Although it happens less and less, I’m occasionally asked about using Flash on a website. I had an extensive conversation when I spoke at the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference a few weeks ago and then working with our creative director last week, I found the perfect example of why not to use Flash. Although I [...]
April 12, 2012 – 11:15 am
I hope I’m not giving away the farm here, but it’s always good to share your knowledge, right? If you’ve seen me present Websites That Work like at SMPS SRC 2011 (Southern Regional Conference) in Houston, Texas than you probably have this handout. You can also download it from our Resources section if you want [...]
I found this great article about website usability and best practices on econsultancy.com that I wanted to share with you entitled “25 Reasons Why I’ll Leave Your Website in 10 Seconds“. I wanted to elaborate on a few of the 25.
1. Autosound – When I’m surfing the internet at work during my lunch break or [...]
February 11, 2011 – 10:15 am
Our senior design & marketer, Perryn Olson, presented Websites That Work at the SMPS Southern Regional Conference this morning. Perryn covered how to save money using your website, vital navigation for A/E/C websites, and an introduction to using social media.
In case you missed it, download a recap of the presentation.
February 9, 2011 – 4:49 pm
Since we work in the A/E/C industry, we are told all the time, “I’m a sub-contractor, I don’t need a website.” I try not to laugh in their face. I will try to explain why a sub needs a website, but some old dogs will never learn new tricks.
Construction is an industry of relationships. This [...]
August 26, 2010 – 1:27 pm
I recently wrote two blog posts for our parent company, Design the Planet, about Social Media Personalities and Cross Promotions. The topics are more pertinent to Design the Planet’s B-to-C than the A/E/C industry, but I did not want to leave you out.
Here is a brief summary of each post, click the title to read [...]
Simple, but loaded question. How do you get new business? Of better yet, how do you win bids?
If you say, “lowest bidder” then your business is set up for failure. If you win on price you’re getting beat on all other means and eventually (probably soon), you’ll get beat on price. If you can not [...]
March 14, 2010 – 10:45 am
If you’re a techie and enjoyed out repost yesterday. You’ll probably love this post about keeping up with technology on the web. Enjoy!
Our parent company, Design the Planet, has a great blog posted about the importance of updating your web browser, in particular Internet Explorer 6.0. The post goes into detail about the trouble for web developers and the security concerns for users of this 9 year web browser. Click to read the blog post.
Added note since [...]
February 11, 2010 – 11:12 am
I recently read an article in SMPS’s publication Marketer, about the 10 red flags to notice when hiring a web design firm. (You can download a pdf of the entire publication.) I totally agree with most of the red blags, eight of them in fact. I appreciate an article like this because it helps my [...]
