Starting your own business (or working for a small business) has it’s benefits.  Benefits like a nice work environment and frequent company lunches just to name a handful.  One of the few things that small businesses take for granted is how unprofessional they look when they send you a price quote or invoice from a ‘Gmail’ or ‘Yahoo’ email address.  To this day I still get clients that have emails that use such services.  Not only is it tacky, but your business instantly looses credibility every time a new client sees it. (more…)

Who uses animated gifs anymore?  Seriously?  With flash finally being widely accepted in all sorts of media, what purpose does the old dinosaur that is the animated gif serve these days?  To be honest, there’s not much use for them anymore.  However, there are still instances to this day that I must resort the “old ways” in order to make a client happy.

One such instance is the “Broadcast email”.  Most people in this industry are familliar with services like “Campaign Monitor” and “Constant Contact”.  These are services that will parse your html written code into beautifully rendered emails and then blast them to a defined client list.  These services are great because you can use html and static images to portray your ad to the world. (more…)