A picture may be worth a thousand words, but according to Dr. James McQuivey of Forrester Research, one minute of video is worth 1.8 million words. This value is only increasing according to Cisco, who says that in 2017, online video will account for 69% of all consumer internet traffic. One possible reason for the growing value could be because …
Many bloggers out there ranging from housewives to business owners often ask themselves, “ how do I grow my blog?” The best advice I could give is to stay with it; you don’t want your blog posts to slip, just because you’re in the process of building a following. I am going to share with you the inside tips …
The trouble with creating video content is getting it out there for people to see. There is an abundance of content out there, so how do you market your video blog? How do you get people to choose yours over somebody else’s? With a little planning and strategy you can set your video blog up to gain some starting views …
When you think of the word strategy, your mind may jump to any number of images, everything from a sport to war. The common link for these images is a goal that requires critical thinking, and there may be certain risks involved if you don’t achieve your ends. For a game of chess it may mean a captured king, but …
“I don’t have time to blog.” “Blogging isn’t important for our business!” “I don’t know what to blog about…” Have you ever found yourself using any of these excuses to NOT write a blog every now and then? The fact is a lot of people either really don’t see the importance of blogging for their business, or they just plain …
As you may have noticed, it has been several weeks since I posted last and I apologize for that. A large list of excuses come to my mind…I traveled over 1500 miles for the Christmas holiday. I quit one of my jobs. I went full time at Michigan Creative. I’m still doing personal consulting in my spare time. I’m busy. I’m …
A collection of 10 stupidly clever Halloween puns. You’re Welcome.
This week I would like to feature a new small business in the city of East Lansing, Michigan that seems to be flourishing. Michigan Creative strives to support a creative, local economy and nothing says creative like the newest bar in town, Hopcat. According to their description, Hopcat was envisioned, designed, stocked and staffed with one mission in mind: to bring you …
Sometimes when I blog for Michigan Creative I take a while to come up with something to write about. Some weeks I have something I’ve been thinking about that I just ramble on about, other times my brain decides to keep all of the interesting ideas to itself. Today is one of those days where I just had nothin’. I …
Hey guys, I am back at it again. I have a feeling you will be seeing me and my work a lot more. Thanks to everyone that tuned in to my last blog about internet fraud. I hope that you learned something new from it, or even became more interested in the topic to educate yourself. Before I get started on …
