This video is an overview on how to use the BigCommerce control panel (Dashboard) to configure your new online storefront. Click Here to sign up for your Free 15 Day Trial … [Read more...]
Kieren Perrow Wins 2011 Billabong Pipeline Masters
December 10, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 10, 2011) – Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves. John John Florence (HAW), 19, also found his way to the podium as the overall winner of the 2011 Vans Triple Crown. Perrow, who … [Read more...]
Twitter Launches Enhanced Profile Pages
December 9, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
Enhance your brand’s Twitter profile page to increase engagement and drive your business goals. An enhanced profile page increases your brand’s Twitter presence by prominently featuring your most important content and visually branding your page. Your enhanced profile page is completely public — users can view it without joining or logging into Twitter. Enhanced profile pages are currently … [Read more...]
What Is Internet Strategy?
November 22, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
Defining your Internet Strategy is the single most important piece of the online puzzle. The term is used all the time these days. I hear it at marketing events, trade shows, lunch meetings, on airplanes and in coffee shops around the world. We see it in advertising campaigns throughout the web and on TV, but what we see and hear little of, is just what strategy really is and the process that's … [Read more...]
Why Content For SEO?
October 21, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
Bing’s Duane Forrester reminded marketers that “all SEO ranking signals revolve around content of some kind” at SMX Advanced 2011. High-quality, search-friendly content allows businesses to populate their sites with keywords and valuable information for visitors (and both are important to search success). Brafton’s infographic, Why Content For SEO, explores how content is key to search … [Read more...]
Defining Postmodern Art
October 4, 2011 By · 1 Comment ·
Postmodernism describes movements which both arise from, and react against or reject, trends in modernism. Specific trends of modernism that are generally cited are formal purity, medium specificity, art for art's sake, authenticity, universality, originality and revolutionary or reactionary tendency, i.e. the avant-garde. However, paradox is probably the most important modernist idea … [Read more...]
The State of Websites in Action Sports
September 17, 2011 By · 2 Comments ·
So I've got a brief rant regarding the current state of websites in the Action Sports Industry. Particularly with many of the brand websites. It's just a quick one but after reviewing some URLs yesterday, I was in complete disbelief of the crap these companies are allowing to be published on the internet from both a content, design and functionality standpoint. SO... What the heck is up with the … [Read more...]
Billabong STILL FROTHY Surf Festival 2011 – Pismo Beach
September 12, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
Pismo Beach, CA will host the 2011 Billabong STILL FROTHY SURF FESTIVAL on October 1st and 2nd at Pismo Pier just south of San Luis Obispo. email stillfrothy@sbcglobal.net for contest entry forms and more info. … [Read more...]
The First annual Hurley-Rotary Club of San Clemente Celebration of Surf
August 31, 2011 By · 2 Comments ·
ROTARY OF SAN CLEMENTE CELEBRATION OF SURF MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL OVERVIEW WHO: 10,000 fans of surfing and the surf industry WHAT: A Music and Art festival on the lawn WHEN: 4 to 10 pm (gates open at 4:30p), Saturday, Sept 17, the day before the opening of the Hurley Pro Trestles contest at Lower Trestles Why: Support charities of the Rotary Club of San Clemente, celebrate the surf community … [Read more...]
5 Landing Page Mistakes that Cripple User Engagement
June 29, 2011 By · Leave a Comment ·
A landing page is a place you send traffic when you really want some action. And no, this has nothing to do with Craig’s List personals or Match.com. It can be a sales page, an email opt-in page, a video landing page, or even a content landing page designed to rank well in search engines or to engage your audience in a stronger, more influencial way. In short, there are a lot of ways to screw … [Read more...]
