The Value of Social Media for your Brand “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” – Gary Vaynerchuck Social media offers a great way to show off your expertise, your brand’s unique personality, a glimpse of who you are, your staff’s story and your personal entrepreneurial journey. There are various tricks…
In this day and age, with data breaches, malware attacks such as ransomware, and virus outbreaks, our digital data is a precious commodity that needs layers of protection. In the last year, I’ve seen more of my clients’ websites getting hacked than I have in all the 15+ years previous. In fact recent stats verify this…
What is the General Data Protection Regulation? On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. The GDPR is a European Union initiative designed to give consumers greater control and transparency when it comes to the personal data companies are collecting and storing. The law protects individuals in the 28 member countries of the European Union, even if…
Why Brand Websites are still Relevant While I do think social media is still a primary way to capture a select demographic of your target audience, it’s still important to have an engaging and dynamic website as the foundation of your brand’s story.
Content is … STILL King I’ve been preaching the value of good content for years now, and although the technology, search engines and social media platforms are changing faster than we can often keep up with … one thing hasn’t changed: Content is still King. Here are some recent statistics to verify that:
In recent networking events, I’ve encountered some rather aggressive and underhanded marketing strategies. When marketing your brand, many business owners or marketing managers may be desperate to make the deal, to overshadow their competitors and to drive new leads to conversion. Unfortunately, in their attempt for the quick hit, they are forgetting how the long-term…
The past year, with social media making the news in the political realm, as well as fake new stories, social bullying, live criminal activity, and other viral negative posts, it was time to make a change in the social media world. Many social media users have complained about the over-commercialization and politicizing of their newsfeeds,…
I’ve had a few clients recently undergo attacks to their identity which included their website, their merchant account, and their emails. With various recent data breaches (Equifax, Yahoo, Target, Uber & more), there is a very good possibility much of our information is already floating out there somewhere in the ‘dark web’, but not all…
2017 a Year in Review For the last four years, it’s been a tradition of Startup Production to look back at the end of the year to see what was accomplished, take stock of what’s working, what’s profitable and which services provide the greatest return for our brand and our clients. As the Holiday season…
First what is HTTPS? HTTPS, or “secure http”, was developed to allow authorization and secured transactions. Exchanging confidential information needs to be secured in order to prevent unauthorized access, and https makes this happen. The ‘S’ at the end of HTTPS stands for ‘Secure’. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. When an SSL certificate is used,…
Each day my clients are bombarded with emails from companies saying their website needs to be redone, that they can help them climb the SERPs (search engine results page), or there are a host of errors on their website that only they can solve.
I was recently invited to speak to a group of local realtors about how they can use Social Media to promote their business. The basics of social media remain the same regardless of the industry but since the real estate market has a unique audience, there are some specific tips to promote their brand, increase…