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New Music Tuesday: Err…At Least New To Me
I spend a lot of time at work with the headphones on. Always have. In the ‘90s I was the music editor at an entertainment monthly in Ann Arbor and was the managing editor of a national trade journal for the radio and record industry when I lived in San Francisco. I’ve written music reviews…
The Oneupweb Mobile Response Team Tackles Yahoo Gemini
You are less than a week away from Mobilegeddon (or Mopacalypse, or whatever other end-of-days moniker you’d like to attach to April 21, the day Google begins using a website’s mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal for mobile searches). Hopefully, your site is in order and accessible across devices. We’re going to assume so and take…
How to Stand out in the Crowd of Article Pushers
As part of the internal marketing team here at Oneupweb, I spend some time trying to get the attention of journalists. If you’ve ever worked in PR, you’ll know that that isn’t always as easy as it sounds. That half hour you just spend perfecting an email? It’s getting scanned for something newsworthy, for surprising…
New Music Tuesday – Greensky, The Devil & Gunfighter Ballads
New Music Tuesday needs more broken strings! Below is a short playlist of bands that I think you should be listening to right now. I picked one song for each band, although I highly recommend checking out the entire album. And since music is best enjoyed live, I linked to local band info and tour…
New Music Tuesday – Bro-Country – Wait, What? Really?
“I have a confession to make: I’ve been listening to a ton of country music lately –bro-country at that,” said Shawn Finn. What is bro-country you ask? It’s a sub-genre of country that incorporates rock, pop and rap. Music critic Jody Rosen was the first to coin the term in an article he wrote not…
April 21 is Mobilegeddon—Get on Board with Oneupweb’s Mobile Response Team
This is the situation. The situation is this: Come April 21, 2015, websites that are not mobile-friendly will see a significant drop in mobile traffic as Google will begin to use mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal for searches made using mobile phones. If you’re not sure if your site is mobile-friendly, visit Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test…
The Golden Question: Should I Handle Digital Marketing In-House or Hire an Agency?
Your company has reached a critical juncture, you’re either: 1) Growing beyond your ability to keep up 2) Stagnating 3) Or gasp… shrinking … In other words…you need help. Your sales team needs more leads in the pipeline and they need to either close that business fast, or access an automated system for long-term cultivation. It’s time…
New Music Tuesday – German Style
This week’s New Music Tuesday is coming from all the way from Germany. Seriously. Cro, a German rapper/singer is a mixture between pop and rap – what the lead singer considers “Raop.” I was introduced to his music by one of my best friends about a year ago. She was running one day and this…
Music Tuesdays! Exciting!
All right y’all, here’s a mix and match of some of my favorite songs right now. I can never pick a specific sound or theme and stick to it. It’s literally impossible. So here it is, my (Totally Subject to Change at Any Given Moment) List of Five Favorite Songs (Today). (And since rules are…
New Music Tuesday! My Top 10 in 2015
For this installment of “New Music Tuesday” I thought I’d introduce you to ten new albums I’ve been listening to in 2015. There’s a little something for everyone, so take a few minutes to sample until you find something you like. And if you have any music suggestions, please leave them in the comments! I…
Thinking Clearly 101: Avoid Information Bias
Avoid the delusion that more information will always lead to better decision making. One of the ways we bring value to clients is by offering a monthly report detailing information crucial to project success. Sure, it’s not uncommon for a digital agency to create a report, but we take ours seriously. They’re battle plans. They’re…
Whitespace or Dead Space: Beware the Horror Vacui of Web Design
Snakes, tarantulas, small enclosed spaces, the tallest heights, the blackest nights and whitespace. Some fears are so great that they have plagued mankind for centuries. Whitespace may seem like an odd addition to this list, but I have seen many savvy business men/women fall prey to the horror vacui—the fear of empty space. Don’t fear…
