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Transform Your Business through Gratitude

11/5/2018

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Pixel Lava Gratitude
On a given day I'm in and out of a dozen client accounts. In one I'll fix a problem, another may need a new element set up, a third calls for posting a press release and a fourth is a new site we're building. Some are design endeavors but many more are simply updates that I see to quickly, focusing on getting the details right. Once in awhile though, as I'm copying and pasting along, I find a gem from a client that stops me in my tracks. As I was posting events to a client's online calendar today I came across one of those. 


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Celebrate International Women's Day with 10 Pioneering Women in Tech

3/8/2018

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10 Pioneering Women in Tech
The face of technology, both past and present, is persistently male from Jobs to Gates to Zuckerberg but behind those leaders are millions of people who contribute critical research advances, put the ideas into production and market, sell and support tech companies and products. To celebrate International Women's Day, I did a bit of research and found a huge list of amazing women from a range of countries and cultures whose work laid the foundation for modern computing, websites and the internet itself. Here's a look at just 10 of my favorite pioneering women in technology.   

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7 Step-by-Step Guide to Monthly Website Updates

2/26/2018

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7 Step Guide to Monthly Updates
The best way to make the most of your online marketing channels - whether it's your website, blog, email newsletter or social media feed - is to develop a habit of keeping them fresh. For small businesses and nonprofits though, this can be a real challenge. As small business owners, we wear a lot of hats and marketing often ends up on a back burner. To remedy this, consider scheduling in a 7 step monthly update. Here’s a step-by-step guide to doing your first one and setting it up as an easy task each month.  


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Monday Motivation: Manufacturing the Magic of Focus

6/26/2017

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Do you wish you could make more progress on your projects? Or handle problems faster? Who doesn't? ​The secret is focus. ​But how can you focus when your phone and email are going off, your to do list is looming and someone's hovering nearby? Kids know all about single focus, they do it naturally. And us adults do it all the time accidentally. ​Have you ever been intrigued by a new car only to suddenly see that kind of car everywhere? 
It's not as if there are a zillion more of those suddenly. You're noticing them because the car caught your interest. It's been lifted out of the selective blindness that keeps us from being distracted by daily life's irrelevant details. So let's put that to work. Here are 3 very simple things that I do with my website clients to help them regain the precious skill of childlike focus.

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Boost your business (and happiness) by creating great user experiences

1/1/2015

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The world of search engine optimization (SEO) is always changing but no matter what, when you create a great user experience for your users you will be rewarded by Google with better rankings, by visitors with more conversions and by clients with referrals and repeat business. This got me to thinking .... what if "creating a great user experience" is really - actually - the key to increasing your own happiness?


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    As the owner of Pixel Lava Interactive I've helped hundreds of small businesses and nonprofits with websites, graphic design and more. I hope you'll find this blog full of useful information.
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