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Project Management for The Virtual Team
Project Management for the Virtual Team. Working virtually is a widespread idea that companies use for many reasons: saving money, lowering expenses, flexible schedules, giving staff more freedom and flexibility to follow their passions and be with their families....
Why You Need More than Facebook to Succeed Online
Facebook is an attractive marketing tool for small businesses. But you need more than Facebook to succeed online. The prevailing notion is that it's a free avenue with an unlimited audience and potential. One simply posts items that generate the most interest, trying...
Facebook Fans Can Lead To Great Things
Facebook fans can lead to great things if you know how to reach them. Most Facebook marketing focuses on acquiring fans. Fans represent potential income for companies. With care, fans can become quality leads and new sources of income. Your Facebook page and news feed...
Three Ways to Beat Creative Block
Do you fear your creative blocks? Everyone has been there! It's the dreaded point when the juices aren't flowing, your brain seems to have the consistency of jello, and you're just stuck. We all have different ways of dealing with a creativity block. I've compiled the...
Dedicated to Excellence with Dr. Staton
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Dr. Richard Staton. Richard Staton is a true professional who is clearly dedicated to excellence. It is not everyday that you get to work with someone who lives up to the name professional. Many people are...
How to Succeed with a Dynamic Customer Cycle
- Updated April 2015 - How do you create a dynamic customer cycle? In other words, what is the process and experience that a person will have by working with your company? How will you find them? What problems are you solving? How are you helping them? What value are...
Google Analytics Metrics
Google Analytics is an amazing tool. It allows you to find out how visitors are interacting with your site. We install it on every website that Blue Zoo Creative builds. This tool offers a wealth of information that you can use to improve the number and experience of...
Why ‘above the fold’ isn’t important in web design
'Above the Fold' isn't important? Have I lost my mind? Friends and clients keep asking for design changes because they've heard something about 'above the fold' like: "Isn’t it important to design everything ‘above the fold?’ We’ve heard 80% of the people don’t...
Secure Your WordPress Website
With all the news regarding attacks on WordPress sites, you may be wondering how to secure your website. First, some background on the attacks. In general, the attacks are nothing new and happen all the time. What is new, however, is the scale of these intrusions....
April 2013 Social Media Seminar
Collin Condray, of Blue Zoo Creative, is sharing his ''Fresh, Out-of-the-Box Social Media Ideas for the Small Business Owner." Come learn with Collin at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center on April 23,2013. You know you need to be on social...
Work With Us, So We Can Work For You!
Like any relationship, our projects are a two way process, and we want to make your experience pleasant and easy. By using our project management system, Basecamp, we can give you the best results. "Making collaboration productive and enjoyable for people every...
War Eagle Mill Goes Retro Chic
We are super excited to announce the launch of the new website for War Eagle Mill. And maybe a little tired and grateful mixed in! Sometimes it takes a village to raise a child. This new project was similar, only in fast motion. It required great team work from the...
9 Tips for Effective Communication
- Updated April 2015 - Effective communication can help you succeed. We get busy and may speak or write from haste, lack of clarity, or worse, from reaction to something going on. You get to choose. Your choices will impact whether you succeed or fail. The key is to...
Why To Hire A 22 Year Old For Social Media
I read an article on Inc.com stating that 23 year old may not be mature enough to run your social media. They tend to be focused on discovering who they are and what to do with their life. The article was using this point to show why you should not hire a 23 year old....
Where Do My Website Visitors Come From?
Increasing website traffic is a common goal of most website owners, but to do so, you have to know how visitors get to your site. There are four main sources for website visitors: organic search, paid search, direct, and referral. Organic search and paid search is...