Monthly Archives: July 2011

A QR Code Adventure

By Aaron Baksa | Published July 28, 2011

What are those funny black blocks posted at the bottom of advertisements, on displays or on the postcards you get in the mail? It’s certainly a great way to get your audience to interact in a different kind of way – it’ s the QR code! Many companies are harnessing what countries in Asia have [...]

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Where is Your Competitive Edge?

By Lesley Parthree | Published July 27, 2011

Oh come on, don’t lie, we all know you have it.  Everyone likes to be correct, right? Right.  (At this very moment, I am so sure that I am correct about this, that I am gloating.)  So why not use that well-known fact?  Are you interested in market research or simply engaging your audience?  A well-constructed question can do either– [...]

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Does Your SEO Play Fair?

By Lesley Parthree | Published July 20, 2011

Those that are well versed in the world of Search Engine Optimization know that there is a fair and just way to optimize your website, as well as a more deceitful method.  The former technique is known as White Hat SEO, while the latter is known as Black Hat SEO.  Search engines, which rank websites [...]

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Your Social Circle

By Amanda Vera | Published July 18, 2011

One of the many beauties about social networking is the sheer number of connections you can actually develop across the globe. Some of you may have close to 1,000 friends or fans, but how many of those people do you interact with on a consistent basis? Well, let me answer that question for you – [...]

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A Grammatical Space Probe

By Colleen Hofmann | Published July 14, 2011

Disclaimer: This blog was typed using a single space between all sentences. You wouldn’t think that the number of spaces typed after a period would ignite such an intense debate in our office, but it does. In addition, each person boasts with a distinct certainty that they’re right – think passionately charged chest beating with [...]

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Touring Google+

By Laura Williams | Published July 12, 2011

There is an old saying about living in a small town: “The good news is that everyone knows you, and the bad news is that everyone knows you.”  Facebook has become that small town where, good or bad, everybody knows you and, quite often, everything about you. Google seems to have taken a look at [...]

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Innovation Day Recap

By Colleen Hofmann | Published July 8, 2011

Thursday mornings are Innovation Day at HMA, which means we share the latest and greatest in technology and digital news. Here’s a run down of few news items shared: Google continues to move toward dominating the Internet and Facebook adds its Skype video calling feature. Twitter hit 200 million tweets. This social network is growing [...]

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