From the Coffee Shop

Instagram. For some, the thought of logging on is overwhelming. Take my mother-in-law for instance.   She has the app on her iPhone, but has no idea how to use it or what it’s for.  At the same time, every picture I share to Facebook from MY Instagram account – she loves!  So why doesn’t she [...]

We’re so proud to announce the launch of one of our most recent collaborations, Gabardi.com. Lisa Gabardi, Ph.D is an Oregon-based psychologist who came to us upon referral from one of our wonderful clients, and it was an absolute pleasure to go on the journey from concept to completion with her. Dr. Gabardi was interested [...]

Recently, my lovely wife Melissa was hard at work writing an article about a charitable local business person. She smashed away at her keys with passion and intent. I could hear her making progress as I prepared dinner, occasionally asking how she was doing. “Great!”, she said, as she continued typing for what felt like [...]

Welcome to our latest Guest Post! We are fortunate to have excellent guest posters who know their biz to share information and resources with us. This week, Chris Sheehy from Sidewalk Branding Company gives us helpful SEO information that just might make you thirsty. By Chris Sheehy | Search Marketing Integration Specialist After tasting a single malt whiskey from Rhode [...]

We live in an age where we have the technology to make life easier by providing us with the ability to create digital copies of documents, photos, music, and video in densely packed files that can hold volumes. For small business owners with a digital business, the fact that we have the ability to be [...]

I’m a big fan of RSS Readers.  I’ve been using Newsrack for about a year and a half now, and it suits me well.  But what about those articles that you come across during the day that you just don’t have time to read?  Maybe someone posted something on Facebook or Twitter that caught your [...]

Ever wish you could Tweet more than 140 characters?  Ever dream about having a creatively-curated page of your most Tweeted topics? Meet Twylah.   Twylah,used by celebrities like Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, Guy Kawasaki, and Bon Jovi, offers some pretty cool features: Customize your Twylah page.  Your page is automatically created using your [...]

In the land of social sharing, our lives have become a collection of status updates, wall posts, private messages, tweets, check-ins, filtered pictures, videos, and news-feeds. I’m willing to bet that right now you have at least 3 different social-sharing apps on your smartphone. Apps like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tumblr have [...]

Have you visited a blog recently where they have an option to “Tweet” a quote from the post? Cool, right? Here’s how they do it. 1. Choose a link shortening service like Pretty Link Lite or Bitly to shorten the link to your blog post. This will help keep the characters under 140. You want [...]

I finally updated my About.Me page! About.Me is a great way to create a one-page story of who you are. It’s easy to get creative, too. There are many font and color choices for your name, headline, and bio. Use an Instagram photo as your background – or as I have done, a big ol’ [...]