As I work with companies to create or update their new web sites, I frequently encounter a misconception that I find puzzling. It seems that many companies are of the mindset that their IT departments should be 100% in charge of their web site. Not so… in fact, Marketing should be the group overseeing or [...]
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SpinWeb has some extra office space that is not in use and I would like to rent it to an Indianapolis business looking for a great deal on beautiful office space. There are 4 sections in our office (2 upstairs and 2 downstairs) and we are not using one of the downstairs sections.
Details:
Approximately 900 [...]
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SpinWeb was featured on the ROWE blog today:
Cali and Jody » Blog Archive » The ROWE List.
Very exciting! We have been thrilled since migrating to ROWE and it’s great to be featured on the blog. Thanks, Cali and Jody!
Email is a powerful tool for communication in business. When used correctly, it can help you move projects forward, gather valuable information, and delegate actions. When used poorly, however, it can become a source of frustration and inefficiency. Here are some proven guidelines for improving the effectiveness of your email communication.
Use a descriptive subject line. [...]
I stumbled upon this great article today on 43Folders:
Writing sensible email messages | 43 Folders.
This summarizes all my griped about today’s email usage. One of my biggest frustrations about modern business communication is how little time some people put into crafting a proper email message. Please read this and share it with all your friends [...]
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Recently, many of our new clients at SpinWeb have expressed interest in what our process is for creating web sites. At SpinWeb, we have a highly systematic and proven process for designing, building, and deploying professional web sites successfully. The following is an explanation of how that process works and will offer a better understanding [...]
Web content is different than content in a magazine or in other media. So much of the time I see web sites that are filled with pages and pages of dry, long-winded, boring content that is doing nothing to help connect with the site visitor. There are plenty of web sites that contain beautiful imagery [...]
Meetings get a bad rap. To most, the word “meeting” conjures up unpleasant images of bored business people sitting around a conference table or on a conference call listening to material that doesn’t interest them while wishing they were somewhere else. Why have meetings become so hated and so generally unproductive? Personally, I blame all [...]
At SpinWeb, we are always looking for ways to streamline our business practices, create more efficient systems, and implement smart customer service methods. We have noticed over the years that email and communications has always been a pain point for many organizations and so we would like to share a way that we’ve found to [...]
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For those of you who have tried using MobileMe in a workplace setting, you may be as frustrated as I have been with the lack of groupware features. MobileMe does offer wireless syncing but does not give us very robust shared calendaring features. We could use Exchange, but since we are an all-Mac shop at [...]
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