E-commerce spending by consumers has been on the increase for nearly two decades as consumers embrace the convenience, cost, and variety available from a home computer, laptop, or mobile device. In 2020, consumers spent more than $861 billion on purchases from online merchants. E-commerce now represents 21.3% of all retail sales. During a year when...Read More

Image Credit: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com In the beginning, it promised a new era of opportunity to advance the cause of free enterprise; a new pathway that promised a level field of competition where industries would compete for customers regardless of size, and where small, more disadvantaged marketers could meet larger, better-capitalized players on more even...Read More

Image Credit: Smile-Sky / Shutterstock.com Nothing is forever; with time all things wear out, need repaired, modified, updated or just plain scrapped. Few of us would expect our vehicle to run day after day without needing an occasional tune-up, service, detailing or eventually replaced with a newer model. However, many small to mid-sized companies fail...Read More

Image credit: VGstockstudio/Shutterstock.com It’s one of those announcements that can easily be missed if you don’t have a better than average understanding of the technical aspects of how your website works. In the dynamic world of digital marketing, rapid changes to how customers receive and respond to marketers’ messages come and go on a seemingly...Read More

Image credit: mtkang / Shutterstock.com In the beginning, that time when the internet was this shiny new thing whose intention was often misunderstood and which was capable of disrupting accepted norms in conducting business and social interactions, website design focused mostly on the technology and all the gee-whiz things a talented techy could command new...Read More

Launched in 2010, Instagram continues to grow at a remarkable pace. Just a little more than 7 years of age, the visual social media platform has surpassed 800 million monthly users and is not only attracting individual social conversations but is proving its worthiness to marketers looking to grow their brand’s awareness and showcase its...Read More

With the media reporting only the most impactful breaches of internet security, it would be tempting to believe that the once prevalent and public attacks on small to mid-sized companies’ websites was diminishing in scope and frequency. While many companies have learned a great deal about securing their digital connection to the world, the threat...Read More

  Are you feeling a little blue? Or perhaps you are feeling you’re in the pink? Color is frequently associated with our moods and how we feel about a topic of discussion or to elaborate on the day’s experiences. While many of these associations can be explained through personal preference, learned behavior or a result...Read More

  The ability to reach out and connect to a seemingly infinite number of potential new consumers through a multitude of social media outlets has many businesses focusing attention and media spend on attracting new customers. Today’s digital environment offers significant benefits in time, cost and effectiveness over traditional advertising approaches, providing minute segmentation and...Read More

Image Credit: phive/Shutterstock.com The word is out. Not fully or easily understood yet by the average internet user or even by the more experienced of users, “Blockchain” is promising to be as impactful on those disciplines that veraciously do business on the internet as the original world wide web was on them just a few...Read More