5 Things to Think About When Redesigning Your Website

  tips, web design, web development      0 comments    Posted on April 30, 2013 by Cameron

I like to think website redesigns are a bit like kitchen remodels:

  1. Just as kitchens are where everyone congregates at a party, so are websites the heart of every organization's brand. Like Nick pointed out last week, websites still rule. Redoing your site or your kitchen is a major part of your brand (or home).
  2. Without proper planning—hell, even with proper planning—website redesigns can have little surprises that come along the way.
  3. Website redesigns only happen every once in a while, and most people aren't contractors web developers.


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Tips and Tricks: Google & Facebook Advertising

  advertising, facebook, Google, tips, tricks      0 comments    Posted on August 1, 2012 by Cameron

If you're in the political world, you're likely getting busier and busier. Here at Blueprint, we're getting busy, too. Since we spend a lot of our time working in Google's AdWords and Facebook's ads interface, here are some things you can do to save yourself some time.


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What Are Quality Scores and Do They Matter?

  adwords, Google, tips      0 comments    Posted on February 15, 2012 by Cameron

If you've spent much time in Google's Adwords, you've probably seen a column for "Quality Score" -- but what is it?

In essence, Google runs a given keyword, it's ad, and the landing page through an algorithm. On the other side, the algorithm spits out the quality score.


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Pasting images into messages just got easier

  chrome, Emily, gmail, Google, tips, tricks      0 comments    Posted on June 15, 2011 by Emily

Emmy likey:

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and people certainly like to spice up their emails with images. A while back, Gmail started making this easier by letting you drop images from your desktop right into the compose window...


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Fresh, Fun Ipsum

  tips, tricks, web design      0 comments    Posted on June 14, 2011 by Amy

We’re always looking for ways for design to be fun. Instead of conventional Lorum Ipsum for our text filler, there’re options.

We’re partial to spicing up our mocks with Bacon Ipsum. Instead of using standard Lorum Ipsum filler text for our mocks, we our filler text has woven in delicious meaty morsels alongside traditional latin text. 


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