We have a lot of experience working with clients who are just stumped on how to help us help them build a better website. Outsourcing your web design to professionals can relieve a lot of stress, saving you time and ensuring the design and set-up are done well. But it can be daunting – how…
By Jessica H. Scanlon Small business owners are in a crowd all their own. Unlike CEOs of large corporations, small business owners often wear many hats. Whether you’re a partner at a 50+ employee company or a solo-preneur, the challenges you face with marketing your business most likely won’t get delegated to a high-paid marketing…
“Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last. If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand.” –Howard Schultz (Chairman & CEO of Starbucks) We are in the Digital Age and with that comes a completely new set of challenges and opportunities for…
The time has come folks – if your website isn’t mobile-friendly, then it’s time to upgrade! Google announced this past week what we all thought was coming. If you haven’t redesigned your website to be mobile-friendly yet, your new deadline is April 21st. Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as…
A common misconception about branding is that it’s simply the graphic design process behind developing your marketing materials or the logo design. While a majority of the branding work Hot Dog Marketing does for clients is related to developing that print and web “look” that supports the right message, there’s a deeper level we can…
By Jessica Scanlon WordPress – if you’re not a particularly tech-y person, you may have heard of WordPress or you may only associate the brand with blogging, but WordPress has come a long way and is now one of the most popular open source platforms for creating and managing a website without the need to…
Jumping on the content marketing band wagon? Well, it’s about time! Customers are searching right now for information only you can provide for them, but they can’t find you unless you’re publishing new and interesting information to your website regularly. This can be in the form of a blog, news story or press release, ebook…
A majority of the new business owners who call Hot Dog Marketing are looking for one thing – a new website. Everyone agrees that having a website is essential to do business in today’s economy. For those who don’t have experience in marketing or the online world, getting a website on the Internet can be…
I’m a practical marketer . . . since I started my company, I dreamed of a flash site with a custom flash pre-loader. But I remembered how much I actually hate websites with too many bells and whistles. This is the downfall for most graphic designers who dabble in web – they shoot for the…