fresh website content that people are looking for, content...
Marketing Monday: Neighborhood House
The Neighborhood House is a local non-profit in our area. Like many non-profits serving a small community (in this case, Northeast Harbor), they have a variety of roles. Everything from a regular after school program to special events for the public (chili cookoff...