While the social landscape continues to evolve, LinkedIn endures as the premier professional network for businesses. LinkedIn can help you prove credibility, gain visibility, articulate your value, promote events, solidify connections and generate business. It offers value for those who are seeking to grow their knowledge, happily employed, freelancing, job searching, or managing a business. LinkedIn saw…
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If you truly want to grow your business, it's time to face reality. What's the initial impression of visitors when landing on your website? Are they able to accomplish what they came to your site for -- quickly?Is the content user-focused or internal jargon? Do you depend on visitors stumbling onto your site -- or worse,…
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Capturing the long tail In the field of search engine optimization, the long tail refers to optimizing website content for a very specific search phrase, such as insulating light filtering honeycomb shades. The idea behind this practice is that while the pool of interested prospects may be smaller, the conversion rate is substantially higher. And…
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Back to School: Autumn Workshops The crisp mornings and shorter days offer a clear signal that sadly, summer is ebbing and fall will soon be upon us. While the autumn theme of "back to school" resonates for children and parents, the mood is similar for businesses -- back to a more structured schedule including travel,…
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Event Review: Boston User Experience (UXPA) Annual Conference Last week I attended the annual conference for the Boston Chapter of the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA). The conference offers members an opportunity to learn about new techniques, tools and research, as well as a venue to converse with other user experience professionals. The schedule provided…
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