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
Blog
3 Potential Reasons Your Page Isn’t Ranking Well
So you've optimized a page on your website, but it's not ranking well in Google SERPs (search engine result pages) for the keyword you've optimized it for. While optimizing your pages may seem like it should be an easy task, there are many ranking factors and best practices you need to consider when crafting content. Ranking well is most often not something that happens by accident or without a Continue Reading
Instagram Basics
Hold on to your hat! Since 2023 Instagram saw a whopping 80% of Instagram users say that they use the platform to research products and services, and 90% of them follow at least one business profile, according to the latest statistics by EmbedSocial. With so many businesses building their Instagram communities and millions of active users logging in every day, it’s important to know how to best Continue Reading
Promoting your Video on Social Media, Beyond YouTube
Video is essential to successful marketing in today's world. Videos can help you tell your story in a way that the written word cannot. Whether your video focuses on how-to/education, product introductions, testimonials, behind-the-scenes, interviews, or something more on the entertaining side- whatever creative ideas you can dream up, there are so many ways to use your video. Let's take a look Continue Reading
Instagram: Reels Basics
If you like to be on the forefront of social media marketing, you might want to check out Instagram Reels if you haven't already. Reels is Instagram (and Facebook's) short-form video platform, and it's definitely gaining traction and being used by businesses and individuals around the world. Reels Changes Instagram Up a Bit! There are some very unique aspects of Reels that include vertical Continue Reading
Does My Website Need a Cookie Policy?
You have likely noticed a large number of websites hitting you with a "Cookie Policy" over the past few years when you visit their site. It probably mentions something about the site using cookies and data collection, and asks you to either accept this or informs you that continuing to use the site constitutes your acceptance. But what is this cookie business all about, and how do you know if your Continue Reading
