Don’t Give up On LinkedIn Advertising
Another chapter in the great LinkedIn vs. Google Adwords debate
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Chicago Music Exchange Roadies
While recently doing some work for our friends over at the Chicago Music Exchange, they recently updated their Team page…
Viewing Page Source on an iOS Device
If you’re ever in need to view the source for a page on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad), here’s a bookmarklet you can use…
Invoking a Sale
In her column, Tough Customer, Anne Kadet of SmartMoney outlines some of the techniques employed by charities to drum up sales albeit by playing on your emotions. Many of these tactics could (and should) be tested by the rest of us as well:
6 ideas for microcontent for Facebook or Twitter
Chances are you’re already experimenting with social media. Odds are you may not have a blog or skipped over starting one. Finally, some of you may have already tried the social media thing and have abandoned profiles.
It’s hard coming up with blog posts, so you probably figured, hey I can put up some witty comments every day, that shouldn’t be too hard. Sometimes it isn’t, but getting people engaged should also be a goal too (not just clicking on links in your posts, but commenting, liking, etc.)
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Eric (and cre8) is the first person I would recommend to anyone seeking assistance with ANY facet of modern business marketing, be it web site design, marketing brochures, magazine ads, on-line banners, you name it. His team is extremely well rounded, talented and easy to get along with. Two very big thumbs up from CNX!”
— Rob Swanson, CNX Corp
[cre8] performed various services; Java Scripting, HTML code build-out, style sheet maintenance and creation, content creation and editing, and, provided direction and troubleshooting advice throughout. The work they performed was top-notch, and was achieved extremely expeditiously at very competitive prices. I would highly recommend Eric Gockel and Cre8 for this type of work, and, I will definitely be looking for their support in future CBOE web-based projects.”
— Doug Luzzi, CBOE: Redesign Integration
Eric (and cre8) can help strategize and execute on pretty much any need a business may have from core web design and html build out, to email marketing setup and execution, to analytics integration, to building efficient eCommerce enrollment flows. But it doesn't stop there, Eric has tons of experience with high performing web sites - so his true value is in sharing his experience and asking the relevant questions. Eric's first question will be "what are your goals", "what do you need to accomplish through either a specific action or conversion". Eric learned my business and has executed with high-quality, efficiency -- all in a cost effective manner. I wouldn't hesitate to use his and cre8's services at any time.”
— Kurt Baldassari, BlueStar Energy Solutions