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The Web is No Longer About Presence, It’s About Identity

Business Intelligence, Definitions, Strategic Planning, Tips and Tricks, Web Design, Westward Strategy on October 29th, 2007 3 Comments

We spend a lot of time online, after all it is our job. We’ve seen hundreds if not thousands of business web sites ranging from the mom and pop sandwich shop down the street to established medium sized businesses. It always amazes us the number of companies that simply have a web presence, a mentality [...]

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The Web is No Longer About Presence, It’s About Identity

Business Intelligence, Definitions, Strategic Planning, Tips and Tricks, Web Design, Westward Strategy on October 29th, 2007 3 Comments

We spend a lot of time online, after all it is our job. We’ve seen hundreds if not thousands of business web sites ranging from the mom and pop sandwich shop down the street to established medium sized businesses. It always amazes us the number of companies that simply have a web presence, a mentality [...]

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The Power Behind Word of Mouth Marketing

Search Engine Marketing, Strategic Planning, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, Web Design on October 9th, 2007 No Comments

Word of Mouth Works Worldwide eMarketer OCTOBER 9, 2007 The unbiased opinion is trusted around the globe. There are more marketing channels aimed at consumers than ever. Yet more than three-quarters of consumers surveyed worldwide find that consumer opinions are the most effective form of advertising, according to a Nielsen study. Nielsen surveyed Internet users [...]

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In-house or Outsourcing?

Business Intelligence, Strategic Planning, Tips and Tricks, Web Design, Westward Strategy on September 29th, 2007 No Comments

Does a website created by in house IT or “graphics” people save money or cost money? Using your in-house people to create your corporate website could save a couple thousand dollars. It can also cost you tens of thousands of dollars in lost sales. Many CEOs think that the worst thing about having their website [...]

Tables are Dumb (part II)

Business Intelligence, Uncategorized, Web Design, Westward Strategy on August 31st, 2007 No Comments

So in the first part of my little rant here, I discussed the training, or lack thereof, of designers and developers and how it has ingrained in them the techniquess more often than not used in today’s coding of websites and applications. Today I will cover the argument that they do not have enough time [...]

Tables are Dumb (part I)

Business Intelligence, Tips and Tricks, Web Design on August 28th, 2007 1 Comment

This is a bit of a soapbox rant aimed at other designers and developers, but one the general audience of our readers should enjoy as well. Ok, maybe that’s a little harsh, but tables for layout is stupid. It’s hard to believe four years after that little diddy was published this conversation would still be [...]

10 Questions You Should Ask a Prospective Web Design Company

Business Intelligence, Tips and Tricks, Web Design, Westward Strategy on August 2nd, 2007 4 Comments

As a follow up to yesterday’s article on protecting your website and domain I thought I would provide 10 questions you should ask a prospective web design and development company. Not only will these questions give you a better understanding of who you are interviewing, but they should also raise any red flags early in [...]

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