MOO Cards – A Great Marketing Tool

business,design,marketing,resources — by Shannon on January 31, 2012

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Most people know the value in having good business cards – it’s often the first impression people have of your business when you meet them in person. Picture this, you’ve met someone in person, and told them all about your great business and how you offer premium services and quality products. Then you hand them a less-than-amazing business card on thin paper. The picture you’ve painted doesn’t match the card you’re handing out to represent your company, so the pitch you’ve just made falls short. The fix for this scenario is pretty easy, make sure your cards match the kind of business you want to present.

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5 Great Plugins to Expand the Usability and Functionality of Your WordPress Site

resources,web design — by Shannon on January 25, 2012

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We’ve setup quite a few WordPress websites at Snoack Studios and have used many different plugins. Plugins help extend the capability of WordPress and make things easier for you to maintain your site. While WordPress used to be just a blogging platform, it’s now capable of controlling a whole website and with the use of plugins, it’s easier than ever for our clients to edit their text, add images to sliders, and complete even more complicated functions all on their own. Our list of favorite plugins is long, but we’ve narrowed it down to our top 5 favorites that are invaluable on many of our projects. Here are our top picks.

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Wednesday Call Solutions

blogging,business,education,marketing,resources,social media — by Shannon on August 31, 2011

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Wednesday Call Solutions is a webinar group, run by Pamela Bir and I, for business owners and professionals that are looking to learn more about social media, blogging, productivity, Microsoft Office, and more. The group holds two webinars per month on different topics that are relevant in today’s business world.

The second Wednesday of the month covers a social media related topic and the fourth Wednesday of the month covers a more general business topic, including things like Microsoft Office training, photo editing skills, and productivity techniques.

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WordPress Tips For Beginners

blogging,education,resources,web design — by Shannon on July 15, 2011

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We like using WordPress as our primary content management tool for allowing our clients to gain easy access to their site’s content. We use it because it’s user-friendly, flexible, customizable and scaleable for different projects, and you don’t have to know html and css to use it. Although it’s great for all these reasons, and the perfect choice for many users, it can be a little daunting if you haven’t used it before. So today, we’d love to offer some of our best tips and tricks for new WordPress users that should help ease the transition into using this tool regularly. With a little practice you should be up and going in no time.

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Grow Your List With List Eruption

marketing,resources — by Shannon on May 3, 2011

listeruption List Eruption launches today! It’s a great new tool for anyone that wants to grow their email list and needs an easy to implement plugin to do just that.

List Eruption is created by Mark Thompson of Search Creatively, an internet marketing company. Mark also runs StayOnSearch, a great internet marketing and social media blog that provides lots of helpful information and resources.

Check out more information about List Eruption here.

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Survd – Survey Management Software

resources — by Shannon on March 11, 2011

survd Does your company use a lot of surveys? Well if you’ve been looking for an easy and economical way to create and send out surveys, then we have the product for you.

Survd allows you to install the software on your site locally so you have complete control over it. They also only charge a one-time fee, making it a much cheaper solution than the monthly plans from most survey software providers. It’s also simple and easy to use, making it a great option if you’re in the market for a new survey solution.

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