Katie Donates to Feed My Starving Children Katie Schmidt is a graphic designer at Vivid Image, and she selected Feed My Starving Children as the recipient of her $250 donation in April. Each year, hunger causes nearly half of deaths in children under 5 years old, and FMSC believes hope starts with food. Katie shares, “throughout the past couple of years I have been able to volunteer Continue Reading
Good Online Listings are Life Changing
No more questioning if online listings are important for your business’ success. Your clients are looking for companies just like yours, and they will pick a company whose information is easy and quick to find. Listings on Apple Maps, Google, car GPS, and home devices like Alexa and Siri are a crucial part of this. Still not completely convinced to get your online listings set up? Here are 5 Continue Reading
How to Handle Fake or Spam Reviews
Has your business been working diligently to keep reviews top-of-mind only to find that you have been hit with a spam review on Google or Facebook? This can be frustrating when you are working hard to build a strong online reputation for your company. Here's what you can do to help manage fake or spam reviews: On Google: Google will assess reported reviews based on Google's content Continue Reading
Justin Designates $250 to Charity
Justin McGuire is a programmer at Vivid Image, and he selected Relay for Life of McLeod County as the recipient of $250 in February. Relay for Life is an annual community-based fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Every year volunteers sell luminary bags in honor of or in memory of loved ones with cancer. Thousands of bags are lit along a path that event participants walk for hours to raise Continue Reading
How to Identify a Legitimate Domain Name Bill
Spotting Questionable Tactics Whether it’s a scam or a questionable tactic from a lesser-known domain company competing for business, the trick of sending official-looking letters and emails to domain name holders has been around for years. We still see this questionable tactic when clients forward us invoices, wondering if it is something they need to pay. Your domain name is a valuable Continue Reading
I Need to Renew my Domain. Now What?
Q. I’ve been informed that my DOMAIN is up for renewal. What exactly is a domain and why do I need to renew it? A. Your domain name (many of our clients use multiple domain names), basically represents an address where your website can be located online. It is what your customers will think of when they try to locate you and how you will express your business to customers, clients, donors or Continue Reading
